It’s been a couple of months since the first #IWS – international winelover symposium. A great bunch of #winelover met up in Porto and went into the Douro. It’s taken me months to process this trip and the wines we got to taste. From the buzz online, in the Facebook group, on Instagram and on Twitter I see that others… Read more →
Dear members of the #winelover community, By now you all should know that we have a foundation – The #winelover Against Cancer Foundation. The link below will take you to a PDF file that explains who we are, what we do, and what we’ll do. It’s the work of many core members of our community who have collaborated on… Read more →
We had amazing experiences in Portugal during the first International #Winelover Symposium. Some of the fantastic people who helped to turn our event into something super special and unforgettable are listed below along with my #ThankYouPicOfTheDay comments. And above we have Andre Ribeirinho. The brains and heart behind putting all the pieces together. THANK YOU so much my friend! .… Read more →
This is a film project that brings #winelover-s together. I met the film maker, Rudi Goldman, in our facebook group while he was doing post production of the film. I think the first time was when he was seeking funding for the film through crowd funding. He has since become a valued member in our community. A few months later,… Read more →
I sat through a fab night looking at the Association de la Sommellerie Internationale (AIS) final – the world best sommelier final at youtube. I must say I loved it – then again I am a wine nerd and not a normal wine consumer. The #winelover community wants to gives our warmest congratulations to Arvid Rosengren, Sweden’s second world champion… Read more →
The #winelover community now have specialists, we evolve as a community! My speciality is Wine & Archaeology, as I am a winelover but also an archaeologist. Being a specialist I think we should be used. Hence, I challenge my fellow #winelover specialist colleagues to share a post or posts on their speciality on this webpage. This article is on wine &… Read more →
The world’s a stage and the #winelover stage is the wines, the wineries and the wine regions. For a few days in february during the 3rd anniversary of the #winelover community Alentejo and Lisbon was our stage. On the trip to Alentejo we were about 50 #winelover-s. We give a big thank you to Amorim, Herdade do Esporão, Cortes de… Read more →
Picture by Fabien Laine during the Adegga Summer Wine Market 2013 The stylish wars: Vote for the most stylish #winelover in our community. Style may refer to: Fashion, a prevailing mode of expression, e.g., clothing Human physical appearance Hairstyle The way someone holds a glass or bottle of wine… or something else… Celebrating and promoting the ambassadors of the… Read more →
Since our last discussion – “#winelovers and #winesnobs: What’s the difference?” was so successful, I decided to continue the trend and post another great discussion that took place on the #winelover group on Facebook. Cathrine Todd, fellow MW student and a dear friend started this one…. so, to continue something that eventually is going to disappear…. Robert Parker talks about… Read more →
I started this discussion on twitter yesterday: If a #winelover reads a large number of #wine books… will he become a #winesnob? Best answer so far: “The #winesnob is associated with #pretentiousness & not #knowledge.” Mia Anzola Then I asked on Facebook: “But what do you think?” I got many very good comments, so I decided to make it… Read more →