

中国首个推特在线品酒会(TTL)于2008年11月29日晚在广州市城建大厦举行。
这次推特在线品酒会的策划人和组织者是笔者本人及来自西班牙的艾米利奥先生,共有十三人参加了这次品酒会,品尝的葡萄酒共有七款:一款干白葡萄酒、两款干红葡萄酒、一款桃红葡萄酒以及三款卡瓦起泡葡萄酒。
这次推特品酒会开中国推特品酒之先河,它将对今后在国内利用推特这一崭新社会化媒体平台开展葡萄酒体验营销产生重要影响,在中国葡萄酒营销史上具有划时代意义。
2008新西兰航空葡萄酒大奖赛(Air New Zealand Wine Awards)将于下个月举行,据悉,参赛葡萄酒数是该大奖赛三十年历史上最高的一年,参赛葡萄酒达1755款。Web 2.0 Expo NY: Gary Vaynerchuk (Wine Library), Building Personal Brand Within the Social Media Landscape

2008路易·王妃国际葡萄酒作家奖(Louis Roederer International Wine Writers' Awards)近日揭晓,《Decanter》杂志撰稿人、葡萄酒作家Tom Stevenson和Andrew Jefford分获“路易·王妃香槟奖”(Champagne Louis Roederer Award)及“年度国际葡萄酒专题作家奖”(International Wine Feature Writer of the Year),Will Lyons获“年度英国地区葡萄酒作家奖”(the UK Regional Wine Writer of the Year Award),Tom Cannavan(上图,知名葡萄酒网站wine-pages创办人)获“年度国际在线葡萄酒作家奖”(International Online Writer of the Year),《Decanter》杂志撰稿人Anthony Rose获“年度国际葡萄酒专栏作家奖”(International Wine Columnist of the Year Award),Charles Metcalfe夫妇获“年度国际葡萄酒图书奖”(International Wine Book of the Year)。



Twitter Taste LIVE is a ground breaking new tasting format will bring the famous wine personalities of the world straight to the consumer via the popular social networking tool Twitter. This is not just national, but international! Users all over the world will have the opportunity to join the worlds top wine personalities online to taste their wines. Even better, users will have the potential to comment, ask questions and go back and forth with the winemakers in real time.
美国“华盛顿州葡萄酒月”今日将拉开帷幕,2008“华盛顿州葡萄酒月”的主题是“华盛顿州葡萄酒---西北太平洋的的不同风味”,组织者是华盛顿州葡萄酒委员会,在葡萄酒月期间将举办主题为“华盛顿州--葡萄酒最佳气候”的葡萄酒零售商展览比赛以及第21届华盛顿州葡萄酒拍卖会,并有许多特殊价格的华盛顿州葡萄酒出售。
获得葡萄酒零售商展览比赛大奖者将免费去到华盛顿州葡萄酒乡度周末(包括VIP旅游以及品酒会),该奖品是由华盛顿州葡萄酒委员会提供赞助的。
2006国际黑比诺庆典展览会获奖情况:
Prizes for the top winner in each of the five categories included the WWC sponsored "Ultimate Wine Tour," which includes a one-night-stay weekend trip with VIP tours and wine tastings for two to the Washington wine region of the winners' choice. The winners, receiving the trip to Washington wine country were, by category:
--Biggest Sales Increase of Washington Wine: PCC Greenlake
--Taste of Washington Display with "Grown in Washington" Products: Top Foods Lacey
--Most Creative Display: QFCQFC - Quality Food CentersQFC - Queueing Flow Control..... Click the link for more information. Edmonds
--Most Educational Display: QFC Bella Botega
--Most Impactful Display: Safeway 1464 Olympia
The runners up in each category received a mixed case of Washington wine and a certificate of recognition:
--Biggest Sales Increase of Washington Wine Runner Up: Safeway 558 Renton
--Taste of Washington Display with "Grown in Washington" Products Runner up: QFC Pine Lake
--Most Creative Display Runner Up: QFC Harvard Market/QFC Stanwood (Tie)
--Most Educational Display Runner Up: QFC Northgate
--Most Impactful Display Runner Up: Safeway 519 Fairwood
Honorable Mentions went to: Huckleberry's Spokane, 5 Albertsons, 3 Safeway stores, Fred Meyer Issaquah, 2 Food Pavilions, 2 QFC stores, Haggen Burlington and Top Foods Snohomish. Each received a certificate of recognition and a bottle of wine.
第22届国际黑比诺庆祝大会近日在美国俄勒冈州McMinnville举行,本届大会为期三天(7月25日至27日),有数百人参加了本届大会,他们分别来自美国、法国以及新西兰等国家,会议内容主要有参观酒庄(两天半)、讨论会及品酒会。


Gary Vaynerchuk tried 4 wines from Oklahoma and really gets into this show. Gary is hoping more people around the country from these 2nd and 3rd tier wine growing States send in wine for the Thunder Show!
Gary Vaynerchuk tried 4 wines from Oklahoma and really gets into this show. Gary is hoping more people around the country from these 2nd and 3rd tier wine growing States send in wine for the Thunder Show!
前段时间在脑海里突然间萌发出想举行一个葡萄酒博客讨论会的念头,并打算将它推荐为2008第二届葡萄酒经济年会的一个小内容,为此我还绞尽脑汁专门起草了一份有关的策划建议书。
世界知名葡萄酒播客GrapeRadio.com近日与美国航空公司达成合作协议,从2月初开始,美国航空公司头等舱及商务舱中配备的个人娱乐媒体播放器上将可以播放由GrapeRadio制作的葡萄酒专题节目,这是全美国的航空公司首次在航线班机上开设这样的葡萄酒专题节目,届时乘坐美国航空公司班机的葡萄酒爱好者将可以在海拔32000英尺的高空上进一步释放他们的激情。 成立于2005年的GrapeRadio.com是世界上最受欢迎的一家葡萄酒播客媒体网站,目前该网站在全美国的听众大约有两万多人,该网站曾于2005年荣获美国商业周刊颁发的“2005年度最具创意奖”。 由GrapeRadio.com制作的葡萄酒播客每期长度不一,从30分钟到60分钟,该播客网站将其服务的对象锁定在对葡萄酒感兴趣的新人以及那些老练的品酒行家。
由美国《葡萄酒观察家》杂志网站举办的首届葡萄酒视频大奖赛近日结束,并于昨日公布了决赛结果,作品《向小家伙们举杯》(A Toast to the Little Guys)获本届大奖赛大奖,作者是一对恋人,他们是彼得·洪肯Peter Hunken 和艾米·斯蒂娜Amy Christine(图)。 彼得·洪肯和艾米·斯蒂娜都在葡萄酒行业工作,彼得·洪肯在加州圣巴巴拉Stolpman酒庄担任国内销售经理职务,而艾米·斯蒂娜则是在洛衫矶一家名叫Veritas的进口商处做葡萄酒销售工作,此外,她每周还有一个晚上做侍酒师工作,斯蒂娜于2001年通过英国伦敦Court of Master Sommeliers的“高级侍酒师”资格认证。从2005年开始,他们俩就生产他们自己的Hocus Pocus西拉葡萄酒。 (2007年10月9日)
由Fermentation博客网站博主Tom Wark主办的“第二届美国葡萄酒博客大奖赛”近日结束,日前在Fermentation博客网站上公布了八个最佳葡萄酒博客获奖名单。