Tatiana Livesey was in the investment banking industry when she completed the advanced level of the WSET and started Winerist in 2011. Tatiana’s talk at the International Wine Tourism Conference in Reims, France is titled “Wine and Food Travel Is Most in Demand.” Her...
Regina Foisey is the Senior Marketing Manager for the Wine Council of Ontario. She has an extensive wine background including sales, tasting room manager, winery tours and events, harvest and vineyard management. Regina’s talk at the International Wine Tourism...
From the European hospitality industry to spending time working in vineyards, wineries and tasting rooms in Canada and the United States, Hilarie Larson has a passion and experience for wine. Her presentation, Promoting Your Wine Tourism Business Through Sales,...
France has its share of beautiful avenues with buildings that are expensive. One famous street in Paris is Avenue des Champs-Élysées, measuring 1.9 km (1.2 miles) long and 70 meters (230 feet) wide. The avenue is anchored by the Place de la Concorde at one end and the...
Before Champagne could become what it is today it had to bear its share of suffering. Adding to its diminishing role as the global trade hub due to improving seafaring knowledge of Europeans, the late middle-ages brought the scourges of Hundred Years War. Over the...
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...
Georgia has a long and rich tradition of wine drinking that goes far beyond merely enjoying a nice glass of red with one's dinner this holiday season. New archaeological evidence and research suggests that wine drinking in Georgia may date as far back as prehistoric...
From March 29th to 30th, the 6th annual edition of International Wine Tourism Conference (IWINETC) brings together a unique blend of wine and tourism industry professionals, Giorgi Sigua, Head of the Georgian National Tourism Administration kicks off the event with a...
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...