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November 3, 2011 – 7:50 am

I’ve been thinking about wine tourism of late. One reason is to prepare for the upcoming Wine Tourism Conference on November 16th and 17th in Napa, California. Another reason wine tourism is on my mind is to prepare a presentation I’m going to make at the International Wine Tourism Conference in Puglia, Italy January 30th […]

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Beaujolais Nouveau Day Events!

November 2, 2011 – 8:34 am

Beaujolais Nouveau Day takes place November 17, 2011. Beaujolais Nouveau wines produced only with the Gamay grape are a pleasant bright red with fruit nuances and without tannins. All enthusiastic wine lovers will want to participate in the annual Beaujolais Nouveau Day excitement. On the third Thursday of November, the Beaujolais Nouveau wines are quickly […]

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Wine, Cheese, Vinegar and Heinz Ketchup

October 31, 2011 – 8:26 am

Since becoming involved with wine and travel, I’ve found myself more interested in the history, story and innovations behind other food categories. For instance there is a similarity between wine, cheese, olive oil and vinegars. Mankind has been making these foods for centuries. Also, fermentation is a common step in making many of these items. […]

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Where is Wine Made?

October 26, 2011 – 1:01 am

Anyone who has visited many winery tasting rooms has probably heard, “Wine is made in the vineyard.”  Wait a minute! Is the speaker trying to tell you that you can just squeeze a pound for so of grapes in the vineyard and you’ll have your glass of wine! No, I don’t think so…. The problem […]

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Muscadine vs Muscato

October 25, 2011 – 6:57 am

I find it interesting to read answers to wine questions. Local Wine Events sends out a newsletter that not only lists wine events in your region, but also has answers to questions. In today’s newsletter there was a question titled “Muscadine vs Muscato.” The writer wanted to know if the health benefits reported by literature […]

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Historic Vineyard Society for California Vineyards

October 17, 2011 – 1:01 am

One may not quite know what will happen when posting a question on the Internet. Mike Dildine asked, “California’s great old vine Zinfandel vineyards … What are your favorites?” The result was the creation of the Historic Vineyard Society. Mike’s question prompted others to gather together and eventually start the Historic Vineyard Society which also […]

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The Deadly Use of the Objective for a Subjective Statement

October 10, 2011 – 11:18 am

It didn’t take long for Kathy to criticize me for not saying something to another visitor to a winery tasting room on our recent wineries visits. The other visitor was from Ohio and after discovering we were writers said, “The wines in Ohio aren’t very good.” Normally I would seize the opportunity of a teachable […]

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Wine Tourism Report Needs Replication

October 5, 2011 – 2:11 pm

After reading the “Financial Stability and Viability of Wine Tourism Business in the GWC”  conducted by Great Wine Capitals my opinion is that the research needs to be replicated in the United States with appropriate numbers of respondents for descriptive statistics to be accurate. The research conducted relied heavily on responses from old world wine […]

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2012 Wineries Unlimited Sweepstakes

October 5, 2011 – 10:23 am

Wineries Unlimited Trade Show & Conference is offering an opportunity  to win two full conference packages for the Wineries Unlimited Conference taking place in March 2012. A sweepstakes for two tickets to the Wineries Unlimited event is in progress now and ends October 31, 2011. Anyone 21 years of age or older and interested in […]

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When Lobbyists (wine, liquor or others) Go too Far

October 3, 2011 – 3:01 am

A recent article, “Liquor Lobby Gives $45,000 to Massachusetts Treasurer,” authored by Frank Phillips on boston.com notes that the money was from a September fundraiser for Grossman. According to Phillips, Massachusetts “… state Treasurer Steve Grossman accepted $45,000 at a fund-raiser earlier this month from package store proprietors, bar owners, and liquor distributors, industries his […]

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