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For Some, Georgian Wine Grapes Are a Challenge to Pronounce and Spell

February 5, 2014 – 8:34 am

As Kathy and I travel to wineries and vineyards throughout the world and hear about their story and wine journey, we take notes. These help us to write articles. When it comes to grapes grown in vineyards or varieties in wines, we have personal abbreviations for the international grapes. It helps us to take notes […]

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Writer of Vino Veritas Talks about his Wine Journey

January 16, 2014 – 6:40 am

As authors of A Wine Journey, Kathy and I enjoy listening to how people began their wine journeys and where those travels have taken them. We had an opportunity to conduct an email interview with David MacGregor, writer of the movie, Vino Veritas, available now at the iTunes store and VOD. Wine Trail Traveler: When […]

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Vino Veritas – the Movie

January 15, 2014 – 7:18 am

Vino Veritas is a new movie available on January 15, 2014 at the iTunes store and VOD. The simple translation of “Vino Veritas” is “Wine Truth.” This is not a movie about wine, though, although many references to wine are made throughout the movie. It seems that wine is the glue that holds the film […]

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Georgia One of the Top Ten Countries to Visit in 2014

January 12, 2014 – 8:01 am

Rough Guides has released their top ten countries of the world to visit in 2014. Georgia was fifth on the list. The description includes hiking in the Caucasus Mountains, the taverns of Tbilisi and the resort city of Batumi on the Black Sea. The guide also mentioned that Georgia is not spoiled from mass tourism. […]

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IWINETC Media FAM Members Produce Multiple Articles Even if it Snows

January 9, 2014 – 5:59 pm

The media group attending the 2014 International Wine Tourism Conference, IWINETC,  in Tbilisi Georgia is taking shape. As of this writing there are 21 people in the group. Each have different publications where they will write articles about the conference, winery visits, wines and foods. There is so much to cover on the trek to […]

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Wine Tourism Conference

January 8, 2014 – 7:43 am

We realize that it is costly to attend conferences. Travel to the conference destination, the conference itself, lodging and food add up. Wineries/vineyards, wine tour operators, tour operators not necessarily focusing on wine and those in the lodging trade should consider attending a conference related to wine and travel. What wine tourism conferences are available? […]

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Pondering Favorite Wine Travel Experience

December 29, 2013 – 9:11 am

As 2013 comes to a close, I find myself thinking about our wine travel experiences during 2013. Which was my favorite? We did travel to wineries on Long Island, New York as well as Istria region of Croatia. While on the trip to the International Wine Tourism Conference in Zagreb, Croatia, we also visited wineries […]

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Maryland Chapter of the Tasters’ Guild December Event

December 17, 2013 – 9:39 am

On Sunday we joined about 40 other members of the Tasters’ Guild in Maryland at the Elkridge Furnace Inn in Elkridge. The atmosphere was festive and the one Tasters’ Guild event that most people dressed up. We had four wines paired with a four course brunch. Executive Chef and Owner Daniel Wecker wowed the members […]

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Qvevri Winemaking an Intangible Heritage of Humanity

December 10, 2013 – 9:47 am

The the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has added the ancient Georgian winemaking process to their world heritage list according to Georgian News TV and decanter.com. We traveled to Georgia in September and had an opportunity to harvest Rkatsiteli grapes and make a wine in a qvevri. The process requires cleaning and […]

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Wines on the Delta flight to Minneapolis and onto Baltimore

December 6, 2013 – 7:30 am

We had several excellent wines while visiting family in Portland, Oregon. Our return to Baltimore was during the afternoon and evening. This was an opportunity to taste the wines offered on the Delta flights. Our first leg was from Portland to Minneapolis. This was an afternoon flight leaving PDX at 1:00 pm. The first wine […]

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