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A Personal Thank You from Sponsor, Miguel Merino

September 25th, 2008 · 4 Comments

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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EWBC Logo - Contest Open to Everyone!

September 23rd, 2008 · 6 Comments

Image by Ryan Opaz via Flickr

Ok everyone, we need an official logo. We need something that we can carry forward and use for all the future gatherings, as a t-shirt design, and to display on our websites. So far, we have a Wine Blogger logo that most people seem to like. All we need now [...]

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Recent Interviews from the EWBC 2008 on Vinus TV

September 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

Amy Lillard from La Gramiere in France

David Cray from Wine Blog Research in Canada

Justin Roberts from Jerez-Xerez-Sherry in Jerez, Spain

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The Power of the EWBC Network, Let the Debates Begin! - First up Wine Closures!

September 16th, 2008 · 14 Comments

As we’ve all posted on many of our participants’ blogs, The European Wine Bloggers’ Conference has created a fountain of energy that is slowly building into something greater than simply an annual gathering - although, more events wouldn’t be dissuaded either.
Working beyond cultural limitations, language differences and varying levels of blog knowledge, we have formed [...]

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Winners of the EWBC Blind Tasting!

September 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments

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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Participant Biography: Justine Keeling from Poggio Argentiera

August 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment

When, where and why did you begin blogging?
I started a blog a few months ago, in the kitchen, solely to stop my husband from nagging me to do it. To be honest, I was the world biggest cynic, thinking that blogging was a complete waste of time, and it drove me nuts to watch Gianpaolo [...]

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Participant Biography: David Cray from Wine Blog Research

August 21st, 2008 · No Comments

I am interested in the EWBC because my colleagues and I are studying wine blogs and I have very little experience either with blogging or bloggers. This seemed a good way to find out what is important to bloggers.
I am a professor of international business. I have long been interested in how people interact across [...]

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We’re Very Sorry, but We Really Don’t Have Anymore Room!

August 20th, 2008 · No Comments

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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Participant Biography: Javier Navarro from Bodegas Tintoralba

August 18th, 2008 · No Comments

When, where and why did you begin blogging?
I started working with Emilio Sáez van Eerd two years ago in the amazing world of the wine. We were very open to work with the new technologies and we were always looking for new ways to promote the wines, especially Tintoralba’s wines. When we met Catavino, and [...]

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Participant Biography: Gianpaolo Paglia from Poggio Argentiera

August 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment

When, where and why did you begin blogging?
I’ve started nearly three years ago. I’ve heard about blogs for the first time from Antonio Tombolini, (Simplicissimus Blog Farm), a person that I consider among the first Italian entrepreneurs to understand the implication of the internet on our businesses and our lives. So I started my first [...]

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