When you think about Champagne you usually imagine a glass filled with pleasantly chilled effervescent. Giving it more thought you might connect the region with rich history, Romanesque chateaux and charming villages but you'd never imagine that Champagne can offer...
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So How is Champagne Made Exactly?
For many champagne is connected with popping a bottle on December 31st. It's a celebratory drink which has made appearances at coronations of kings and launching of ships and nowadays also at sporting events where bubbly spraying accompany victories. But what exactly...
Introducing La Champagne
Champagne will surprise you. Not only with the amazing geographical location, rich history, trademark sparkling and still wines but also with the magical atmosphere, abundance of unexpected wildlife and an interesting array of attractions that is kept up its sleeve....
Dates for IWINETC 2015 La Champagne, France set!
IWINETC is the leading global annual event for the wine and culinary travel industry. The 7th edition of the event will take place in La Champagne, France 8 - 9 April 2015. The event expects to gather over 300 wine and culinary tourism professionals for two days of...
IWINETC 2014 winds up with a visit to Tbilisi. Madloba Georgia!
IWINETC 2014 officially came to a close on 2 April 2014 after eight busy days of business, insights, touring, networking and a buzzing 2 day conference & exhibition. With many delegates back in Tbilisi it was appropriate to tour Georgia's capital and discover...
IWINETC 2014 Farewell at Signaghi and Pheasant’s Tears Winery
The 6th International Wine Tourism Conference is not only about the 2 day programme of education, business and networking but also about discovering the grape escape destinations of the host region or country. Our final official event was a trip up the a corkscrew...
Discovering the Kakheti Wine Region after #IWINETC
The 2 day International Wine Tourism Conference (IWINETC) in Tbilisi saw wine and culinary tourism professionals meet for the best education, the best business and the best networking event for the industry. After welcoming the 2015 host in with a glass of Champagne,...
Sarajishvili Brandy Made in Georgia.
Sarajishvili was founded in 1884 by David Sarajishvili, who had studied Philosophy in Germany. At that time, even though Georgia was part of Russia, he wanted to develop the Georgian economy. While his specialty had been wine and cheese, he was influenced by all the...
Authentic Terroir
Speakers, John Wurdeman & Ia Tabagari expose the concept of the authenticity as a strategic platform for the development and visibility of the wine regions and wine tourism in the penultimate talk at the 6th International Wine Tourism Conference 2014 held in...