Wanderlust Wining Pacific Northwest is a fun, delicious journey through many of the area's finest wine countries; exploring their outdoor activities and wine tasting specialties. It's a one-stop-read to crafting active wine tasting trips in unique (and familiar) wine countries all over the Pacific Northwest. Discover how to kick off mornings with action-packed activities and spend the remainder of the day sniffing, swirling and sipping through local wineries. Learn how to taste wine like a pro and be in the local know about the best hiking and mountain biking trails or places to paddle, surf and sail. Visit creameries, galleries or savor a sustainable wine dinner served in the middle of a vineyard. Each fast-paced, easy-to-understand chapter offers light-handed wine education and historic facts about the area's wines, local parks and sports outfitter, ''must-go'' restaurants, art galleries, markets, vineyards, and more. Only a dedicated wine and outdoor adventurer could combine her passions the way Jackenthal has in this book, but if the idea of a perfect day for you involves spending active hours outside and then watching the sunset while tasting a rich glass of wine, made from the very landscape you enjoyed playing in, then this is the book for you! -- Lucy Danziger, Editor-in-Chief at Self Magazine I've had the pleasure of both riding and imbibing with Stefani. She's passionate, intelligent, and insanely well-versed in her varietals and blends. This brilliant book delivers the goods like none other on where to play and take large gulps of life in the most beautiful places the country has to offer. -- Selene Yeager, The Fit Chick at Bicycling Magazine Timing has never been better for Wanderlust Wining . People today are looking for a combination of outdoor experiences, food, wine and adventure more than ever and most of the time it is in our own back yard or state. You don't need to get on a plane and go abroad it is right here. -- John Conover, Partner-General Manager at PlumJack Winery & CADE Estate More and more people are looking for places where they can be active outside all day and then enjoy good wine and food. Stefani's guide is the ultimate resource. Nobody knows the two better than she does. --Janet Lee, Deputy Editor, Shape magazine Stefani's passion for outdoor adventure and wine is contagious! But luckily for readers she's not only enthusiastic, she's extremely knowledgeable on the topics, as well. -- Andrea Minarcek, Senior Editor at Budget Travel magazine Stefani Jackenthal is an adventure journalist for print, TV, and radio and an elite international endurance racer. She has contributed to The New York Times, The New York Sun, Outside, Conde Nast Traveler, Shape, Women's Health, Fitness, Prevention, Runner's World, Marie Claire, and Oxygen amongst others. She is the author of The Complete Idiot's Guide Rock Climbing and has contributed to books including The New York Times Practical Guide to Practically Everything. Stefani has also reported for NPR s Weekend Edition Saturday as well as reported on air for TV. Stefani is the founder and president of the wine events company NTS Wine Tasting, LLC which produces corporate and private wine tastings, dinners and educational wine series. She has been an invited guest on a number of tasting panels and she writes a monthly wine column in Commuter Week newspaper.