Does wine tourism exist? Does a wine tourist exist? Certainly the French think that it is sufficiently important to have its own word, oenotourisme, but talking with some people in both the wine trade and the travel trade, particularly in Europe, one wonders about its importance. To take just one example, at the huge World… View more
Some news. Firstly, this is a new website and blog for me, which will keep you up-to-date with everything I’m doing. I’m deserting Blogger and the Winey Wink blog, all the previous posts have been fed in to this WordPress.com blog and I will continue to post here when I have something new to share…. View more
I promised that on this, my personal blog, I would relate some of my experiences with the Wine Travel Guides website. It’s been lots of work and the latest developments were announced in the press release earlier this week announcing our launch of tailor-made wine tour itineraries. This is an attempt at utilizing the in-depth… View more
I’ll stand up and say it right away – I’m a fan of Social Media …. how sad is that? Sadder still perhaps is my personal conviction that I should try to convince friends, colleagues or those few people reading this blog who might not be as enamoured with Social Media as I am –… View more
It’s nearly 30 months since the Wine Travel Guides website went live and I’ve just made some big changes in a bid to keep the site alive. The website has received a gratifying amount of praise from users, writers and those in both the wine and the travel industry, but as with many websites, it… View more
Please help spread the word! I’m offering an opportunity for an experienced business person to help me turn Wine Travel Guides from a well-regarded niche website into a highly successful one. I am looking for a motivated individual with proven business skills with time to help develop the Wine Travel Guides website. I need to… View more
Readers of this blog and other articles I write will know that I’ve developed a speciality of wines of the Jura, France’s smallest wine region. Since Jura is synonymous with Vin Jaune, the curious wine from the Savagnin grape, I often mention and discuss it. But now, I’ve fallen for another curious yellow wine –… View more
Back in 2002, when Tom Stevenson asked me to write on Jura and Savoie for his new annual guide Wine Report, to be one of 40 contributors, I was flattered, but resigned to doing what I knew would be a huge amount of work for not great financial return. But I didn’t know what real… View more
Just over a year ago I wrote here about the stupidity of the French lawmakers who had decreed that certain articles about wine had to carry a health warning just like advertising does in France. Discussions continued all last year about the subject of wine sales on the internet being technically illegal in France –… View more
In case you want to read more about the creation and background to my site Wine Travel Guides you might enjoy reading the interview with me on the travel news and information website Wandering Educators. I love the look of this site and it has very spirited and energetic owners, so I’m proud to become… View more
