There continues to be a lot positive feedback on the outcome of the European Wine Bloggers Conference from all those who participated, for which we are very grateful.

Today we’ve had a very positive review from a participant from TodoVino who listened in on our roundtables and considers the potential impact of blogging, and is supportive of the innovations that are emerging in this medium.

Here are just some of the comments from participants, and you’ll notice almost all of them are not in English (so I attempt to translate below each one), demonstrating how this discussion is now moving in a totally new environment:

Lizzy Tosi, a wine journalist who knows about online matters, says:

“Il web wine 2.0 sta rimescolando non poco le carte in tavola, in tutti i settori del vino; qualcuno degli addetti ai lavori (produttori o comunicatori) ancora non se n’è accorto, molti fanno finta di ignorarlo, i più svegli l’hanno capito da un pezzo.”
“The Wine Web 2.0 is shuffling the deck in all wine sectors; some of those involved (in production or communication) may not have noticed, many are trying to ignore it, but the most alert have understood this for a while““

José Eduardo Jorge Silva from the award winning Portuguese winery Cortes de Cima said,

“3 intensos dias de pessoas, ideias e vinhos (não necessariamente por esta ordem) que vieram esclarecer algumas dúvidas. O wine blogging está agora a definir-se e procura um rumo que o diferencie dos restantes, como tal é um trabalho em progresso e ainda é cedo para o avaliar ou catalogar. A semente foi lançada com a realização do Congresso e começam a surgir algumas linhas indicadoras para que os wine bloggers se tornem “profissionais” e possam viver do seu trabalho.”
“3 intense days of people, ideas and wine (not necessarily in that order) that helped to clear up some (of my) doubts. Wine blogging still needs some definition, as this is a work in progress and it is still too early to assess or draw conclusions. However, the seed has been planted with the completion of conference and some evidence that wine bloggers can become “professionals” and can live from their work are already starting to emerge.“

Giampiero Nadali, a wine marketing specialist, says:

“… ma parlando della sola discussione sugli score direi che ha sortito un risultato nient’affatto di secondo ordine…”
“even talking only of the discussion about (wine) scores, the outcome shows we had a first rate discussion“

Thomas Lippert, a most entertaining gentleman, winemaker and also someone who managed to challenge lots of our assumptions, said:

“Es gibt so viel zu erzählen, so viele Pläne und tolle Projekte die darauf warten realisiert zu werden oder einfach bekannt gemacht werden sollten. Die Eindrücke und Ideen die ich von all den Bloggern erhalten habe ist schier unendlich.”
“There is so much to tell, so many great plans and projects waiting to be put into place or shared. The impressions and ideas I got from all the bloggers is virtually limitless.“

You can visit Vinus TV for their videos of participants and of each of the 3 roundtables, and don’t forget to check out the amazing range of photographs of people, places, wines and events on the EWBC Flickr Group (currently there are 925 photos in there!).

(this photo by Ryan Opaz)