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European Wine Bloggers’ Conference 2008

August 30th, 2008 · 7 Comments · blog, wine, writing

As remorseless drizzle takes the shine off  yet another day in Cork, here are some jolly photos from the inaugural European wine bloggers’ get-together that is currently taking place in Rioja. They could cheer you up, or the opposite, depending on your disposition. I am wondering if my lazy suggestion that a future meeting take place in Cork can possibly ever be worth repeating, in the circumstances.

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  • Robert // Sep 2, 2008 at 11:14 am

    thanks for the link – it really was ‘jolly’

    lots more photos to come, I’m sure

    not sure about Cork for the next one, but maybe somewhere, and sometime, you can make it

  • Julian // Sep 2, 2008 at 11:45 am

    Thanks Robert, It’s been great following what has evidently been such a successful event. Bodes well for years to come all right. I think somewhere sunny would definitely be preferable, and maybe I’ll see you there!

  • haydn // Sep 5, 2008 at 1:02 pm

    Rioja Julian. You should be so lucky. Did you get to see the Gehry hotel down there?

  • Julian // Sep 6, 2008 at 10:26 am

    Hello Haydn, country mouse here. I don’t go far, much or often – and I didn’t in fact go to the conference. But the ol’ technology allowed me to enjoy the sights nonetheless. If I ever visit any of our suppliers in that part of the world, I’ll try and wangle at least a cup of tea at the Gehry gaff out of them. Might take the taste from the mouth of some of what’s built closer to home.

  • Emilio Saez van Eerd // Sep 8, 2008 at 12:21 pm

    Hi Julian, we did miss some blogging wine importers and wine blogging (micro) retailers at the conference. Next time you HAVE to be there.

  • Julian // Sep 8, 2008 at 12:33 pm

    Thanks, Emilio! I think the people you describe are pretty thin on the ground for good practical reasons to do with the number of hours in the day! – and, in this corner of the world, the present constraints on fun imposed by the much-trumpeted (tuba-ed? bassoon-ed?) economic gloom. If my grant for being an endangered species comes through, though, I’ll certainly do my best next time.

  • Emilio Saez van Eerd // Sep 8, 2008 at 12:47 pm

    Hi Julian, I know you will do your best. Keep inspiring other wine importers with our unique-point-of-view- blog in the mean time!

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