Tag Archives: EWBC

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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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