During the 2016 Wine Bloggers Conference in Lodi, California, I had the great pleasure of meeting Stephen Havill of Bella Grace Vineyards. During one of the conference lunches, he led me over to his table where he was pouring some of their wines. After tasting a few, I was immediately smitten and knew I had […]
Tag: Wine Bloggers’ Conference
Why Travel (ing) Wine Chick?
This post is a little different than my usual fare. I am two weeks into wine club processing at the winery where I work and I’m exhausted. I have travel on my mind. If I could take off this weekend, I would. I’d hunker down in an awesome rental space or hotel and do nothing […]
2015 Wine Bloggers’ Conference: Highlights, Takeaways, and Thoughts
I’ve attended four Wine Bloggers’ Conferences: Virginia (2011), Okanagan (2013), Santa Barbara (2014), and New York (2015). While I always enjoy the conference, I’ve always found it challenging to share with my blog readers, most of whom may never attend a conference. I am also the kind of person who feels an experience and finds […]
2014 Wine Bloggers’ Conference: My Thoughts
Santa Barbara County was my third Wine Bloggers’ Conference. I attended for the first time in 2011 in Virginia, just shortly after I created Traveling Wine Chick. My second conference was 2013 in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia with a pre-conference excursion to Lake Chelan, Washington. I am not really a rabble rouser, but […]
2013 Wine Bloggers’ Conference: Live Wine Blogging with Reds
The second full day of the 2013 Wine Bloggers’ Conference, I participated in live wine blogging with red wines. I decided to stick with the same formula as for the whites and rosés: take a photo of the wine, write a brief review, and post simultaneously to Instagram and Twitter. I also posted this session […]
2013 Wine Bloggers’ Conference: Live Wine Blogging with Whites and Rosés
One of the highlights of the Wine Bloggers’ Conference are the live wine blogging sessions, in which we have an hour to taste 10 wines. This was my second Wine Bloggers’ Conference and I still haven’t mastered live blogging, but I think I’ve mastered live microblogging. Below are my tweets of the wines I tasted […]
