Make Your Own Wine at ArtCava – a New Way to Entice Wine Tourists January 28, 2010 • By winepleasures Eric Enguita, ArtCava Eric Enguita de ArtCava ubicada en la DO Penedès nos presenta en el Wine Pleasures Congreso y Workshop Internacional de Enoturismo una novedad en cuanto a enoturismo en España: Una visita bodega, cata de vinos y además, si Vd. lo desea hacer su propio cava. Cómo Acercar el Cava a los Consumidores WINEMAKING Lunes 1 de febrero a las 16.15 ¿Como puede un proyecto de Winemaking potenciar un programa de enoturismo? El turismo enológico se enmarca dentro del marketing de experiencias. Y no hay experiencia más extrema que cuando el enoturista juega a hacer su propio vino. Es el llamado ”Winemaking”, una tendencia … Read More
Ruta do Viño do Ribeiro: Experiencias sobre el Enoturismo January 27, 2010 • By winepleasures A dónde van los enoturistas? Es para fliparse la indiferencia de las personas detrás de las Rutas de Vino de España hacia la participación y/o colaboración en el Wine Pleasures Congreso y Workshop Internacional de Enoturismo los próxmios días 1-4 de Febrero 2010. De muchas de ellas ni jota! Ayer nos llamó un Bodeguero de la DO Utiel-Requena interesada en participar en el Workshop Enoturístico y flipaba a la hora de conocer la noticia de que ni siquiera la Ruta de Vino de la Utiel – Requena se ha interesado en acudir al Congreso y/o Workshop de Enoturismo. “Por qué pagamos a la Ruta si no nos promocionan y participan en eventos específicos para la comercialización de productos enoturísticos” se quejó Afortunadamente no es tan negro para todas las bodegas. Tanto La Ruta del Vino de Terra Alta (además hacen una cata de garnachas de la Terra Alta) como La Ruta do Viño do Riberio participan en el Congreso con unas ponencias muy interesantes. José Iván Martínez Arias y Emilio Cuiñas Otero hacen el viaje desde Ourense, Galicia para impartir la ponencia: Ruta do Viño do Ribeiro: Experiencias sobre el Enoturismo Miércoles 3 de febrero a las 11.00… Read More
Xató – What’s That & Can you Eat it? January 24, 2010 • By winepleasures Well the answer of course is yes you can! The Xató Route is organized as Culinary Tourism by the Comarcas of Alt Penedès, Baix Penedès and El Garraf. Ignasi Segui Mata, of the Catalán Consulting Firm Parenthesis will be giving a talk titled: Xató – What’s That & Can you Eat it? Monday 1st February 2010 at 16.15 at the Wine Pleasures International Wine Tourism Conference. He writes: Xató also has a Route! “To follow the route is to come to know the area of Xató. To make a few of our proposed thematic outings allows one to discover everything the area has to offer; wine-tourism; architecture; music; the seaside; the culture and gastronomy via one of our most renowned dishes. El Xató, which you can savour in any one of the 85 restaurants affiliated with the Xató route. Xató is a traditional Catalan dish first referred to in a document of the 19th Century. In our region it is associated with the ceremony of tapping the wine barrels (aixetonament) – the fitting of a tap to allow the flow of wine. It is made with… Read More
History of Vicente Gandia’s ambitious Wine Tourism Project in the DO Utiel – Requena (Valencia) January 22, 2010 • By winepleasures Fabrizio Pegoraro, Vicente Gandia With some 5,500 wineries in the whole of Spain how many do you think there are geared up to actively encouraging wine enthusiasts to go and visit them? 500?, 100? Count them on two hands? What is for sure is that there are more than there were 3 years agao when Wine Pleasures started getting invloved with events for the international wine tourism sector. One of the main players in the Spanish Wine Tourism market is Vicente Gandia located in the Utiel-Requena (Bobal) wine producing region conveniently located en route Madrid-Valencia-Madrid. Vicente Gandia Visitor Centre Manager Fabrizio Pegoraro will be delivering a talk at the Wine Pleasures International Wine Tourism Conference 2010 titled: History of an ambitious Wine Tourism Project in the DO Utiel – Requena (Valencia) Tuesday 2nd February 2010 at 15.15 Vicente Gandia will also be participating in the Wine Tourism Workshop holding one-to one meetings with carefully selected international tour operators specialised in wine and culinery tourism (Groups, FIT, MICE and so on). Participants in the Workshop will get the chance to try wine made from the Bobal variety during the Networking Wine Tasting Evening on day 1. Bobal is one of the 6 commonly grown grapes of Spanish origin in the world. Can you name the other 5? He tells us … Read More
Dinamización Enoturística, Analisis del Caso Espelt January 21, 2010 • By winepleasures Xavier Cepero, Director General Espelt Viticultors “El desarrollo del turismo enológico en España es irreversible. Aunque muy pocas bodegas realmente están practicando el enoturismo conscientemente, cada vez son más las bodegas que apuestan por el enoturismo como un negocio complementario que a la vez refuerza la imagen y las ventas de la bodega. En España hay mas o menos 5000 bodegas. ¿Cuantas bodegas están en zonas donde hay un sector turístico desarrollado? Tal vez 2000 o 3000. Está la zona de la costa mediterránea desde Girona hasta Huelva y también las Islas Canarias y Baleares. Está la zona de Galicia hasta el País Vasco. Pero también tenemos que tener en cuenta la zona de Madrid, y todo el tráfico de coches, autobuses, etc que pasan por las autovías nacionales desde la A1 hasta A6 de Madrid. ¡Posibilidades hay, esto está claro! ¿De todas estas bodegas que están en las zonas indicadas, cuantas bodegas hay en España que realmente están practicando enoturismo? ¿100, a lo mejor 500, o tal vez 1000? No lo sabemos. La respuesta depende mucho de la definición de enoturismo”. Intro artículo Emilio Saez van Eerd. Uno de los proyectos enoturísticos ya en marcha es el caso Mas Espelt ubicada en la DO Empordà. Xavier Cepero, Director General de la bodega duratne el Wine Pleasures Congreso Internacional de Enoturismo los próximos días 1-3 de febrero 2010, presentará la ponencia:… Read More
