Mary Cressler is a Certified Sommelier through the Court of Master Sommeliers, a Wine Location Specialist through the Center for Wine Origins, and proprietor of Vindulge Wine Education & Consulting; a wine consulting company focusing on enhancing the consumers...
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What is the most common misperception of wine travelers?
Melba Allen one of the wine industry's premier ExPats. She fell in love with wine and food culture in France and obtained degrees from some of the most prestigious wine schools in France and London. Since living in France, she has owned her own wine company, which...
Who’s Keeping Wine Tourism a Secret?
Tour operators and travel agents traveling thousands of miles to attend the International Wine Tourism Conference & Workshop in Croatia (15-16 March) were surveyed by organizers, Wine Pleasures, regarding destination choice for their wine tourism clients....
Get Ready to Travel to Croatia & Taste Wines of S.E.Europe at IWINETC!
Dusan Jelic got engaged in wine-networking, studied for Diploma in Wine at the Cape Wine Academy, and in August 2012 founded Wines of Balkans. This emerging website is a content hub of sublime Balk an wines and as Dusan says "the awesome people behind these wines."...
A Croatian Wine Story will be made at IWINETC 2013
Tanisha Townsend is a Wine & Spirits Educator and Consultant who delivers educational and informative presentations from the classroom to the living room. As creator of the blog Girl Meets Glass, she aims to promote the history and joys of fermented beverages to...
Destination Croatia! IWINETC descends on Zagreb for the best business, education, tasting, & networking opportunities.
From March 15th to 17th, the International Wine Tourism Conference (IWINETC) brings together a unique blend of wine and tourism industry professionals, Denis Ivošević of the Istria Travel Board kicks off the festivities with a look at wine tourism in the heart-shaped...
Building a reputation as a great tourist destination, takes grapes! Director of Istria Tourism Board to talk at IWINETC!
Denis Ivošević is the Director of the Istria Tourism Board. He'll be speaking a the International Wine Tourism Conference about Istria's growth in tourism and what it took to build a great tourism reputation.. We wanted to know his favorite type of Istrian wine and...
Come for the Wine, Stay for the People! That’s IWINETC Croatia!
Marcy Gordon of the wine and travel blog, Come for the Wine, spent years exploring the world as a travel writer and marketing professional. In addition to her published travel works, the self-proclaimed reader, writer, eater and traveler, likes to share her...
Association of Wine Producers of the Croatian Chamber of Economy announced as Premium Sponsor for IWINETC 13
Wine Pleasures is proud to announce that the Association of Wine Producers of the Croatian Chamber of Economy is the Premium sponsor the 5th edition of the International Wine Tourism Conference & Workshop (IWINETC) to be held in Zagreb 15 - 16 March 2013. IWINETC...