Dinastia Vivanco is Winery of the Year for Verema.com readers

Posted on February 12, 2010 by Robert McIntosh

A Press Release issued this week has an exciting bit of news worth sharing here as well:
“Dinastia Vivanco was named joint “Winery of the Year” after a popular vote by the 25,000 members of Verema, the leading Spanish language site for wine and food lovers around the world. Dinastia Vivanco was recognised for the work done by Rafael Vivanco and his team to create high quality, original wines since their launch in 2004.

The high profile award is particularly gratifying for Dinastia Vivanco as it reflects the views of consumers as well as wine trade professionals. Verema boasts a very dedicated readership, with 420,000 unique visitors creating 2 million page views each month. It attracts a wide range of members from around the Spanish-speaking world with a combination of wine, food and travel content including online tastings as well as physical events.

The award also underscores the influence and potential of social networks for sharing the culture of wine. Dinastia Vivanco recognises this and is participating in the online wine conversation on Twitter, Flickr and YouTube, and, through their Foundation, recently launched a major initiative by making their entire Documentation Centre available online.

The Verema Prizes will be awarded at the 9th Verema Encounter taking place in Valencia on the 19th and 20th of February, 2010″

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Wine Celebrity Spotting at Wine Culture Dinner

Posted on February 4, 2010 by Robert McIntosh

Following the last post about the idea of a possible documentary about Dinastia Vivanco, we were also privileged to host some of the world’s top wine industry personalities while they attended the Wine Future Conference in Rioja in November 2009.

Dinastia Vivanco hosted over 150 guests from the conference, including speakers, organisers, delegates and exhibitors to a dinner in Dinastia Vivanco’s restaurant at the Wine Culture Museum.

Here is a brief video of the event, including a personal thank you (in English and Spanish) from brothers Santiago and Rafael Vivanco:

[Look out for, amongst others: Gary Vaynerchuck, Kevin Zraly, Miguel Torres, Stephen Spurrier, Jose Peñin, Carlos Falco and Robert Joseph as well as members of the international wine trade]

Video by Eduardo Benito of http://www.winescreen.com/

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Documentary about Dinastia Vivanco in the works

Posted on February 1, 2010 by Robert McIntosh

Our friend Zev Robinson came to visit Dinastia Vivanco at the end of the 2009 vintage to talk about his films (such as the very popular La Bobal film) and he liked it so much he stayed for 5 days to film interviews, the winery, the museum and some of our visitors and the vineyards.

He is apparently very excited about the results, so we may have a great way of sharing more information about the Vivanco family, their history and their passions very soon. In the interim, check out the trailer he put together:

Dinastía Vivanco from Zev Robinson on Vimeo.

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Rioja and National Geographic

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Robert McIntosh

08122009472If you are quick, and I mean really quick, you can still catch a free tasting of Rioja wine AND Rioja food (in the form of some lovely tapas from the in-house expert) at the National Geographic store on Regents Street.

For this week only the Rioja Government (not Rioja wines alone this time) is sponsoring a showcase of food and wine (and olive oil) at the amazing National Geographic store. There is a tasting table by the door that starts pouring samples at 4pm and also gives you sample tapas. I believe that at 6:30pm there is also a proper wine tasting upstairs. Last night it was being hosted by John Radford (he literally wrote the book on Spanish wines).

08122009473The people behind this seemed very nice and genuine, although I think the pouring staff from National Geographic were not quite ready for all the questions they imediately received from grateful shoppers. I enjoyed stepping in to help – there were Americans, Italians, Brits and more all at the table within 5 minutes.

If you go along, look out for the wines from Dinastia Vivanco and Carlos Serres that are supporting this event. The wines change every day so no idea what you will get!

Have fun, and Happy Christmas!

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