Entries from April 2008

Blogger Introduction: Filippo Ronco of TigullioVino and Vinix.it

April 29th, 2008 · No Comments

When, where and why did you begin blogging?
I’ve been with TigullioVino.it since April of 2000, but I’ve started to blog only in 2005.
In a few short sentences, summarize your intention with your wine blog.
My blog is somewhere between a normal blog and a corporate blog. TigullioVino.it Blog is the center of my interests: wine, technology, [...]

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Tags: Participant Bio

How to improve conferences; ditch the presentations

April 22nd, 2008 · 6 Comments

We have always intended this inaugural European Wine Bloggers’ Conference to be different, setting a new standard for conferences, particularly in the wine world.
When we thought about how we would discuss the key issues, we had to find a way to allow as much interaction as possible, yet give all those who wanted it a [...]

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Tags: planning

Blogger Introduction: Andre Ribeirinho from Adegga.com

April 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Editor’s Note: As we had mentioned in the past, we are very interested in learning about each and every participant at the conference. We’re fascinated as to what your current projects are, where you are coming from and why a conference like the European Wine Blogger Conference interests you. This said, we’d like to welcome [...]

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Exciting News!

April 18th, 2008 · No Comments

The good news just keeps rolling into the EWBC headquarters. Right off the press, Wines of Spain has recently published an article on the conference, emphasizing our common desire to not only learn how to better collaborate, but also gain the respect and the attention of the wine trade. What makes this news so fantastic [...]

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Tags: events · planning

Wine Blogger Profiles

April 16th, 2008 · No Comments

One of the things we hope to do with the conference is to get to know each other better. There are a lot of wine bloggers out there with very different backgrounds, expertise and interests and by learning more about other bloggers we hope to find more areas of common interest, beyond wine of course, [...]

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Gathering Demographics for Sponsorships

April 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment

We’re back! Although we’ve been a little quiet for awhile, it’s only because we’ve been trying our best to find a good strategy to attract further financial donors. To make this conference as useful as we can for an extremely reasonable price, we’ve been working hard to find companies who are willing to give us [...]

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Tags: events · planning