“Our lives, our mood and mind as we pass across the earth turn as the days turn” ~ Homer, taking just this snippet from Odysseus’s own Odyssey; it reminds a bit about the eight day Italian Odyssey that I and a great group of other wine writers [bloggers] had embarked...
“We are small. We are new. We want to produce our own wines with our own personality. As a new producer it is important for us to have people listen to our story.” - Federico Bibi, Sales and Marketing Director of Terre Margaritelli Winery In a region where so many...
When Manuela Piancastelli first took a group of bloggers through the Terre del Principe in Campania she called it a “newer” winery. “It’s only 500 years old,” she said as she opened the floor and led us down the dark stairs to a cellar her and her husband – the...
After listening to Micheal Wanbickler’s opening speech at the 2012 International Wine Tourism Conference, I heard someone behind me say “ciao Melba, how are you?” The voice caught me completely by surprise as I whirled around to face the smiling animated face of Sara...
Day 1 Session Overview at the IWINETC Excitement brewed over the weekend as the opening address and sessions of the International Wine Tourism Conference edged closer. The conference began on Monday morning with an introductory address by Chiara Lungarotti of...
Watch out for our the IWINETC Media bus! Wine Pleasures has hand-selected a group of highly talented wine media, journalists, and travel consultants from around the world, from the United States and Canada to the United Kingdom, France and Germany. This team of...
Orvieto, January 28 weather sunny, crisp & cool. What is that I nose in my glass. Vaguely honey/ muscat-like aroma, with a flinty fruity palate. This is nothing like the bland Orvieto that I have tasted stateside. It’s been a hectic first day with the —trying to...
With a 11+ years experience in the wine tourism business, Chiara Tuppy has a hand in various sides of the wine tourism business. Chiara is a tourist planner for the Consorzio Turistico Gorizia e l'Isontino, technical director of Vinodila’ Wineways, owner of Avant...
With only 10 days remaining until the 2012 International Wine Tourism Conference in Perugia, Umbria, Italy and there is so much to look forward to, not least of which will be “The Many Flavours of Italy” guided tasting, led by Master of Wine, Jane Hunt! The wine list...