Winners Announced for the All Expense Paid Trip to the EWBC!!!

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!!