It looks like my fears of VINO 2010’s “Blogging on Wine and Social Networking: New Tools in reaching Consumers of Italian Wine ” panel discussion possibly deteriorating into a blogger-bashing session can probably be put to rest. In an attempt to expand the reach of the event beyond the walls of the Waldorf Astoria, VINO…
Category: wine industry events
3rd Annual New York Wine Expo: Feb 26-28 (1WineDude Reader Discount!)
On February 26-28, the ginormous Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York will be overrun by equally ginormous 3rd Annual New York Wine Expo. While the Expo plays host to the wine trade, it also offers wine consumers a unique opportunity to sample a boatload of wines during the Feb 26 & 27 (Friday…
Turning Pro? (Professional Wine Writers Symposium & Premiere Napa)
Last week, I had the pleasure of receiving an e-mail from Jim Gordon, all-around nice & talented guy, editor of the wine industry stalwart publication Wines & Vines, and Director of the Symposium for Professional Wine Writers, containing the following tidbit: “Congratulations! The winners of fellowships for the 2010 Symposium for Professional Wine Writers at…
"Must Be Present To Win": Sotheby’s To Sell the Cellar of Lloyd Flatt
If you enjoy what are regarded as some of the world’s most prestigious wines, and happen to have in excess of $600,000 lying around, then you might want to make your way to Sotheby’s in New York on March 10. That’s when they plan on selling the wines from the cellar of famed wine collector…