Archive for August, 2010
Frontera Fiesta and Garden Tour
This is the 2nd event that Wines of Chile USA has done with Rick Bayless of the Frontera Grill in Chicago. The first event was so successful that they came back for another sponsorship for their charity.
Discover Chile: US Buyer Trip
Wines of Chile USA is bringing 8 key buyers to Chile in August for seminars across Chile. Trip includes:
Laura Holmes Haddad: CA journalist/blogger of Gourmet Girl
Theo Rutherford: “Wine Guy” on NBC affiliate in Washington DC and buyer for Ripple Wine Bar
Elli Benchimol: Corporate Beverage Director of Chef Geoff’s Restaurants, 4 units, in Washington DC.
Travis Gray: [...]US Wine Tourism Trip to Chile
As part of our newly enacted Wine Tourism program, Wines of Chile USA sponsored wine tourism press trip August 17-24. Wines of Chile hosted a group of food/wine/travel writers on a week-long jaunt through the country as they examined what exactly makes Chile a wine tourism destination unlike any other!
Wines of Chile Experience participants had the [...]Texas Sommelier Association Conference
Wines of Chile USA was a silver wine sponsor at the 2010 Texas Sommelier Association Conference August 15 and 16 this year.
Master Sommeliers James Tidwell, Drew Hendricks, and Guy Stout co-founded the Texas Sommelier Association, and James Tidwell had previously attended Wines of Chile Sommelier Summit in 2009.
Conference had a lecture on South America and [...]Twitterquette: To Tweet or Not to Tweet
Pondering Twitterquette: Is tweeting during wine events and tastings disrespectful–or a marketer’s dream come true?
TAC on Chilean Wine Tours
Travel Agent Central reports on Wines of Chile’s latest project: “The Wines of Chile Experience,” created to promote Chilean wine tourism.
Wines of Chile Fourth Blogger Tasting
Wines of Chile USA is still riding the wave of energy and enthusiasm generated by our last online blogger tasting as we move into preparation for our Fourth Wines of Chile Blogger Tasting, set to take place this October 13. October’s tasting will feature 50 prominent internet wine-bloggers and will focus on Chilean Red [...]
The Wines of Chile Experience- Chile Launch
Vinos de Chile y el Comité Marcas Sectoriales de Corfo lo invitan al lanzamiento de The Wines of Chile Experience, el programa de Posicionamiento de Chile como Destino Privilegiado para Enoturismo en el mercado Americano.
Fecha: 12 de Agosto 2010
Lugar: SOFOFA - Av. Andrés Bello 2777, piso 2, Las Condes
Programa:
10:00-10:10 Palabras de bienvenida: Rene Merino / [...]Washington Post: Chile’s Incomparable Carmenere
After tasting some 70 Chilean Carmeneres, winewriter Jason Wilson has a whole new appreciation of Chilean wine and its signature grape.