How very exciting!
I’m now in Rioja and I am not here on a pre-planned trip that takes up most of my time (as usually happens) so I have lots of opportunities to explore new places.
In fact, I’ve already had my first “new” experience as I decided to bring my UK car rather than hire one [...]
This week, participants at the EWBC are being encouraged to take a look at a common issue from the perspective of their blog/audience/country so we can start a more open, international debate. Visit the EWBC site for more details and see other submissions on the same topic
The issue of closures is one that rages on [...]
Well, one of the top ones anyway.
According to, what is probably a rather unscientific study intended solely to get people like me to write about it, TripAdvisor has just put out a rather simplistic press release about the “Top 10 Wine Destinations”.
In at number 6 you’ll find this (is Inbibation even a word?):
6. Spanish Inbibation: [...]
Good news if you live outside of London, or a good excuse to leave for a bit (London does get the lion’s share of attention generally).
Wines from Rioja is sponsoring a campaign through regional newspapers in Bristol, Birmingham, Nottingham and in Scotland. You collect tokens in these newspapers and get a chance to go out [...]
You’ll probably read a lot more about this event on other blogs as well, but I must say I was very excited to help to host 40 of Europe’s leading wine bloggers at Dinastia Vivanco this weekend.
Wine blogging is getting more mainstream, with more wineries, journalists, marketers and wine consumers using it as a means [...]
