Andre Ribeirinho and I have some amazing news to share!
We were all invited to a free trip to the Alentejo to visit the Torre do Frade winery!! Spaces are limited… so please confirm taht you are joining us as soon as you can!
The North Coast Wine Industry Expo was established to provide Winery and Vineyard professionals in Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino, Lake, Solano and Marin counties access to the latest products and services available. The event will take place at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds and will include a traditional trade show featuring up to 180 of the industry’s best suppliers and service professionals. Exhibitors will be providing a “Sneak Peek” into new products and services planned for 2013 and/or offering special pricing on end of year purchases.
In addition to the trade show, a day-long conference featuring four sessions will be presented by leaders in Viticulture, Marketing, Production, and Distributor Management. Each discussion will emphasize latest trends along with information that every industry professional needs to be better prepared for a successful upcoming year.
http://www.wineindustryexpo.com
For those of of you who haven’t heard it yet… WBIS (Wine Business Innovation Summit is a conference aiming at encouraging innovation, disruptive thinking and new technologies in the wine world with a down-to-the-ground business awareness and special attention given to the consumer‘s needs – http://www.facebook.com/events/513611401987751/?ref=ts) – is taking place in Brussels on the 19th of January next year. Well, we are organizing a #winelover’s hangout on the 20th of January in Brussels to coincide with this great event!! Cheers!
The event that comes up on Valentines day 2013 will be a truly special one… so, it would be a real pleasure for us to host many friends of our international #winelover’s community.
The Official Program:
14th February
10.30 am Opening of Umbria for #WineLovers/13
11am-7pm Exhibition and tastings, by “Cantine dell’Umbria” (Umbria Wineries)
11am-7pm Events #WineLovers (workshops, meetings and vinocamp)
11am-12 Workshop-tastings for hotel,agricultural and food operators, by Antonio Boco, a journalist of “Gambero Rosso” magazine
11am-1pm Blind tastings of 12 wines, by Master of Wine Patrick Farrell (in English)
3pm-4pm Workshop-tastings for hotel,agricultural and food operators, by Antonio Boco, a journalist of “Gambero Rosso”
3pm-5pm Blind tastings of 12 wines, by Master of Wine Patrick Farrell (in English) 5.30pm Umbria wine professionals talk about themselves, by Antonio Boco
11am-9.30pm Umbria Wines and tastes/flavours of Valnerina 9.30pm, Teatro Secci “ Uomini da Marte e Donne da Venere”: theatrical reading based on John Gray’s book “ Gli uomini vengono da Marte, le donne da Venere
15th february
10.30am Work opening 10am-1pm Workshop for wine producers: online visibility and repute- how to get them and maintain them, by Rodolfo Baggio –PhD FRGS Master in Economics and Tourism and Dondena Center for Research on Social Dynamics Bocconi University. (speakers: Nomisma/Regione Umbria, Rodolfo Baggio, Luiz Alberto)
11am-7pm Exhibition and tastings, by “Cantine dell’Umbria” (Umbria Wineries)
11am-7pm Events #WineLovers (workshops, meetings and vinocamp) 3-4pm Workshop-tastings for hotel,agricultural and food operators, by Antonio Boco, a journalist of “Gambero Rosso”
3-5pm Blind tastings of 12 wines, by Master of Wine Patrick Farrell (in English)
5.30pm Umbria wine professionals talk about themselves, by Antonio Boco
11am-11pm Umbria Wines and tastes of Valnerina 9pm, Fat. Filippo Tirincanati Trio. A concert which is a journey through the history of rock, pop, funky and soul: they perform covers in a very original and intriguing way
16th February
10am Work opening 11am-7pm Exhibition and tastings, by Cantine dell’Umbria (Umbria wineries)
11am-12 Wine tasting introductory course, by AIS Umbria
12-1pm Wine tasting introductory course, by AIS Umbria 2-3pm Wine tasting introductory course, by AIS Umbria
3-4pm Wine tasting introductory course, by AIS Umbria
3-4pm Mineral waters tasting introductory course
4-5pm Wine tasting introductory course, by AIS Umbria
11am-11pm Wines and tastes of Umbria
11am-7pm Host Riccardo Marino entertains the public with interviews on San Valentine, Umbria, wines… Rudolf Mernone (who took part in Grande Fratello 2012) is one of the guests. The event is shot by the troupe of tv programme “Rudolf Adventure” to make a broadcast on the Terni area
9.30pm Concert
17th February
8am-1pm WineLovers and Mountain Bike: a tourist- sporting excursion through Valnerina following the trail of the outstanding foods of this part of Umbria The event is organized by Blob Service
11am-7pm Exhibition and tastings, by Cantine dell’Umbria
11am-11pm Wines and tastes of Umbria
9.30 pm, Closing concert
This is going to be amazing!! I hope to see you all in Terni for our 1st anniversary!
Cheers,
Luiz Alberto, #winelover
Terre di Toscana, the most important national tasting of Tuscany Wines, will be back on March 3rd and 4th 2013. Inside the luxury UNA Hotel Versilia, wine lovers, journalists and professional operators, will be able to meet the producers and their high quality wines in a warm and relaxed atmosphere.
http://www.terreditoscana.info
BYOB: bring your own bottle and get the amazing experience…
#winelover & Vilàgivó BYOB, where the wine is in focus…
…but no experience without community 😉 So looking forward to meet you there…
http://www.eventbrite.com/
You can book tickets at the link above or via mail @ lotte.gabrovits@thewinehub
Bordeaux #winelover Hangout & BYOB
First #Winelover Hangout in Germany,
Discover amazing Rieslings from small producers in the beautiful Mosel Valley!
https://www.facebook.com/events/521384704558452/
The next edition of the Concours Mondial will take place in Bratislava (Slovakia) on May 10, 11 and 12th 2013.
THE BALKANS INTERNATIONAL WINE COMPETITON – http://balkanswine.eu/en/ – is open to wine producers from the Balkan Peninsula, Central and Eastern Europe, Black Sea region, as well as to wine producers from any other wine region.
The competition will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria, Grand Hotel Sofia, Bulgaria, on 16-17 May 2013.
This wine competition is one of the very few in Europe that lean closer to the Australian Wine Show model, allowing for a better evaluation of the competing wines. (more)
Please make sure that we receive your completed registration form and proof of payment by e-mail by 15 April 2013 (Monday) at the latest.
E-mail: info@balkanswine.eu