Jürgen Schmücking Jürgen Schmücking is a travelling wine addict and food lover, a passionate taster, reader, writer and speaker about eating & drinking. He started his career in wine as the PR-guy for the organic winemakers of Austria. He grew up between the cider-regions of Upper and Lower Austria, spent 25 years in Vienna (*hicks*) and finally moved to Tyrol… Read more →
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Badacsony
Sue Tolson Sue Tolson is the Managing Editor of WineSofa, a website dedicated primarily to the wines, food and culture of Central and Eastern Europe, a site which also brings together some unique Hungarian literary, wine, culinary, photography and design talents. She is a writer, translator and editor of articles and books on food, wine and Hungary, and has also… Read more →
Washington State
Having worked in the Neonatal Intensive Care unit for many years, Lisa would often find herself enjoying a glass of wine to relieve stress after her 12.5 hour shifts. What began as a mere interest in wine turned to a passion when she realized she was spending all her time off wandering through vineyards and trolling wine cellars. This registered… Read more →
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Denmark
Bordeaux
Panos Kakaviatos Greetings #winelovers! For over 15 years I have been visiting Bordeaux, and tasting the great wines from this celebrated wine region. Bordeaux has always been a standard setter for wines made worldwide, from Cabs and Merlots to Sauvignons and Semillons. It has an enduring appeal, not only for its gorgeous Medoc chateaux, its pastoral Sauternes landscapes, its… Read more →
Wine & Art
Alice Aristi Anastasiou Alice combines her love of wine with her background in Art History. She has a BA (Hons) in Culture, Mind and Modernity and MA in History of Art and Curating and heritage as a Greek-Cypriot Briton. Drawing on the two, her ultimate goal is to enlighten the palate of others in her adopted city, Liverpool, UK,… Read more →
Mount Etna
Benjamin Spencer AIWS/DWS Benjamin Spencer is the Director of the Etna Wine School, in Sicily. Ben is an author, journalist, wine judge, and a professional winemaker. Before moving from California to Mount Etna in 2012, Ben worked as a professional winemaker and sommelier while studying with the University of California at Davis, the Court of Master Sommeliers, and the… Read more →
WBC (Wine Bloggers Conference)
Thea Dwelle Thea is a wine writer and wine blogger who was one of the original Wine Bloggers Conference attendees, and one of a handful of passionate bloggers who has attended every WBC. Blogging sine 2008, she is well known in the wine blogging community as a wine blogger community activist, WBC enthusiast, as well as co-founding the Wine… Read more →
Champagne
Carl Edmund Sherman Champagne for #winelover s from Fabien Laine on Vimeo. Passionate about the wine as well as the region of Champagne for some time now, Carl can trace his motivation to learn French back to his early days. For Carl, French is the language of love and for his love of the fruit from the vine, moving… Read more →