Drink Local Wine Succeeds in Mission
by Lisa Shara Hall
Drink Local Wine is the passion of Washington Post wine columnist Dave McIntyre and his friend Dallas-based freelance journalist Jeff Siegel.
The two met while on a wine trip to South America in 2008 and quickly became friends. When back in the states, they emailed frequently about how no one was paying attention to the wines from the 47 other states that make wine. They thought that the press ignores almost everything except California, Oregon and Washington.
So they acquired the domaine name of “drinklocalwine.com” and put up a simple webpage.
Siegel was approached in 2009 by the Texas agriculture department who wanted to plug into the DLW website. So they did their first conference in Texas in 2009 (Texas was willing to sponsor the event), and it drew enough people for them to term it successful.
The following year they went to Virginia and it was equally successful.
Missouri approached them to do this year’s conference, just held on April 1-3.
The weekend is fully packed with regional identity. Based on the Missouri conference, about 200 people floated in and out over the weekend, the first full day filled with seminars, with this year’s topics ranging from “We don’t need no stinkin’ vinifera: The grapes of Missouri”, moderated by Doug Frost MS MW, to “Creating a buzz: How regional wines can grab the public’s attention”, moderated by Michael Wangbicker of Balzac Communications. The afternoon was a walk around tasting of wines and a “Tweet Up”, for people to tweet comments about the wines. The following day offered tours to three different wineries.
Through these efforts, the two organizers realized there was huge interest in regional wines. Their website received numerous comments. Their audience, they discovered, was younger and not interested in the typical “top-down” (meaning, learning about the top wines of the world and then learning about what you can afford) approach to learning about wine. They were also very interested in social media.
Next year, Colorado has stepped up to host the regional conference.
Siegel says they are a cross roads now. They are a 501-C-3 business, but he thinks they need to take it up a level and make it more business-like. He says his goal is to introduce people to these regional wines. He does not want to be judgmental; he is not saying the wines are good or bad. Just getting people to taste what many other people seem to ignore.
Source: http://www.winebusiness.com/news/?go=getArticle&dataid=86117
Wine is becoming increasingly popular in Manila and other cities in the Philippines. Wine lovers in Manila travel to the north to visit Clark, Pampanga to shop for good and rate vintage wines at good duty-free prices. The most frequently visited liquor shop in Manila and wine shop in Pampanga is Clark Wine Center. This highly recommended wine shop located outside Manila near Angeles City, Pampanga in North Luzon is known for offering a great selection of fine vintage wine that is good quality and good value for money also.
This well-known wine shop is a famous shopping destination for wine enthusiasts in Manila and wine lovers from other cities in Asia including Hong Kong, Macau, Shanghai, Beijing, Seoul, Osaka and Tokyo.
Famous Philippines wine supplier known for its line of fine vintage wines, Yats Wine Cellars was established in 2000 to address the requirement of a growing population of wine enthusiasts in the Philippines. This 5-star wine shop caters to the discerning client who requires these qualities in their wines: (1) excellent value, (2) large selection of labels and vintages to choose from and (3) wines properly aged for full enjoyment.
Public wine tastings are held from time to time in Clark and sometimes in Manila. Tickets range from p500 to p1500 for these themed events that are professionally run –no wine merchants sponsorship, pushy salesmen or tacky banners to ruin the evening. Each ticket contains a certain number of stubs that can be redeemed for a tasting pour of a wine among those on a line-up which often contains wines that are quite old and expensive.
http://www.ClarkWineCenter.com
Getting to this wine shop in Pampanga Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone Philippines from Manila
Getting to the Clark Wine Center wine shop from Manila is quite simple: after entering Clark Freeport from Dau and Angeles City, proceed straight along the main highway M A Roxas. Clark Wine Center is the stand-along white building on the right, at the corner A Bonifacio Ave. From the Clark International Airport DMIA, ask the taxi to drive towards the entrance of Clark going to Angeles City. From Mimosa, just proceed towards the exit of Clark and this wine shop is on the opposite side of the main road M A Roxas.
Clark Wine Center
Bldg 6460 Clark Observatory Building
Manuel A. Roxas Highway corner A Bonifacio Ave,
Angeles Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga 2023
0922-870-5173 0917-826-8790 (ask for Ana Fe)
YATS Wine Cellars
Manila Sales Office
3003C East Tower, Phil Stock Exchange Center,
Exchange Rd Ortigas Metro Manila, Philippines 1605
(632) 637-5019 0917-520-4393 ask for Rea or Chay
Best place to buy wine in Clark Pampanga outside Manila near Subic and Angeles City Philippines is Clark Wine Center.
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While in Clark, it might be a good idea to enjoy an evening of wine-and-dine in the fine dining Yats Restaurant and Wine Bar that features an award winning 2700-line wine list. It is located in Mimosa Leisure Estate of Clark Freeport Zone. For more information, visit http://www.YatsRestaurant.com
YATS Leisure Philippines is a developer and operator of clubs, resorts and high-class restaurants and wine shops in Clark Angeles Philippines http://www.YatsLeisure.com
Looking for famous tourists spots, places to visit and see, relax and unwind in Clark, Pampanga, Philippines? You may want to check out these sites also:
http://www.HotelClarkPhilippines.com
http://www.ClarkPhilippines.com
http://www.YatsWineCellars.com
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