Michael Wangbickler on March 8th, 2010

This last weekend found me in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the New Mexico Vine & Wine Conference. I was there to teach a seminar on wine marketing titled “Brave New World: Wine Marketing in 2010 and Beyond”, as well as present two conference sessions: “Facebook and Twitter: Should You or Shouldn’t You” and “My Own [...]

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Michael Wangbickler on February 5th, 2010

By now, you should know that I am a big supporter of the local wine (and food) movement. This year, the DrinkLocalWine.com conference will be held in Virginia, shining a spot light on the state’s burgeoning wine industry. I am planning on attending if I can swing it. I’ll report back with any special [...]

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Michael Wangbickler on December 13th, 2009

If you are like me and work in the wine business, or just really like wine, around the second week in December you start to experience anxiety. No, I’m not talking about “What champagne should I drink for New Years?” I’m referring to the challenge of traveling with wine.
Before some wackos decided to fly [...]

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Michael Wangbickler on September 30th, 2009

If you spend any time at all on this blog, you may have noticed that I haven’t posted anything in a while. No, I’m not dead on the side of the road somewhere. And, no, I haven’t given up on the blog. If anything, I’m more fired up than ever. Nope, I haven’t written for [...]

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Michael Wangbickler on August 22nd, 2009

As mentioned in my last post, I spent last weekend in Dallas, Texas at the Drink Local Wine Conference and TEXSOM. While the general goal of the DLW Conference was to discuss the topic of local wine, the overall focus was on Texas wine specifically. Afterall, that was where we were.
I have to say that [...]

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