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  • Erin Korpisto

    November 18, 2013 •

    By winepleasures

    I’m an Okanagan girl who, after many years spent working in architecture and travelling abroad, decided to come back to the Valley and try to get a foothold in the wine industry. In the past few years I have managed to work in the cellar as an assistant winemaker, in tasting rooms, and I have worked two crush seasons. This, however, was enough for me to realise that I’m not cut out for cellar work. I branched out into the Sales and Marketing side of the industry which, as a ‘people person’, has much better suited me. I now work part time in wine sales and part time in architecture, balancing two of my passions.

    2012 was my big year of wine touring in central BC. I visited a total of 138 wineries, meaderies, cideries, and one distillery, blogging about my experiences and tasting notes. During that time I also completed my WSET Level 2 and Level 3 (Pass with Distinction). In 2013 I began teaching the Wine Sales Certificate Program and ‘Introduction to BC Wine’ at Okanagan College in Penticton.

    I attended the North America Wine Blogger’s Conference, held June 2013 in Penticton, and look forward to continuing my journey of wine education and blogging this fall as I tour the South of France for ten days.

    Erin together with Allison Markin delivered a talk titled:

    Wine Tourism in British Columbia: Small Wine Region, Big Visitor Impact

    An introduction to the wines and regions of British Columbia, Canada, with a focus on Penticton & Wine Country Tourism in the Okanagan Valley. Learn about the history, varietals grown and the challenges faced by a small young wine region. We look at the ways that the town always known for “Beaches & Peaches” attracts international visitors to Wine Country.

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International Wine Tourism Conference

Founded in Spain in 2009, the International Wine Tourism Conference has now accommodated over 700 wine tourism professionals in 45 different countries throughout the world.

Though opportunities for international networking, professional development, and world class industry information you will find that our conferences and workshops offer unique ways to discover grape escape destinations around the world.

IWINETC is the destination for those involved in wine, gastronomy and tourism. So come along and share your point of view and gain from the experience of others.

Past Conferences

  • 2019 Basque Country, Spain
  • 2018 Budapest, Hungary
  • 2017 Sicily, Italy
  • 2016 Barcelona, Spain
  • 2015 Champagne, France
  • 2014 Tbilisi, Georgia
  • 2013 Zagreb, Croatia
  • 2012 Perugia, Italy
  • 2011 Porto, Portugal: Speakers

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