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Nearing Doppel Level of Wine Century Club

February 20, 2012 – 6:53 am

We download the free application for the Wine Century Club years ago and added it to our wine journey. This club is designed for novice wine drinkers to career sommeliers that enjoy the wine journey. Taste 100 different varietal grapes, send in your application and you’ll receive a certificate (suitable to frame) and membership in […]

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IFWTWA Conference in Las Vegas

February 17, 2012 – 8:18 am

At the end of February, members of the International Food, Wine and Travel Writers Association will gather for the 2012 annual conference in Las Vegas at The Venetian and The Palazzo. This will be our first IFWTWA conference and we are looking forward to meeting new people and renewing acquaintances with those we have met […]

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IWINETC Session: Role of the Wine Festival in Wine Tourism…

February 16, 2012 – 1:02 am

At the 2012 International Wine Tourism Conference, John Hudelson from Central Washington University in Washington presented “Role of the Wine Festival in Wine Tourism and Regional Identity.” The information he provided from a survey may help festival planners increase attendance at wine festivals. His focus was on a wine festival in the Hudson River Valley […]

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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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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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A Collaboration Between Chanel’s Winery and Karl Lagerfeld

January 27, 2012 – 1:01 am

Back in 1994 Chanel acquired an old French winery, Château Rauzan-Ségla that began producing wine in 1661. Château Rauzan-Ségla is in the Margaux appellation of France. Karl Lagerfeld, a renowned designer, and Chanel have collaborated on celebrating the 350th Anniversary of Château Rauzan-Ségla. Karl Lagerfeld designed the wine label for the 2009 vintage, which is […]

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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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