Dear Wine Bloggers.
What a great day I had with you all, and how I have enjoyed seeing the pictures and videos of the event on the internet. This is what I was thinking of when I started my wine-making career! I love to be surrounded by wine lovers, people who travel to wine regions, taste [...]

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On the first night of the European Wine Blogger Conference, as participants gathered from around the globe in the HUSA Hotel Salon to showcase their regional wines, we organizers threw in unannounced blind tasting. 40 participants were asked to throw their hat into the ring in order to win one of the following three prizes: [...]

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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 [...]

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We appreciate the support we had from bloggers, readers, sponsors and others in the media to make the European Wine Blogger Conference 2008 a great success.
We feel particularly honoured to have been able to meet an amazing group of bloggers and enthusiasts, and trust that in the coming months we will have created an even [...]

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This is not a wrap up post.
We have just finished day 1 of the European Wine Bloggers’ Conference. FAR too tired to think about giving you a wrap up of the things we have discussed and done, but if you have been following us you know:

We’ve spent a long time trying to get all the [...]

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The Keynote speaker is often the reason why an event draws participants. The European Wine Blogger’s Conference is different. The mere fact that we are the first group of bloggers to simply get together and talk about wine blogging, well, that seems to be enough to draw people in and of itself. So far, the [...]

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We really are very sorry, but our seams are busting! Hotels are full, restaurants without seats, and tables so full of participant wines that we have to say stop! In truth, when we first proposed this idea, we never thought we could find more then 10 international bloggers to get together and talk. We thought [...]

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When, where and why did you begin blogging?
Aristide, blogging around the world of wine, was born in January 2005, during the night of the 16th. It all started at home, sipping a vintage Porto. Blogging was a former professional experience I started in 2003 with a personal blog.
In a few short sentences, summarize your intention [...]

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When, where and why did you begin blogging?
I remember first hearing about blogs sometime around 2002 and I thought, “Who the *** would want to read, or write, such stuff?” Well, I started working for myself in 2006 and discovered that it can get lonely and dull, so I set myself a small goal to [...]

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When, where and why did you begin blogging?
I started blogging in 2004, using a private account at blogspot. At this time I was using my blog just as a place to store and write some stories. I was blogging just for myself, it was a private place in the world wide web!!

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