Celebrity 1st Time Visit to Catalonia’s Wine Regions January 19, 2010 • By winepleasures Kelli McCarty hosts Celebrity Wine Review TV Celebrity Wine Review is an online wine review show centered around the premise that wine does not have to be pretentious or uninviting. Host, Kelli McCarty (Former miss USA and known actress), reviews wines in a variety of formats all centered at entertaining and engaging audiences and enhancing their exposure to the wine world. Some of the published and upcoming episodes include “at home” informal wine reviews, reviews on location at different vineyards, reviews at famous wine bars and at various wine tasting events and of course the big upcoming event is going to be 8 days with Wine Pleasures in several of Spain’s hallowed wine regions including Priorat, Penedès, Montsant, Conca de Barberà, Costers del Segre and Cava. Kelli, together with social media expert Roie Edery will be giving a plenary session talk at the Wine Pleasures International Wine Tourism Conference titled: Celebrity Wine Review – Leveraging social media to engage online audiences and share our passion for wine. Monday 1st February at 17.30… Read More
My Experience as a Wine Tour Leader: Things to Do and Not Do in Wine Tourism January 18, 2010 • By winepleasures Jochen Erler, Journalist & Wine Consultant What’s great about the Wine Pleasures Wine Tourism Conference is that it is not about listening to a bunch of dreary beaurocrats talking about wine tourism theories but rather it’s about listening to interesting humble people who talk about their experiences in wine tourism, who want to share their successes and failures and who want feedback from participating delegates so they too can gain some new food for thought. UK based, Jochen Erler, Journalist, Wine Consultant and member of the Circle of Wine Writers will be travelling to Spain to share his experience as a wine tour leader. Simple topic you may think but you will find it very enlightening and will surely recongnise yourself or not as you ponder on his things to do and not to do in wine tourism. His talk is titled: My Experience as a Wine Tour Leader: Things to Do and Not to Do. Monday 1st February 2010 at 11.30… Read More
Visitors Flow In & Awareness Flows Out. Wine Tourism. Why Wouldn’t You? January 18, 2010 • By winepleasures Jesús Herrero, Vamos de Vinos Especialistas en el enoturismo en las Denominaciones de Origen en Castilla-León pero sobre todo en el Ribera del Duero, Vamos de Vinos socios, Jesús Herrero y Juan Mato participarán en el Wine Pleasures Congreso Internacional de Enoturismo los próximos días 1-3 de febrero 2010. Impartirán dos ponencias. Uno en inglés que se titula: Destination Ribera del Duero and Other Wine Areas in Castilla León y la otra en castellano: Enoturismo Mejora la Cuenta de Resultados de la Bodega Lunes 1 de febrero 2010 a las 15.15… Read More
How to Cut Iberian Jam (Jamón Jabugo) & Matching with Iberian Wines January 17, 2010 • By winepleasures Santiago Rams will be showing us how to cut & plate ham The cutting of Iberian ham (Jamón Ibérico) is something of a ritual and it must be done “como dios manda“. Renowned and recognised jamón cutter, Santiago Rams Mendieta with more than 25 years experience will be showing us how to cut Iberian Ham (Top quality Jamón de Jabugo at that!) in the After Conference Programme at the Wine Pleasures International Wine Tourism Confrence from 1-3 February 2010. Time and date to note down is Monday 1st February at 19.00. Conference delegates will be shown how to:… Read More
Wine Tourism Project DO “Terra Alta” January 16, 2010 • By winepleasures Jaime Martí Pedrola Consejo Reguladaor DO Terra Alta La Terra Alta es una de las regiones vinícolas de Catalunya con mayor tradición de venta de vinos a pie de bodega. A parte de la gestión de la DO, el Consejo Regulador esta implicado en la dinamización y desarrollo del turismo enológico con el objetivo de modernizar la situación de la venta directa y adecuarla a las nuevas generaciones de consumidores. En Gandesa, el “Espai del vi i de l’oli”, ubicado en la sede corporativa del Consejo es un buen ejemplo de ello. Jaime Martí Pedrola, Secretario del Consejo Regulador de la DO Terra Alta impartirá un ponencia sobre el: Desarrollo del Turismo del Vino en la DO “Terra Alta” Lunes 1 de Febrero a las 15.15 Puede inscribirse al Congreso Internacional de Enoturismo rellenando el Formulario de Registro Más tarde a las 16.15 en la Sala “Terra Alta”, Jaime dirigirá una cata de Garnachas: “La Garnacha Blanca de la Terra Alta: De la Tradición Mediterránea a la Evolución Contemporánea.”… Read More