DrinkLocalWine.com To Host First “Local Wine” Conference
GO TEXAN Proudly Sponsors DrinkLocalWine.com Conference Dedicated to Regional Wines
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DrinkLocalWine.com, the Web site that focuses on North American wine that isn’t made in California and the Pacific Northwest, will hold its first-ever conference and tasting on Aug. 15 in Dallas. Called the GO TEXAN DrinkLocalWine.com Conference, the event will focus on Texas wine, featuring some of the state’s best wines, top winemakers, and leading growers.
The conference follows the success of the Web site’s Regional Wine Week last fall, in which more than 40 wine bloggers, writers and columnists from the U.S. and Canada wrote about their favorite regional wines, ranging from Ontario to New York to Florida to Texas to Colorado.
“The conference is the natural extension of Regional Wine Week,” says Jeff Siegel, co-founder of DrinkLocalWine.com and author of the popular blog, The Wine Curmudgeon (www.winecurmudgeon.com), as well as wine columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and Dallas’ Advocate magazines. “It will give consumers a first-hand look at quality regional wine.”
Texas is the fifth-largest wine producing state in the country, with 177 wineries and 280 commercial vineyards. The Texas industry has made important strides this decade, focusing on Italian, Spanish and Mediterranean varietals. As presenting sponsor, the Texas Department of Agriculture’s GO TEXAN program sees the conference as an opportunity to tell the Texas wine story.
More on Conference, Tastings and Texas Twitter Taste-Off at:
http://vintagetexas.com/blog/?p=757
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