Years ago a NASA scientist spoke to the Texas Grape industry about how thousands of years ago the land we call Texas was once located near the country of Georgia prior to the earth’s plates separating into the existing continents. Texas is the home of the grape...
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Destination Sakartvelo! Wine Tourism Conference to descend on Tbilisi
March 29th and 30th 2014 will see the International Wine Tourism Conference (IWINETC) bring together a unique blend of wine industry professionals from around the world in the 5* star venue Tbilisi Marriot. The event, organized by Wine Pleasures is an interactive and...
Wine Trail Traveler’s Impressions of Georgia (Sakartvelo)
Georgia stands at a precipice for potential wine tourism, on par with Napa, Bordeaux and Toscana. Terry and Kathy have journeyed to, explored and written about over 1,000 wineries and vineyards in North America, Europe and Oceania. As our wine travel experiences...
Screaming deal for Wine & Travel Bloggers to attend IWINETC Georgia announced!
The 2014 International Wine Tourism Conference will take place March 28 - 29 in Tbilisi, Georgia. Up to 300 wine, culinary and travel professionals and wine and travel social and traditional media professionals will gather from throughout the world to meet, learn, and...
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...
Networking with Benefits – another IWINETC Success Story
The International Wine Tourism Conference & Workshop (IWINETC) is not only about the latest trends and news in wine tourism it also offers attendees networking opportunities to build business relationships and meet potential partners. In addition to the organized...
Ciao Italia! Bok Croatia! Call for Papers for #IWINETC 2013
The 5th Annual International Wine Tourism Conference & Workshop 2013 Croatia organized by Wine Pleasures with the support of several public and private entities is a professional get together of a large number of wine and travel professionals from around the world...
All aboard the Orient Express to Zagreb’s Regent Esplanade for IWINETC 2013
5* Regent Esplanade Zagreb was built in 1925 to provide luxury accommodation for passengers of the famous Orient Express. During the sixties the hotel was the home and playground for world famous celebrities including Yul Brunner, Jack Pallance, Rosana Podesta,...









