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WBC 11, One Week Later

August 1, 2011 – 6:20 am

It’s been a week since the end of the 2011 Wine Bloggers Conference in Charlottesville, Virginia and the tweets following the hashtags #WBC11 and #WBC12 continue without showing signs of slowing down. The Wine Trail Traveler attendees wrote five articles and 11 blog entries placed in one covenient location. There were several highlights that have […]

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Increase the Content – Reflections on WBC11

July 27, 2011 – 6:02 am

As press covering this Wine Bloggers Conference, I couldn’t help noticing that the content offered was much less than that provided at the Wineries Unlimited Trade Show and Conference earlier this year in Richmond, Virginia. As an educator, I look for the educational value of keynote addresses and breakout sessions. After reflection, I have some […]

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Wine Bloggers Conference: Day Two

July 26, 2011 – 5:53 am

Day Two of the Wine Bloggers Conference began with a presentation on “Virginia Wine Industry’s History, Geology, and Business Climate.” Conference attendees then boarded buses leaving for winery visits. We were on bus #1 which headed to Madison County. Our first stop was to DuCard Vineyards. The group was divided into two and our section […]

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Wine Bloggers Conference: Day One

July 25, 2011 – 1:52 pm

The first thing to note is that the Wine Bloggers Conference took place during the record-breaking heat on the East Coast. Fortunately most of the events took place in the air-conditioned Omni Charlottesville Hotel. Friday’s Events Registration was as quick as picking up one’s name card. Then it was off to connect with the event’s […]

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Wine Bloggers Conference – A Whirlwind of Wines, Foods and Networking

July 24, 2011 – 6:44 pm

After a magnificent whirlwind of tasting wines, enjoying foods and meeting wine enthusiasts over the course of a few days, it’s nice to be back home, relaxing and thinking about everything that occurred since Thursday evening. Thursday evening was an opportunity to taste wines from several areas of the world including South Africa, Bordeaux, Chile […]

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Wine Bloggers Conference and International Wines

July 22, 2011 – 7:37 am

Even the hot, humid weather is not enough to dampen people’s spirits at the 4th Annual Wine Bloggers Conference. Enthusiasm was in abundance Thursday afternoon while helping with the promo bags but last night after a delicious dinner at the Omni hotel, we went to check out the International wine tasting. Wines of Chile, Wines […]

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Promotional Bags Ready for Regisration

July 21, 2011 – 5:09 pm

Tomorrow when attendees at the Wine Bloggers Conference register, they will receive a promotional bag filled with goodies and plenty of reading material. Several stalwart people spent hours filling the bags on Thursday afternoon. The sea of red and black colored bags covered most of the floor and table space.  The bags are filled with […]

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Winery Activities this Weekend/Wine Bloggers Conference

July 21, 2011 – 12:01 am

This weekend promises to be very busy for wine enthusiasts and wine bloggers. To follow the Wine Bloggers Conference in Charlottesville, Virginia watch Twitter hashtags #wbc11 and @winebloggerscon Want to find a winery event to attend this weekend. Check out the schedule below. With the hot summer heat here, drink extra water while tasting wines! […]

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Excitement Builds as Wine Bloggers Conference Nears

July 20, 2011 – 11:58 am

The day before the start of the Wine Bloggers Conference and the chatter on Twitter is intense. I haven’t seen these many tweets for other wine-related conferences prior to their beginning. Whether one differentiates between a blogger and a writter or not, the point is both the wine bloggers and wine writers are writing. Watch […]

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Is the Wine Bloggers Conference Coming of Age?

July 19, 2011 – 7:02 am

The National Wine Bloggers Conference is coming of age. This year sets the stage to see if this popular conference can garner attendees as well as big name presentations. By moving the conference to Charlottesville, Virginia rather than the West Coast, and selling out the conference has moved to the serious conference level. To top […]

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