by winepleasures | Aug 15, 2011 | Wine Conference, Wineries Review
To date, there are just 289 Masters of Wine in the world throughout 23 countries, 79 of these are female. These numbers reflect those people in the global wine community who have achieved excellence in the knowledge and communication of wine – more commonly known as...
by winepleasures | Feb 13, 2011 | Wine Tours, Wine Conference
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...
by winepleasures | Feb 9, 2011 | Wine Tours, Wine Conference
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...
by winepleasures | Feb 8, 2011 | Wine Tours, Wine Conference
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...
by winepleasures | Feb 7, 2011 | Wine Tours, Wine Conference
Michael Oudyn of Wine Tripping and member of the Blogger- Media Fam Trip sums up day 1 of the 3rd International Wine Tourism Conference 2011: First we were given a regal welcome by His Royal Majesty Dom Duarte de Braganca. He encouraged us to enjoy wine and Portugal,...