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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, tourism, 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, tourism, Umbria, Wine Tourism, workshop Leave a comment
Intimate Luxury in Catalonia: Hotel Mas Passamaner
The second we drove up to the five-star hotel, Mas Passamaner in the DO Tarragona region, I knew I was a someplace special. It wasn’t grandiose, fancy, or impersonal like I expected a five-star hotel to be, rather it was a unique, quaint, personal place where every last detail had been beautifully attended to. Designed [...]
Topic: Wine Tours Also tagged Joachim Koerper, mas passamaner, spain, tarragona, wine, wine wedding 1 Comment
Wish you were here!
Set on the beautiful island of Mallorca (or Majorca, whichever you prefer) in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea you will find the traditional yet modern Bodega of José L. Ferrer (JLF). With old presses and pumps lying around the place you are sure to get a feel for the romantic vision of the young [...]
Topic: Wine Tours Also tagged Binissalem, enoturismo, José L. Ferrer, mallorca, wine 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, tourism, wine Leave a comment
50 Great Cavas
Tras realizar un estudio en internet para averiguar si existe un ranking e evaluación del cava, nos hemos quedado sorprendidos de que Google no produce ningún resultado para por ejemplo, 50 Great Cavas ni 20 ni 10 ni jota! Para afrontar esta laguna grave en la red, Wine Pleasures realizará durante el mes de agosto [...]
Topic: Wineries Review Also tagged Cava, enoturismo, Penedès, spain, spanish wine, sparkling wine, wine Leave a comment
The Great Spanish Wine Quiz
The Great Spanish Wine Quiz, part of the After Conference Programme at the 2011 International Wine Tourism Conference in Oporto proved to be very enjoyable and humbling. Winning team had three Spanish based players including the Carles Tubella (Vice Presidente de la Cámara Comercio de Reus, Stephen Fallows (Faisca Turismo Consulting) and Carles Sala (Sala [...]
Topic: Wine Conference, Wine Tours Also tagged concurso, conference, enoturismo, portugal porto, quiz, spanish, wine, workshop 1 Comment
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, tourism, wine 2 Comments
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