＃EWBC: Mitt Romney sinks without Thrace!

 Alder Yarrow contemplating the sunset and the possible result of the US election (6th November)

Pre-conference trip: dateline 7th November 2012

With Americans making up a significant proportion of the bloggers on the pre-conference trip to Thrace it was good that Barack Obama was re-elected President early this morning. Had Milt Romney managed to win, our coach would have been a pretty miserable place today!

Re-electing Obama, a black man, may be just as significant as electing him as president in 2008 in the first place.

 Bloggers admiring an bottling line at speed – Suvla Winery

 Brett Jones@Gali

Luiz Alberto – don't mess with me!

 Jonathan Hesford – vigneron in the Roussillon

 Julia Sevenich

 Luiz Alberto: a trio of pics

 Per Karlsson

 Ryan O'Connell@strategic planning 

Impressive shop at Suvla Winery

＃EWBC12: a few pics from Thrace

Early morning start by the Bosphorus (above and below) 

On the bloggers coach heading west

The Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard@Gali

 Tasting Gali 2010 in a bunker

Nilgün and Halkan Kavur (Gali)

The rock that dominates Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli peninsula (above and below)

 Memorial to Kemal Ataturk on Gallipoli Peninsula