Think Douro and you may think The Douro Boys. Think again! During preparations for the 2011 International Wine Tourism Conference the Wine Pleasures team in collaboration with DOC-DMC team made extensive visits around Portugal in order to set up Blogger/Media and Tour...
This might seem like a silly question but the truth of the matter is that many wine importers we have come across over the last 7 years at Wine Pleasures have not known where Catalonia is. Our answer to the question is usually Barcelona, Spain and that gets them...
February 2011 saw the 7th edition of the annual Wine Pleasures Workshop Buyer meets Cellartake place once again in the beautiful hotel location of the Barceló Hotel Montserrat. Candela Prol, wine buyer for USA based wine importer Marble Hill Cellars had this to say...
At the 2011 “Buyer Meets Iberian Cellar” Workshop held close to Barcelona we talked to Mario who is the Export Manager for Vera de Estenas wines. We asked him about the winery and selling their specialty produced using the varietal Bobal. How long has Vera de...
The 2011 edition of the Wine Pleasures Workshop Buyer meets Iberian Cellar was held over two and half days in the Hotel Montserrat, La Beguda Baixa, Spain and brought together some 40 boutique Portuguses and Spanish wineries and 40 international wine importers from...