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Lufthansa Creating an Ambassador

February 13, 2012 – 6:37 am

At the 2012 International Wine Tourism Conference I spoke of creating ambassadors rather than customers. An customer will buy a bottle of wine or take a wine tour. An ambassador will do the same, but also go home and tell friends and family about the tour or winery. Wine guests from out of town visit […]

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Repetition or Reinforcement

February 3, 2012 – 1:34 pm

Wednesday marked the last day for the 2012 International Wine Tourism Conference in Perugia, Italy. An issue raised by some was what appeared to be a repetition of content between the presenters. I’d like to put forth a different take on what may have appeared as repetition. Speakers were from all over the world. Some […]

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Wine Education and why Italy needs WSET

February 3, 2012 – 2:20 am

At one of the sessions at the International Wine Tourism Conference in Perugia, Italy, Gillian Arthur started the session by stating that there is a need in Italy for training front line wine staff. Italy is a major tourist destination and a hugh wine producing and exporting nation. There is a lack of trained wine […]

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Making Flatbread and Gnocchi at Margaritelli Winery in Umbria

February 3, 2012 – 12:49 am

We had a great opportunity during a visit to Margaritelli Winery. In addition to great wines, we had a lesson on making flatbread and gnocchi. It didn’t take long for me to dive into the mixing of ingredients for the flatbread. After mixing the dough, we placed the dough under glass bowls until we were […]

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Vina Croatia

January 31, 2012 – 4:38 pm

Another wine tasting brought a glimpse of what Croatian wines can offer the world at the 2013 International Wine Tourism Conference. The informal wine tasting at the 2012 IWINETC allowed for tasting what you had a fancy for. In my case, varietal grapes previously not tasted. Once again, my notes will be haikus. Graševina, Kutjevo […]

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The Many Flavours of Italy

January 31, 2012 – 8:48 am

The Many Flavours of Italy was a wine tasting at the International Wine Tourism Conference conducted by Jane Hunt, MW. Rather than traditional wine writing notes, I decided to write haiku, a form of verse that requires one to count syllables. The first and third lines contain five syllables each while the second line contains […]

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Evening Dinner Wines FAM Day 1

January 29, 2012 – 2:15 am

I recall the advice from Eric Asimov at the 2011 Wine Bloggers Conference in Virginia. Mr. Asimov suggested that wine writers change the way they write about wine. Don’t use terms such as “hints” or “nuances.” So at the time, when challenged to be creative, I decided to write haiku instead of a more traditional […]

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Vacation Over

January 28, 2012 – 4:08 am

Our three day vacation in Rome was filled with walking, meeting new people, exploring new sites and prayer. We have a 40-something year-old niece that has a rare form of Leukemia. We stopped at every church we passed including St. Peter’s and prayed for her. We received the first positive news today since she was […]

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While in Rome …

January 26, 2012 – 1:26 am

While in Rome we decided to try a local wine. Rome is in the Lazio wine region and a white wine made by several producers is Frascati. We stopped by a corner restaurant adjacent to the Barberini Plaza and had salads with a half bottle of Frascati DOC by Principe Pallavicini. This particular Frascati was […]

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Across the Pond

January 25, 2012 – 4:51 am

We landed in Rome early this morning watching a beautiful sunrise from onboard the United flight we took from Dulles. Our flight was restful. I am a believer in acquiring airline miles and hotel honor points. We flew to Italy in United’s first class. This allowed us to turn our seat into a bed and […]

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