Wine Word of the Week: Umami

This week?s Wine Word of the Week is umami. Official definition from Jancis Robinson?s The Oxford Companion to Wine: Umami is a Japanese term derived from two words meaning ?delicious? and ?essence? and used to refer to what some consider to be the fifth primary taste. More a quality than a specific flavor, it is [...]

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Losing the plot

It seems so obvious from the outside. Winemakers and wineries in a region should cooperate to promote the region and give consumers a clear idea of what that region offers to encourage them to give their wines a try. Yet in practice, when you delve into any region or country, what you see are arguments, [...]

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Feel the true Alpine comfort and hospitality at Interalpen Hotel Tyrol

At an elevation of 1,300 meters from the sea level on the Seefeld?s High Plateau in the midst of the beautiful Austrian landscape of the Alpine region of Tyrol, the grand Interalpen Hotel Tyrol remains perched. The setting of the hotel is so nice that the guests remain spellbound at the breathtaking vistas all around. [...]

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What The Google Algorithm Change Means To Wine Bloggers

Yesterday, Tyler Colman posted an interesting bit of information on his blog that connected the dots in both my business and wine blogging worlds. Since much of what I do in my business is web-related, and search is the main way people find information online, I have been closely following the changes to Google’s search [...]

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Branding Tip: Gravatar

A big part of branding is consistency: making sure that when you leave comments and links around  the web, you do it in a way that creates a trail of similar information. When we consult new wineries who want to get online, we tell them to make a special folder that they keep on their [...]

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