Who makes Australia’s best Cabernet Sauvignon? Now, I’m sure you all have your favourite? Is it from the region of Coonawarra, the Yarra Valley, McLaren Vale, Mudgee or does Margaret River take your fancy? There’s so much diversity and regional examp [...]
There has been lots of wine tweet ups over recent months, and for many of us in the industry, there is a risk of getting some tweet up fatigue. However, I challenge you to think about these big global days as more of an opportunity to engage with you [...]
The plans for Chardonnay Day plans on 26 May, 2011 are coming together and lots of great meet ups are being planned on a global scale. If you have not already registered, it’s not too late to do so on the Eventbrite site. In Australia, there’s lots [...]
People are talking about your brand on the web. Given wine is such a natural part of our conversations, you're sure to see comments posted on wines being opened with friends, wines with faults and inevitably your brand will come up at some time as pa [...]
There’s less than a month to go until #Chardonnay day on 26 May, 2011 - now in its second year and momentum is growing daily. Following the global success of #Cabernet Day, #hunterwine, #yarrawine, #barossawine and other initiatives like The Rose Rev [...]
There’s a week to go until American social media guru Rick Bakas arrives in Australia for Wine Communicators of Australia Annual Lecture Series and Regional Tweet Ups and there’s much excitement gathering around the opportunity to learn more about so [...]
Last Tuesday (22 Feb) Huon Hooke published an article called “Wine Snobs can put a cork in it.” In the article he criticised initiatives like the Rosé Revolution noting “Fancy campaigns aren't needed to prove our drops are among the best” and “There [...]
It may seem that there’s an abundance of wine related social media initiatives emerging and something to get involved in on a weekly basis. Having started the first few Australian Tweet ups with #WCATT in August 2010 this really excites me as people [...]
2011 starts a new journey for many in the world of social media. It’s a year where people will move on from just talking about why you should participate and get more active and strategic about the way you engage. Let’s face it, we can spend a lot of [...]