Our second day of the IWINETC 2013 Blogger-Media Fam Trip to Friuli, Italy, began with a tour of the Rosazzo Abbey (the monastery of roses) in the Colli Orientali region. The abbey is a cultural and religious center, and it’s also surrounded by vineyards and produces...
After a long trip by bus our group was rewarded with a great dinner at La Subida Restaurant in the Eastern part of Friuli, the famous wine growing area called Collio, not far from the Slovenian border and Trieste. This area has a great tradition in wine and cheese...
The 2013 International Wine Tourism Conference got off to a great start this morning with Anthony Swift of Wine Pleasures welcoming attendees followed by the Plenary Session led by Denis Ivoševič from Croatia’s Istria Tourist Board. Croatia has become a wine and...
The first word most tourists to Georgia learn is "guamarjos!" - cheers! Long thought to be the birthplace of wine and supported by archaeologists finding wine vessels from 6000 years ago and ancient architecture with frescos of grape vines; this is a wine country....
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...
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...
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...
One of the many exciting features of the 2013 International Wine Tourism Conference (IWINETC) in Zagreb, Croatia will be the Wines from the Balkans Grand Tasting. Master of Wine, Caroline Gilby will lead conference delegates through wines from most of the 12 Balkan...
A wine tourism conference would not be complete without an After Conference programme of wine tastings and an evening social programme taking us off site to discover the culinary and cultural delights Zagreb and region has to offer. We are delighted to announce that...