Tag Archives: tourism
Visiting La Rioja? Visit Bodegas Luis Cañas!
Imagine a town where there is a winery for every eight inhabitants, that town is called Villabuena. In the heart of Rioja, the small town is home to eighty wineries and 350 locals. I was greeted by Carmen, the commercial director at Bodegas Luis Cañas, who led me to the entrance of the winery so [...]
Topic: Wine Tours Also tagged enoturismo, Rioja, spain, spanish wine, travel, Villabuena Leave a comment
Wine Tourism is a Financially Stable & Viable Business!
In June 2011 the Great Wines Capital Global Network conducted a market research project titled the Financial Stability and Viability of wine tourism business in the GWC. They ask around 500 wineries around the world some interesting questions such as: How much does a wine tourism spend at the winery? In Italy (Florence) 200 USD, [...]
Topic: Wine Conference Also tagged conference, congreso, enoturismo, italy, perugia, travel, Umbria, Wine Tourism, workshop Leave a comment
UK Wine Tourism Starting to Bud
Fine wines are generally associated with certain parts of the world. We know of Italy as a wine producer because of its history, even dating back to images of Roman emperors holding goblets of wine, and because nowadays wine is so often paired favourably with Italian food. We know of France simply because of its reputation [...]
South African Wine Regions
Today’s wine lover is often split between two worlds. The traditional Old World consisting of the renouned France, Germany and Italy where top quality wines are still gems brought into modern society. On the other hand we have the nefarious New World, consisting of Australia and California. These two countries are responsible for fierce competition [...]
Topic: Wine Tours Also tagged costantia, durbanville hills, klein karoo, paarl, south africa, stellenbosch, travel, wine Leave a comment
Wild Boar Prefer Syrah Grapes at Clos Pons
Clos Pons, a winery is located in Les Garrigues district (Lleida) is set in a landscape dominated by olive and almond trees and distinguished by its dry and arid terroir. A group of wine importers were taken to the Pons estate as part of the Wine Pleasures Reverse Trade Mission and dropped seemingly in the middle [...]
Glowing Words for #iwinetc from The Franschhoek Wine Valley
The 3rd International Wine Tourism Conference & Workshop ended last week and since then we have been inundated with positive feedback. Here is just one of the many received from Jenny Prinsloo, CEO of the Franschhoek Wine Valley: “I am delighted that I attended. I found the Conference added great value, particularly the seminars on [...]
Topic: Wine Conference, Wine Tours Also tagged conference, enoturismo, franschhoek, Oporto, Portugal, travvel, wine, workshop 3 Comments
Media Release from Wine Pleasures #iwinetc
The 3rd International Wine Tourism Conference and Workshop closed last week, following a great week of, business, meetings, networking, talks, winery visits and wine tastings. This year’s edition attracted 173 delegates from over 30 countries. New countries to have representation included Argentina,Austria, Brazil, Croatia, Latvia, India and South Africa, The number of tour operators and [...]
Topic: Wine Conference, Wine Tours Also tagged conference, enoturismo, italy, Portugal, travel, wine 2 Comments
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