Friday, September 26, 2008

用葡萄酒作画(视频)



该视频选自美国《走进酒乡》系列电视节目。

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Gary Vaynerchuk lectured on Web 2.0 Expo NY

Web 2.0 Expo NY: Gary Vaynerchuk (Wine Library), Building Personal Brand Within the Social Media Landscape

Monday, September 15, 2008

奥地利人当选葡萄酒大师学院理事会主席(原)


奥地利籍葡萄酒大师(MW)Josef (Pepi) Schuller博士(图片左)近日当选新一届英国葡萄酒大师学院(IMW)理事会主席,任期两年,这是葡萄酒大师学院在其五十五年历史上首次选举非英国人担任该职务。

Josef (Pepi) Schuller博士是奥地利葡萄酒研究院的院长,该学院主要为奥地利。德国、意大利以及瑞士等国提供葡萄酒教育。

英国籍葡萄酒大师、独立的葡萄酒咨询顾问Lynne Sherriff当选为葡萄酒大师学院理事会副主席,其他两位理事会成员分别是来自爱尔兰的葡萄酒教育家、葡萄酒大师Dermot Nolan以及来自英国的葡萄酒与食品作家、葡萄酒大师(自由职业者)Sarah Jane。
英国葡萄酒大师学院成立于1953年,目前共有278位葡萄酒大师,分布于全世界23个国家。

Tuesday, September 09, 2008

08路易·王妃国际葡萄酒作家奖揭晓(原)

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)。

Wednesday, September 03, 2008

美国葡萄酒博客人将举行“最佳品酒师”竞赛(原)

由OpenWine Consortium主办的首届美国葡萄酒博客人讨论会将于10月24日至26日在加州索诺玛举行。

近日传出消息,在首届美国葡萄酒博客人讨论会举行期间,将举办“最佳品酒师”盲品竞赛,整个比赛过程将由美国烹饪协会进行监督。

届时给参赛的葡萄酒博客人摆放上一系列只知道颜色的葡萄酒,然后由他们鉴别出酒的品种、年份以及产地,并说出与瓶中描述的葡萄酒相配的葡萄酒。获胜者将赢得“最佳品酒师”桂冠。

Saturday, August 30, 2008

首届欧洲葡萄酒博客人大会昨夜召开(原)



第一届欧洲葡萄酒博客人(Wineblogger)大会8月29日晚12时许(当地时间下午6点左右)在西班牙里奥哈举行,参加会议的葡萄酒业内人士有40多人,分别来自世界十几个国家,此外还有许多媒体人员应邀出席了会议。中国葡萄酒博客人无一人参加会议。

由于时差的原因,直到夜里12点我才从会议开设的网站上看到本届会议的直播内容,通过LiveBlog,我与这次会议的组织人、英国葡萄酒博客人罗伯特进行了交流,罗伯特希望在下一届会议上有中国葡萄酒博客人参加。

当天下午的大会内容主要是会议组织者向到会人员致欢迎词,并举行了一个品酒会,共有40余款世界各地的葡萄酒供来宾们品尝,其中还有盲品内容。

很遗憾,不知道是啥缘故,我始终未能看到由会议主办方所提供的视频信息。(图片来自会议,请勿转载)

Thursday, August 28, 2008

首届欧洲葡萄酒博客人大会今日举行(原)

首届欧洲葡萄酒博客人大会今日将在西班牙里奥哈(当地时间中午12时)举行,为了配合这次大会的举办,OpenWineconsortium网站特地在其网站首页导航栏上增加了聊天和即时信息功能,点击聊天后便可以与登录在线的会员进行聊天交流。

对首届欧洲葡萄酒博客人大会感兴趣的国内葡萄酒人士以及葡萄酒爱好者可以登录到OpenWineconsortium网站,与国外葡萄酒同行就有关葡萄酒方面的问题进行交流。

另外据悉,首届美国葡萄酒博客人大会目前已得到20多家公司、团体以及葡萄酒厂的赞助。第一届美国葡萄酒博客人大会将于10月24日至26日在加州索诺玛火烈鸟度假胜地举行。

Sunday, August 24, 2008

虚构餐馆获《葡萄酒观察家》颁发的“杰出餐馆奖”(原)



近日爆出一条与《葡萄酒观察家》杂志有关的“丑闻”,该杂志将2008“杰出餐馆奖”颁发给了一家虚构的餐馆,此事一经曝光便引起业内人士的高度关注,并对《葡萄酒观察家》的做法予以谴责和批评。
葡萄酒作家、图书《The Wine Trials》一书的作者Robin Goldstein是这一虚假餐馆的编造者。他之所以要这样做目的就是为了证明他长期的相信是正确的,即许多美食与葡萄酒奖的颁发不是基于十分严格的研究,它们中的多数只是成为举办这些评奖活动出版商的财源。
Robin Goldstein虚构的这家餐馆名字叫Osteria L'Interpido,地址在意大利米兰,此外,他还专门为该餐馆开办了一家网站,并公布了一份餐馆为顾客服务提供的酒单,酒单所列的256款葡萄酒中有一部分来自《葡萄酒观察家》杂志评价的葡萄酒,评定的分数很低。
Robin Goldstein把这份酒单寄给了《葡萄酒观察家》杂志社,而且支付了250美元的竞赛费用。后来他就收到了一个电子邮件,告知他的餐馆赢得了大奖。
据说,在2008年里约有4500家餐馆参加了《葡萄酒观察家》举办的竞赛,每家餐馆向杂志社支付了250美元的参赛费,这样该杂志共收入了100万美元,约有三分之二的参赛者获奖。

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Do you know Twitter live tasting?

