Maybe the power of positive thinking can keep the sun shining just a little longer, or maybe we’ve already had our summer?
[UPDATE: Thanks everyone! It worked. The sun is out and temperatures have gone up about 5 degrees]
Tag Archives: Rioja
Positive Thinking
May 9, 2008 – 9:49 am
Rioja on the (internet) radio
May 7, 2008 – 2:58 pm
Ryan from Catavino made an interesting point to me recently, something which I am sure we will be exploring in much more detail for the European Wine Bloggers’ Conference.
Blogs have the ability to present information in a range of media (written word, drawing, images, audio & video) so why is it that bloggers tend to [...]
Don’t expect this too often, but …
May 2, 2008 – 2:32 pm
I am not a deal chaser, nor do I want to dedicate this blog to finding more wine sales or discounts as I truly believe we need to find ways to get out of the UK price-driven deal culture in wine.
However, there are some retailers out there doing a good jobs of building consumer interest [...]
The future of Rioja
May 2, 2008 – 10:47 am
I was invited to a very interesting breakfast meeting the other day, organised by Wine & Spirit Magazine (the UK version) and also by Wines from Rioja in the UK.
I don’t want to spoil any surprises that David Williams and his magazine might have planned for their coverage, but I did want to point out [...]
Rioja in Spring
April 21, 2008 – 3:23 pm
Here is a photo of what you can expect if you come looking for vineyards in Rioja about this time of year. Not pretty, unless you enjoy gnarly old vines, but they promise so much!
Phone a friend about wine
April 21, 2008 – 9:35 am
One of the greatest developments of the Web 2.0 age (when blogs and other interactive technologies really became established) is that information is no longer hoarded, but shared and added to. Whereas archives of great writing and research used to be hoarded in musty vaults on the slim chance someone would pay to reuse it, [...]
I have a Thirst for Rioja, I hope you do too
April 18, 2008 – 6:53 pm
Welcome to my new blog all about Rioja - Thirst for Rioja. It is about wine, travel, food, tourism, history, geography, and anything else that comes up.
I work for a number of wineries in Rioja, all producing amazing wines, but I will not be bombarding you with sales information (I promise) but I do look [...]
