EWBC 2012 - "Sources" » drawing http://ewbc.vrazon.com Digital Wine Communications Conference Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:54:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Winners Announced for the All Expense Paid Trip to the EWBC!!! http://ewbc.vrazon.com/winners-announced-for-the-all-expense-paid-trip-to-the-ewbc/ http://ewbc.vrazon.com/winners-announced-for-the-all-expense-paid-trip-to-the-ewbc/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:59:54 +0000 ryan http://winebloggersconference.org/europe/?p=422 Viniportugal, the primary sponsor for the EWBC, has announced the winners for an all expense paid trip to the European Wine Bloggers Conference! Entry into the drawing was relatively straightforward: write a post on either Portuguese wine tasting hosted at Aldea Restaurant in NYC or the American Wine Bloggers Conference in [...]]]> Viniportugal, the primary sponsor for the EWBC, has announced the winners for an all expense paid trip to the European Wine Bloggers Conference! Entry into the drawing was relatively straightforward: write a post on either Portuguese wine tasting hosted at Aldea Restaurant in NYC or the American Wine Bloggers Conference in California, or if you could not make it, write on ViniPortugal and the current state of Portuguese wines.

Winners Receive:

1st Place = All Expense Paid Trip to the EWBC

2nd Place = Case of Portuguese Wine

3rd Place = Charles Metcalfe’s book “Wine and Food Lovers’ Guide to Portugal”

Entries into the drawing were both numerous and exciting to read. The majority of entries admitted their lack of knowledge on this diverse and unique wine country, but also tended to fawn over the quality of wines tasted. With a good quality to price ratio, wines were said to be unique as a result of native grape varieties, bright in acidity and tasted of their specific terroir. However, not all was rosy and bright. Participants also suggested that Portuguese wines were difficult to come by, and that Portuguese grape names were a quite difficult to learn, remember and pronounce.

What’s so great for us is the fact that people are at least talking about Portuguese wine, and we can only hope that this conversation will not only become more prevalent but more profound in the months to come!

Enough said ;-) Let’s announce the WINNERS!

1st Place

New York: Andy Freedman of Wine and Dined

California: Ken Payton of Reign of Terroir

2nd Place

New York: David Flaherty of Grapes and Grains NYC

California: Susan Guerra of NJ Monthly

3rd Place

New York: Philip Kampe of The Wine Hub

California: Shana Ray of Breath(e) Media

We want to thank Viniportugal for graciously supporting the event, and for all of you for joining Ryan and I in New York and California, while taking the time to enter into the drawing. And with any luck, we’ll still see you at the European Wine Bloggers Conference in Lisbon come fall!!

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]]> http://ewbc.vrazon.com/winners-announced-for-the-all-expense-paid-trip-to-the-ewbc/feed/ 10 EWBC Portuguese Wine Tasting in NYC: Drawing to Win a Free Trip to the Conference! http://ewbc.vrazon.com/ewbc-portuguese-wine-tasting-in-nyc-drawing-to-win-a-free-trip-to-the-conference/ http://ewbc.vrazon.com/ewbc-portuguese-wine-tasting-in-nyc-drawing-to-win-a-free-trip-to-the-conference/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:46:50 +0000 ryan http://winebloggersconference.org/europe/?p=211 Aldea on July 22nd, courtesy of Viniportugal, to kick off the European Wine Blogger’s Conference coming up this October 30th in Lisbon. For those of you not familiar with Aldea, it is a [...]]]> AldeaToday, 50+  New York City food and wine bloggers will receive their formal invitation to join Catavino at a Portuguese wine tasting at Aldea on July 22nd, courtesy of Viniportugal, to kick off the European Wine Blogger’s Conference coming up this October 30th in Lisbon. For those of you not familiar with Aldea, it is a brand new restaurant in the heart of NYC featuring innovative, haute Portuguese cuisine with a twist, such as (according to Ryan Sutton’s recent 3-star review in Bloomberg.com) “garlic foams, chocolate gels, sardine Napoleons and candied olives.”

Sounds enticing, no?

However, we realize that the majority of you will not be able to attend this exciting event, but there’s no reason why you should miss out! Consequently, Viniportugal has generously offered 1 free trip plus expenses to the European Wine Blogger’s Conference to any active USA wine blogger, wine/food blogger or an invitee to the NY tasting. For specific rules of entry, simply dash off a request to viniportugal@dunnrobbinsgroup.com.

This is an incredible opportunity that should not be missed! Just a few deep thoughts about the upcoming conference, or the current state of Portuguese wines, and you may win a free trip to the European Wine Blogger’s Conference!

Saludos & Good Luck!

Gabriella Opaz

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