Photos from a fascinating tasting of Kayra Wines (Turkey) with Daniel O'Donnell and Özge Karmein

Daniel O'Donnell watched by Lalou Bize-Leroy 

Today I was at a fascinating tasting of Turkish wines from the Kayra Winery just two days after the Circle of Wine Writers Greek wine tasting.

A more detailed post to follow.  

 Özge Karmein 'The Princess' – co-winemaker

 

 Jamie-Metcalfe

Emma Wellings of Emma Wellings PR 

who organised this tasting at 67 Mall Pall

Daniel O'Donnell was involved with a tasting for the Circle of Wine Writers in May 2010 during that year's London Wine Trade Fair.

#EWBC 12: featuring Randall Grahm and 'Charles Atkin' (details in full)

Randall Grahm (WineFuture HK)

Press release

The 2012 EWBC: Digital Wine Communications Conference in Izmir (Turkey) will feature American author and winemaker Randall Grahm of California's Bonny Doon vineyard as one of three keynote speakers.

Also participating at EWBC 2012 will be British wine journalists and IWC (International Wine Challenge) co-chairmen Tim Atkin MW and Charles Metcalfe, who will lead a technical tasting of regional wines as one of the conference highlights. Called the Grand Terroir Tasting, the goal is to present a broad and exciting picture of the region with wines from many lesser-known countries presented side-by-side.

Tim Atkin MW

Tim and Charles join speakers José Vouillamoz, a leading DNA expert who is collaborating with Jancis Robinson on her new grape book, and Dr. Patrick E. McGovern, a renowned American scholar and author of Ancient Wine: The Search for the Origins of Viniculture, who will also be taking part at EWBC 2012. More keynote speakers and participants will be announced in May at the London International Wine Fair.

Charles Metcalfe

The fifth EWBC, sponsored by Wines of Turkey, will be held at the at the Swissôtel Grand Efes - Izmir , Turkey, on November 9 - 11, 2012. The theme of this year's conference is 'Source', reflecting in part the hypothesis that Turkey is the birthplace of vitis vinifera, but also the suggestion that wine communicators should aim to become sources of knowledge, not just disseminators of information.

The only international event dedicated to the convergence of wine and the web, the EWBC provides a platform for the global wine community to address today's online communication opportunities. 



This year's EWBC will include technical wine tastings and wine workshops featuring wines from Turkey and many other countries, as well as a number of communications and technical workshops focusing specifically on the skills needed by wine communicators in the 21st century and beyond. 



The annual, three-day event is helping to build an international network of wine communicators, and also encourages the acquisition of skills and information and the exchange of expertise across national, language and professional boundaries.

The EWBC is also very excited to announce the support of Pegasus Airlines, providing delegates a 30% discount on any roundtrip ticket to Izmir from anywhere Pegasus travels.

Delegates will be able to benefit from special rate bookings with conference partners; details of discounted hotel rates and flights, and the “Early Bird” delegate deal (ends February 29, 2012) are listed on the EWBC website

Sponsors

Wines of Turkey, Pegasus Airlines and Born Digital Wine Awards

Organizers

The EWBC is organized by Gabriella and Ryan Opaz and Robert McIntosh of the wine communications company, Vrazon.

About the EWBC Digital Wine Communications Conference:

The fourth annual EWBC was held in Brescia (Italy) from October 14-16, 2011 and was attended by 216 wine communicators from 34 countries.

EWBC 2008: La Rioja (Spain), 50 delegates

EWBC 2009: Lisbon (Portugal), 140 delegates

EWBC 2010: Vienna (Austria), 200 delegates

EWBC 2011: Brescia (Italy), 216 delegates

PRESS CONTACT

Louise Hurren@louisehurren@wanadoo.fr

skype: louise.hurren

+33 (0)6 17 66 02 53 (mobile)

EVENT ORGANISERS

Vrazon

http://vrazon.com/contact/

+34 656 432 417

                                                       

 

Randall Grahm: a keynote speaker@EWBC 2012 Izmir (Turkey)

Randall Grahm@Wine Future Hong Kong 2011

Randall Grahm of Bonny Doon will be a keynote speaker at the EWBC 2012 conference to be held in Izmir, Turkey from the 9th-11th November. Randall is the first of three keynote speakers to be announced. 

