Choosing which part of this huge country to visit is often the toughest decision. But the clue is in the name, Grapevine is best known for its wineries, including Umbra Winery as well as the Texas Wine and Grape Growers Association.Īustralia is at or close to the top of most people’s travel bucket lists. Grapevine City is a city in the more conventional sense, famed for the old-world charm of its restored 19 th and 20 th buildings and its proximity to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. It covers an area of about 1,000 square kilometers and encompasses several towns and villages, of which we will speak more in just a moment. Strictly speaking, Barossa Valley is a region, not a city. The two locales have a reputation for premium food and, specifically, wine. But that’s not the case with the very latest Sister City Agreement to be formed between Grapevine City in Texas and Barossa Valley in Australia. Few have so obvious a connection as Toledo and Toledo, and sometimes it is hard to see any link at all.

Today, 545 US cities have sister-city relationships with more than 2,000 cities around the world. In 1931, Toledo Ohio and Toledo Spain formalized their sibling relationship. 67 years have gone by since Dwight D Eisenhower created Sister Cities International, although the concept, also known as “town twinning” goes back even further.