blog.delaranja.com (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
As I said previously I’ll be spending this week in London to attend the London Wine Fair. The event includes drinking (more like tasting…) lots of great wine and also hours of hard work promoting the Adegga, Catavino and the European Wine Bloggers Conference (that will happen in Portugal in October) Lots of stuff going on this [...]
Confessions of a Wino (Free subscription) | 15/04/2009
Last year’s European Wine Bloggers Conference was a hoot. Erm, I mean a serious and considered look at the online wine world where ideas were floated, issues were shared, problems were halved, wine was consumed, and some people even got drunk. As you can see from my eyes, this VinusTV video was filmed the morning after [...]
blog.delaranja.com (Free subscription) | 06/04/2009
Last year, the European Wine Bloggers Conference happened in Rioja and I was there to attend the first international event for Wine Bloggers. This year I’m proud to say that it will happen in Lisbon, Portugal and Adegga will be sponsoring the event. The idea behind the conference is to bring together bloggers of all [...]
The Wine Conversation (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
There is a LOT I need to think about, do and write about following the success of the European Wine Bloggers Conference (EWBC) this weekend - so much so that I have neglected to put up a post on this blog since my return, which rather misses the point! So, what does the EWBC mean for The Wine Conversation? Here are some very early thoughts: The wine conversation needs to be less insular. We talk about...
blog.delaranja.com (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
3 days, 100s of wines and 2000km later I’m back in Portugal. After a few days in Salamanca and Léon I headed to Logroño in the (gorgeous) region of Rioja to attend the first ever European Wine Bloggers Conference. The first ever wine blogger conference was a terrific experience with the participation of wine lovers, producers, social [...]
Confessions of a Wino (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
With apologies to Cilla Black, the European Wine Bloggers Conference is over and I have made some terrific new friends - Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, German, even American, but I am left wondering what it’s all about. A group of people got together with some overlapping interests, basically an enthusiasm for wine and an opinion itching to be [...]
Confessions of a Wino (Free subscription) | 31/08/2008
I am in La Rioja, Spain for the European Wine Bloggers Conference. Unfortunately, and much to the amusement of the other 39 attendees, my bag is in Palermo, Italy. Shirts, electronics, wine samples, underwear… So Friday morning was spent in Bilbao buying up cheap clothing to see me through the weekend. Seems someone picked my bag off [...]
Fermentation (Free subscription) | 29/08/2008
FRIDAY's HEADLINES 1. European Wine Bloggers Conference Underway. Another good sign for the vibrancy of the wine blogosphere. In Spain they are investigating what it means to be a wine blogger, how to be a wine blogger, where the medium...
PoppingCorks.com (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
It’s crunch time here at the Spanish office of the European Wine Bloggers Conference. Every day a new issue, a new question, and the realization that we forgot to do something! That combined with a now ever expanding desire from non-delegates to join the already full ranks, is leading to us working long hours [...]
The Wine Conversation (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
Well, that's a headline guaranteed to bring in the masses! In fact it is just a tease. I'm working on an article on this topic as part of the UNconference over at the European Wine Bloggers Conference . I have a few ideas of HOW it could happen, but I wondered if anyone had any ideas of IF this has happened? If anyone has any concrete examples of promotions going on out there (past, present or future),...
Confessions of a Wino (Free subscription) | 20/07/2008
The European Wine Bloggers Conference is fast approaching and I am looking forward to meeting up with a wide range of nationalities with one common aim, to drink Rioja dry discuss maturely the status and future of wine blogging in Europe. But my travel plans are a nightmare and I’ve really messed up. The conference is in [...]
The Wine Conversation (Free subscription) | 26/06/2008
Gabriella asked me an interesting question regarding the European Wine Bloggers' Conference yesterday. We have focused a lot on getting bloggers excited about the opportunity of the conference, but what do our READERS think about it? Why should THEY care? Admittedly we have not clarified that point very much, although it has always been part of our thinking. Ryan and Gabriella were kind enough to...
The Wine Conversation (Free subscription) | 23/06/2008
In between posts on this site and my new Rioja blog at thirstforrioja.co.uk , I am also working hard with Ryan and Gabriella behind the scenes for the European Wine Bloggers' Conference . One of the great things we have managed to do already is get all sorts of different bloggers, 80% of which you have probably never heard about despite them having around 100,000 monthly unique readers between them,...
The Wine Conversation (Free subscription) | 26/02/2008
Apologies for the silence but I am on the road at the moment, enjoying an unseasonably warm Rioja at the moment. Just met with the Catavino crew, Gabriella and Ryan Opaz, and we still have lots to discuss about the impending European Wine Bloggers' Conference . We also talked about so many other issues that make me want to sit down and get on with exploring my thoughts here. Oh well! Soon enough! In...
Serious About Wine (Free subscription) | 20/02/2008
Calling all wine bloggers. The European Wine Bloggers Conference 29-31 August 2008 is just around the corner. Although this event is primarily European focused, any wine blogger is welcome to help shape the event or even attend, whether you are based in Europe, North America or further afield. If Rioja (one of the world's [...]
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