VineBuzz

On April 17, 2012 in New York City and on April 19, 2012 in San Francisco, The Spanish Wine Cellar 2012 performs for the Trade and Media only.  Of the 40 wines offered for tasting, 4 are especially noteworthy, making the event a high priority for anyone whose Spanish wine credentials need their annual update.  As the quantities of wine appearing in these meetings is limited, it's smart to get the best tastes first, as those ran out early last year.

On the evening of Friday, March 23, 2012, Grégoire Pissot, Chief Winemaker from Cave De Lugny, Lugny, Mâcon, Burgundy, France came to San Francisco to introduce his wines to the Facebook friends of his company's U.S.

In discussion this week, Paul Mabray (Chief Strategy Officer, Vintank )

When Pasternak Wine Imports brought the winemaker Christian Voeux and the export manager Christophe Bristiel from the Maison Richard winery group (Châteauneuf-du-Pape, France) to San Francisco on February 23, 2012 to conduct a tasting seminar with their distributor Epic Wines, they invited 10 members of the Facebook private discussion group, Wine Aficionados, to share in the experience with them.

The Richard Family winery group consists of four estates:

• Prieuré de Montézargues (Tavel)
• Château La Nerthe
• Domaine de la Renjarde

In his blog, A Year in Wine, Mike Dunne wrote on Monday, February 6, 2012: Social Media: Give Me A Break. He is amused by and yet annoyed at the conjectured intrusion of the social media industry, particularly that of the social customer relationship management software/consulting business, in the conduct of the wine business.

Herein, I respond to Mr. Dunne: Take all the breaks that you like.

Les Clos de Paulilles is the winery, restaurant, and B&B of Jean & Bernard Dauré in Banyuls, in a communal wine-grape growing area within the larger AOC of Banyuls that also encompasses the communes of Côte Vermeille, Cerbère, Collioure and Port-Vendres, sitting in the penumbra of the Pyrenees on the Mediterranean coast, a few kilometers north of Empordà, Catalonia, Spain.

Spicy and aromatic dim sum needs to be balanced with a wine whose likeness in body and nose stands with a floral fruit forwardness, acidity to cut the animal oils, and a long smooth mineral palate that complements the entire meal.

For 5 months I have been monitoring visitor intentions in many different AVAs and aggregates thereof for the hospitality sector of northern California winecountry.  The VinTank Social Connect system has been a real lifesaver, allowing me to craft the record selection language from blogs, forums, discussion groups, websites, micro-blogs, and social media platforms.  Recent improvements to this system have improved both the quality as well as the number of qualified records found.