Travel Today with Peter Greenberg

Sometimes referred to as “ground zero” of wine making, Sonoma County doesn’t just have corporate wineries, it has a plethora of diverse, family-owned vineyards and wineries. One way to experience this world of wine is with the Wine Road in Northern Sonoma County. The Wine Road is an association of wineries and lodgings that gives guests a layout of the area, winery locations, and organizes events for wine lovers to enjoy. This week’s guests include television and radio personality Ziggy “The Wine Gal,” who puts together wine programs for touring bands and shares details about Sonoma County’s history. Former Sonoma County Police Chief Susan Jones talks about her time in service and what it’s like to be a city councilwoman. Then, Lauterbach Cellars’ Stew Lauterbach explains how the county has grown from both the perspective of a winemaker and his role as an emergency physician. All this and more from the Wine Road in Northern Sonoma County, California.

Stew Lauterbach, Owner of Lauterbach Cellars and an emergency physician, shares how he and his family run a complete winery from a two-car garage. He breaks down the similarities and differences between winemaking and working in the trauma center. He also tells the story of the first wine he ever made (on his stove as a college student!), which wines are his favorites, barrel tasting, and techniques used to avoid pesticides. All this and more from the Wine Road in Northern Sonoma County, California. 

Susan Jones, City Council Member and former Sonoma County Police Chief, shares details about the role of a police chief in Healdsburg and just how easy going the town is. She shares what it was like be an openly lesbian Police Chief and why she felt encouraged to move to Sonoma County, and explains the issues the county faces, as well as surprises the town has to offer. All this and more from the Wine Road in Northern Sonoma County, California. 

This week's Travel Today with Peter Greenberg comes to you from the SLS Las Vegas Hotel & Casino. It’s newly named, and completely renovated, but it’s actually the former Sahara Hotel and Casino, a place filled with history"and more than a few legends. Considered the last of the Rat Pack hotels, this site hosted performers such as Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Dean Martin, and Judy Garland (just to name a few). After closing in 2011, the SLS Hotel took over the building in 2013 and undertook massive renovations. All of this and more on this week’s episode of Travel Today from the SLS Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Howard Stutz, Columnist for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, talks about the history of the celebrities who have stayed at and performed at the Sahara, including the Beatles. Then he talks about the transformation of the Sahara into the SLS and the hand that Lenny Kravitz had in some of the room designs.

John Katsilometes, Journalist for the Las Vegas Sun, talks about renovating the old Sahara hotel into what is now the SLS Hotel and how the locals are happy to have lights down on this corner. It’s not just about filling the space, it’s about how SLS is filling the space well!

Joining Peter Greenberg on this episode of Travel Today is Brandon Tebbe, Master Sommelier for the Broadmoor. Tebbe explains the process of becoming a master sommelier and the most surprising wine that is being ordered at the historic hotel. All of this and more on this interview from the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colorado. 

Tara Thomas, the Executive Director of Education at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, discusses the art programs initiated to help military veterans and their families dealing with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and head injuries. All this and more on this interview from The Broadmoor hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado. 

This week’s Travel Today with Peter Greenberg comes from The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colorado, one of the great grande dame icons. The official opening of the Broadmoor was in 1918, a building constructed on the same land where the original Broadmoor Casino stood before burning to the ground. Once a hotel that only allowed “old school money tabs” or cash as forms of payment, the Broadmoor’s concession to the 21st century is that they now accept credit cards. Richard Sauers, Executive Director of the Western Museum of Mining & Industry, joins us to discuss this functional museum and why people travel from around the world to see the working"and fascinating"mining equipment. Then, Harris Kalofonos of the International Olympic Committee details how Colorado Springs became an Olympic Sister City and what that really means.  All this and more from The Broadmoor.

This week Peter Greenberg comes to you from the Netherlands and more specfically the Conservatorium Hotel in Amsterdam. Greenberg interviews Michael Luksetich, owner and operator of Mike’s Bike Tours, who gives us the best reasons to see Amsterdam by bike"it’s safer, it’s more efficient, and it’s fun!

On this episode of Travel Today with Peter Greenberg we head the the Netherlands, and more specifically, Amsterdam!  Joining Greenberg at the Conservatorium Hotel in Amsterdam is Axel Rüger, the Director of the Van Gogh Museum. Ruger tells us the proper way to address Mr. Van Gogh and gives us a quick Van Gogh history lesson.

This week Peter Greenberg travels to the South of France to interview locals at the Hotel Dieu. Tashina Giraud Moore, sustainable development manager at Kedge Business School, board member of Calanques National Park, and an “expat who’s never really been from anywhere,” describes what’s special about the Calanques National Park and lets us in on a secret for the best neighborhoods in Marseille (hint: get ready to travel by boat)!

This episode of Travel Today with Peter Greenberg comes to you from the Intercontinental Marseille - Hotel Dieu. Here Greenberg interviews Madelijin Vervoord, General Manager of the InterContinental Marseille-Hôtel Dieu, who tells us the origin of the name “Hôtel Dieu” and gives a history lesson about the hotel. Listen to learn that and more about this historic hotel. 

It exists at the threshold of history, a natural shipping hub and the meeting point of worldwide sea routes. Singapore is truly a melting pot of Asia, and it could easily be argued that the word fusion " if not invented here " is displayed better in Singapore than most other places around the globe. Here, at the tip of the Malay Peninsula, is where you’ll find fusion food (like foie gras man tou"French-prepared duck liver tucked into a steamed Chinese bun) and fusion languages (Singlish"a form of English you won’t find anywhere else). And that’s also where you’ll find Peter Greenberg Worldwide as we broadcast from the legendary Raffles Hotel Singapore. It’s a place that truly defines the old Singapore. The hotel was immortalized by Rudyard Kipling, Somerset Maugham, and Ernest Hemingway, and their legends live on here. We’ll tell some of those stories, and much much more.

This week on Travel Today with Peter Greenberg we travel to the island country of Singapore. On this episode, Peter French, President of Raffles Hotel Singapore, tells us about “the great and the good” who have stayed at Raffles, and how these people were intimately involved with the local community.