Charles Metcalfe and Tim Atkin MW will lead a tasting of Turkish wines.

Further details to follow very shortly.  

Tim Atkin MW and Charles Metcalfe

Charles Metcalfe addressing his enrapt followers@EWBC 2009 in Lisbon

#EWBC: 5th conference will be in Izmir, Turkey November 9th-11th 2012

5th European Wine Bloggers' Conference (2012)




PRESS RELEASE

Izmir (Turkey), November 28, 2011


The fifth annual EWBC digital wine communications conference will be held in Izmir, Turkey, on November 9 - 11, 2012.

The only international event dedicated to the convergence of wine and the web, the EWBC provides a platform for the global wine community to address today's online communications opportunities. The annual, three-day event is helping to build an international network of wine communicators, and also encourages the acquisition of skills and information and the exchange of expertise across national, language and professional boundaries.

Organized by Ryan and Gabriella Opaz and Robert McIntosh of social media company Vrazon, the 2012 EWBC will be sponsored by Wines of Turkey.

"Having attended the 2011 EWBC, we're excited to invite wine professionals from around the world to explore Turkish wines, food and culture, and to help us communicate the ongoing journey to rediscover the source of Turkish wine history," said the Director of Wines of Turkey, Taner Ogutoglu.

2012 sees the EWBC celebrating its fifth anniversary (successful events have been run in Spain, Portugal, Austria and Italy) and the organizers expect a significantly larger turn-out, based on the exciting growth in attendance figures since the event was created in 2008.

The conference will be held in the ancient city of Izmir, known as the Pearl of the Aegean. Izmir's extraordinary history spans over 3,500 years and is marked by numerous archaeological sites relating to Greek, Roman and Byzantine civilisations and is within easy travel distance from some of Turkey's emerging wine regions.

The theme of the 2012 conference is 'Source', reflecting in part the recent hypothesis by Dr. Patrick E. McGovern* that Turkey is the birthplace of vitis vinifera, but also the suggestion that wine communicators aim to become sources of knowledge, not just disseminators of information.

“With the vast amount of information being added the web every second, it is hard for consumers to sift through content of varying levels of quality to find what they seek,” says EWBC co-founder Gabriella Opaz. “During the 2012 EWBC, we intend to help wine communicators learn how to position themselves as a source of quality information, whether that be on a single style, region, subject, event or study.”

EWBC 2012 delegates will not only attend a wide range of educational tasting on Turkish wines and visit several wineries within easy reach of the conference venue, but they will also be able to taste a wide range of wines from other countries via sponsored tastings held during the event. The event will provide ample opportunity for participants to experience the food, wine and culture of Turkey while discussing issues relating to the convergence of wine and the web.

ENDS

NOTES FOR EDITORS

About the EWBC Digital Wine Communications Conference

The fourth annual EWBC was held in Brescia (Italy) from October 14-16, 2011 and was attended by 216 wine communicators from 34 countries.

EWBC 2008: La Rioja (Spain), 50 delegates
EWBC 2009: Lisbon (Portugal), 140 delegates
EWBC 2010: Vienna (Austria), 200 delegates
EWBC 2011: Brescia (Italy), 216 delegates

A recording of the announcement of the 2012 venue can watched here. It is rather slow to get started.

For more information about the event, and to register, please come to our NEW European Wine Bloggers Conference site:http://ewbc12.vrazon.com/ Alumni (anyone who has attended any of the previous EWBC conferences) will get a 40% discount on the conference ticket price of 300€.