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.

Here’s how it works, First, you will need a free Twitter account. Then you will want to “follow” BINENDSWINE on twitter. You will also want to follow any of the bloggers involved with the event. You can easliy search the name in the search box. All upcoming Twitter Taste Live Tastings will be announced both on Twitter, Facebook as well as on our website.

Tasting wine should always be a fun, social event, therefore we encourage our tasters to get together locally in groups. It’s easy! Grab the wine, some glasses, a laptop and some friends and make an evening out of it!

Tasting times may vary depending on winemaker availability but will tend to be the third Thursday of every month at 7pm eastern time.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

泰勒·科尔曼将出席第29届CAWG年会



美国知名葡萄酒演讲人和作家泰勒·科尔曼将作为嘉宾演讲人出席2009年1月27日在加州首府萨克拉门托市举行的第29届加州酿酒葡萄种植者协会年会。
泰勒·科尔曼是世界著名葡萄酒博客网站DrVino.com的主人,该博客网站曾经获得2007第一届美国葡萄酒博客比赛大奖,他毕业于美国东北大学,并获葡萄酒政治学博士学位。
目前泰勒·科尔曼任教于纽约大学和芝加哥大学,主要教授葡萄酒课程。

Friday, August 01, 2008

华盛顿州葡萄酒月今日拉开帷幕

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届国际黑比诺庆典在俄勒冈州结束

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。

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

杰西丝·罗宾逊等人获路易王妃奖决赛提名(原)




英国著名葡萄酒女作家杰西丝·罗宾逊(上图)获2008路易王妃国际在线葡萄酒作家奖(Louis Roederer International Award for Online Wine Writer 2008)决赛提名。

“国际在线葡萄酒作家奖”是今年新增设的一个比赛类别,一共有四人进入决赛,他们分别是:

Tom Cannavan (http://www.wine-pages.com/

杰米·古德Jamie Goode (http://www.wineanorak.com/

Chris Losh(http://www.just-drinks.com/

杰西丝·罗宾逊( http://www.jancisrobinson.com/

Saturday, July 12, 2008

泰勒·科尔曼出新书



美国著名葡萄酒作家泰勒·科尔曼的新书《葡萄酒政治学》将于2008年7月14日在美国正式出版发行。

泰勒·科尔曼是世界知名葡萄酒博客网站DrVino.com的主人,该博客网站曾经获得2007美国葡萄酒博客比赛大奖,他本人拥有葡萄酒政治学博士学位,目前泰勒·科尔曼任教于纽约大学和芝加哥大学,主要教授葡萄酒课程。

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Wine Library TV将于今日举行500期节目庆典(原)


世界知名葡萄酒视频播客网站Wine Library TV将于今日在旧金山市Crushpad公司举行500期节目庆典,届时该网站创始人Gary Vaynerchuk 将抵达现场并主持第500期节目的实况播出。Wine Library TV网站的合作伙伴美国Revision3网络电视将从美国东部时间22点整开始在其网站上转播这次大型庆典活动。

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Graperadio获詹姆斯·比尔德基金会奖(原)



世界知名葡萄酒播客视频网站Graperadio.com荣获2008 詹姆斯·比尔德基金会WEBCAST奖,获奖作品为“Stewards of the Land”,播客制作人是Mark Ryan和Jay Selman 。

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Episode 490 - Oklahoma Wine Tasting With Shocking Results

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!

Episode 490 - Oklahoma Wine Tasting With Shocking Results

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!

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Wines of France offers the Ultimate French Wine Lover's Sweepstakes



Ever fancied the life of a vigneron or a highflying winemaker? Wine enthusiasts everywhere have flirted with the dream of making their own wine - but cost, oenology schooling and lack of courage tend to hold most of us back. The "Ultimate French Wine Lover's Sweepstakes" is offering the chance of a lifetime to one lucky winner, and a guest, to get their hands stained in French vineyards this September, make some wine, load up on local cuisine and finish, en beauté, with a whirlwind gastronomic tour of Paris. The wine-centric trip involves six days each in Bordeaux and Burgundy, the holy grail of wine regions. The winner will be exposed to harvesting grapes that make the world's most famous wines and will get to experience vinification with a range of reputable wine producers. It won't all be work, though. There will be plenty of time doing what the French do best: enjoying life, eating and drinking, with a special focus on all things local. Plus, an essential stopover in Paris will span two days of more epic.