EWBC – Missinwine

By - Caroline
Posted on November 26, 2012
Posted in biodynamic, Champagne, EWBC, organic, terroir

Caroline’s Champagne – more terroir, organic winegrowing and natural winemaking

The first thing I read this morning was “The latest stimulant to drag me out of natural wine commentary retirement was the ‘debate’ during the European Wine Blogger’s Conference in Turkey. Turns out this wasn’t a debate as much as it was a presentation–one that could have been entitled, Natural Wine? Wrong! Sorely missing on

By - Caroline
Posted on October 25, 2011October 26, 2011
Posted in EWBC, FranciaCorta, wine eductation, Wine Regions, Wine Review, wine tasting

My #EWBC introduction to Franciacorta

Last week I attended my second #EWBC (European Wine Bloggers Conference). This year the conference really went global with 35 nations being represented amongst the 216 participants. Our hosts were the consortium of Franciacorta and the venue was the beautiful Santa Guilia chapel in Brescia, Italy. I was really excited to go to Brescia and

By - Caroline
Posted on October 11, 2011October 11, 2011
Posted in EWBC, networking, social media, vinocamp
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Count down to #EWBC in Brescia…

I have been waiting for this for a long time and I am happy to say it is almost #EWBC time!! Two more sleeps and I will take myself off to Brescia to meet fellow wine bloggers for a weekend of learning & networking in a fun and friendly environment! So what is #EWBC? It

By - Caroline
Posted on June 12, 2011June 12, 2011
Posted in EWBC, networking, social media, Uncategorized, vinocamp, wine tasting
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#Vinocamp #Lisboa – perfect pairing of wine, social media and the Portuguese good life!

The last weekend of May I was lucky enough to attend Vinocamp Lisbon. Vinocamp is a #barcamp about wine and social media. The concept was thought up and worked out by Gregoire Japiot and Anne Victoire Monrozier (aka Miss Vicky Wine). As in the traditional barcamp style the aim is to share and learn in

By - Caroline
Posted on January 27, 2011
Posted in General wine biz stuff
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Born Digital Wine Awards – Recognition for us online wine journalists!

At the close of the European Wine Bloggers Conference (EWBC) in Vienna Robert McIntosch from wineconversation.com and Ryan and Gabriella Opaz from Catavino.net introduced us to the Born Digital Wine Awards (BDWA), a kind of Pulitzer Prizes for online wine communicators. On the BDWA website the organisers describe the awards as following: “The Born Digital

By - Caroline
Posted on January 9, 2011
Posted in General wine biz stuff
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Why every winery should be signing up for AVIN codes?

On Monday I met with my friend Andre Ribeirinho from Adegga.com and we had a good conversation about the AVIN. Up till then I had only heard very little about this project, but the more I talked to Andre, the more intrigued I became. I would like to share with you why I believe every

By - Caroline
Posted on December 12, 2010January 9, 2011
Posted in Wine Regions

WeinViertel Visit

On Sunday 24th of October I took the post #EWBC trip to Weinviertel, Austria. The Weinviertel is Austria’s largest wine producing area and it’s main grape variety is Grüner Veltliner. Our first stop was the beautiful windmill just outside the town of Retz, where we had a short overview on the Weinviertel DAC system and

By - Caroline
Posted on December 12, 2010
Posted in networking, wine marketing
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#EWBC – online marketing and brand building opportunities

From 22-26 October 2010 I participated in the #EWBC (Eureopean Wine Bloggers Conference) – a fantastic international event organized by Gabriella and Ryan Opaz of Catavino, and Robert McIntosh of Thirst for Wine. The #EWBC was in its third year and was attended by 200 people from over 30 countries. Now why do I want

By - Caroline
Posted on October 22, 2010
Posted in networking

The Social Media Network

I am writing this blog post from the Rennaissance hotel in Vienna. I am here to attend the European wine Bloggers conference and to extend my network with like-minded people:). Whilst I know that attending a conference is a more classical way of networking, I want to share that I already have connected with quite

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