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Travel blogs and Rioja

Image by RobWinton via Flickr

I’m starting to come across more and more travel blogs writing about visits to La Rioja.
This is a great sign that this lovely region is finally making waves in a more international travel arena. So far international visitors to the region are relatively small, especially compared to some other well known [...]

What could wine do differently?

I’m thinking of organising a tasting in January, when Rafael Vivanco from Bodegas Dinastia Vivanco, is over in London for Bibendum’s mega annual tasting (they import our wines to the UK). Nothing radical in that, there are lots of wine tastings happening all the time. BUT …
With all the potential of Social Media for wine [...]

A Rush for Rioja

I had a couple of roles to play at last night’s London Bloggers Christmas meetup at Ember, but I enjoy wearing multiple hats.
As a wine blogger and social media activist, I feel it is important to spread the word about wine, wine culture and the great stuff that wineries are doing online. Of course, one [...]

Rioja for a song

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 [...]

40 Bloggers and the Dinastia Vivanco experience

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 [...]