I have never attended a seminar at the London WIne Trade Fair before, despite having attended for 6 years or so. This year, however, I spotted an invitation too good to miss: John Radford’s “Rioja Through the Decades” tasting, intending to showcase some of the great wines from the best vintages over the last 30 [...]
Back from ExCeL and the 2008 London International Wine Fair (LIWF)
I’m not sure if it was the fact that the ‘wine’ show is no longer complicated by the mixed messages of also being the ‘Spirit‘ show, or maybe something else, but I felt that there was a better mix of visitors this year, in particular [...]
Just for fun, I thought I would write an “elevator pitch” to sell Rioja (the whole region) – convince someone to bother looking into Rioja further. This might not work on journalists or “experts” but I was still thinking of that technology investor type, unfortunately caught in the lift with me for 30 seconds.
Here is [...]
If you happen to be coming to the London Wine Trade fair this week (Tuesday 20th May to Thursday 22nd May, 2008) at ExCeL, please do come by the Bibendum stand (D30) and say hello.
Bibendum Wine Ltd. is the UK importer for both Dinastia Vivanco and Criadores de Rioja, and therefore we benefit from being [...]
I’m currently sitting in the stylish Manchester Malmaison Hotel (”the Mal”) trying to stay away from the madness around the streets of Manchester today thanks to the UEFA cup final. I have never seen so many blue shirts and every voice I hear is Scottish (Rangers have made it to the final apparently).
It has been [...]
