Wine Tourism Day is a day for any wine enthusiast to enjoy. The third annual Wine Tourism Day, November 7, 2015, takes place at numerous local venues in North America.

Wine Tourism Day spreads the word about the delicious wines produced and event proceeds are used to help charities. Business venues are urged to donate a portion of their proceeds to a local charity.

If you are a wine enthusiast, be sure to watch the Wine Tourism Day website, to keep updated on the events that will start to be added to the events page.

If you are a winery, wine experience provider, restaurant or wine shop you should consider participating. However, do not feel limited to just these businesses; museums, theaters and other organizations should try to participate.  The idea is to get the word out.

According to the Wine Tourism Day website, there’s a wide range of ideas for events for the day. “The type of event you host can be anything you want: a lunch or dinner paired with wines, an evening musical performance, ‘family day’ with clowns and other activities for the kids, etc. For regional associations, see the Finger Lakes success story for an example of how you can participate.”

One of the requests by the organizers is that you create a unique event for the day. In addition, post the logo and link to the Wine Tourism Day website.

The special day in November is sponsored by numerous, well known businesses including:

•LocalWineEvents.com
•Touring and Tasting Marketing & Media
•WineAmerica
•Canadian Vintners
•Wine Tourism Conference
•Tourism Penticton
•BeverageTradeNetwork.com
•Wine Trail Adventures
•The Tasting Panel
•WineBusiness.com
•Sonoma State University’s Wine Business Institute
•Wine Institute
•CANVAS

Those who signup for the Wine Tourism Day email updates will be elgible for a special drawing for a  trip to Penticton, British Columbia.

Cheers,
Kathy