Michael Wangbickler on August 27th, 2009

This week I attended the Family Winemakers of California trade tasting in San Francisco. There were hundreds of family-owned wineries pouring their wines. They ranged in production from very small to quite large. The concept behind the organization that puts on this tasting each year is to offer a support organization for the hundreds of [...]

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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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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 Jeff [...]

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Michael Wangbickler on August 7th, 2009

There has been a lot of excitement lately among wineries and service providers concerning social media. Many are jumping in with both feet, some are dipping a toe in, and others have no clue what the hell to do. But no matter which camp they find themselves, social media is all the rage right now [...]

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Michael Wangbickler on August 4th, 2009

I recently met and befriended Karen Gurney of Winebard.ca at the Wine Bloggers Conference. She’s a great gal, and what can I say… I love Canadians. Anyway, she has this crazy idea for a social media experience, and she’s willing to bet her wedding on it.
In two weeks, she and her fiance will be getting [...]

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