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 insights. [...]

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Michael Wangbickler on October 2nd, 2009

The week of October 11th marks the second annual Regional Wine Week. What is Regional Wine Week? I’m glad you asked. Regional Wine Week is the brainchild of Jeff Siegel (Fort Worth Star Telegram and WineCurmudgeon.com) and Dave McIntyre (Washington Post and WineLine). They organized a handful of wine writers who blogged about regional wine [...]

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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 [...]

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Michael Wangbickler on August 18th, 2009

This past weekend, I attended the Drink Local Wine Conference in Dallas, Texas. Some 75 people met at Le Cordon Bleu Institute of Culinary Arts Dallas to meet and discuss the merits of drinking local wine generally, and Texas wine particularly. Drink Local Wine started as an idea that a handful of wine writers, including [...]

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