E-booking: wine tourism’s main factor of development! For some years now, a word about tourism sector is in order : “e-booking”, or online reservation. Nevertheless, it has to be said that for wine sector, we have to face two emerging situations : the first one is the concept of “wine tourism”, quite recent,...
Monday, October 14th was held at Bordeaux the 11th Best of Wine Tourism night, during which were awarded the most outstanding wine tourism initiatives in Gironde. Best of tourism night with Winetourbooking Encourage visit in Bordeaux estates is not an impossible wish and many are making significant efforts to do so....
If there’s a place where wine lovers Asia should be this weekend, it was in Hong Kong for the Hong Kong Wine and Dine Festival. ICC and CIVB (Interprofessional Council of Bordeaux wines), co-organizers of the event, can be proud of the success of this event, which goes beyond their expectations. Indeed, while the...
During my last visit to Chateau Troplong-Mondot, when Myriam Ruer showed me round, I was especially fascinated by the vaults where they keep some very old bottles. A passionate and very knowledgeable oenologue, it was a real pleasure to talk to her, particularly about a rarely mentioned subject, but one which raises so...
Wine Tour Booking (www.winetourbooking.com) came on line in early April and, like all enterprises starting up, we awaited first reactions with heavily disguised trepidation tinged with not a little hope. Wine tourism earns lots of praise and is recognised as a major marketing tool. But a one-stop booking platform?...
For the first time ever, the great Chateau Latour – one of only five Premiers Crus to be classified back in 1855 – will not be offering futures sales on its 2012 vintage ! This is hot news among traders in Place de Bordeaux, but buyers seem to be taking it in their stride. A look at the comments on...
Did you know that the Saint-Emilion vineyard is registered as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO ? It’s an honour that very few landscapes achieve, let alone vineyards ! Philippe MARGOT, top wine journalist, has studied the subject in depth and could only find 9 out of the 936 sites so distinguished worldwide....
During the first week of last April, wine experts from all over the world flocked to Bordeaux to taste “les primeurs 2011”. The whole “primeurs” operation is unique to the region and it’s all about selling the wine while it’s still in course of preparation, at a much lower price...
