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  • Ira Glass on the Secret of Success in Creative Work

    • 23 Feb 2012
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    Brilliant.

  • Tasting with Virgile @ #vinisud

    • 22 Feb 2012
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  • #Vinisud Update

    • 21 Feb 2012
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    Extremely impressed so far by:

    • Free pour wine tasting area. Hundreds of wines to try. As a wine lover, it's a great place to calibrate ones palate to a particular grape, style or region.
    • Wifi: As an event organizer, I can say that to make the WIFI work as it does here, with a few problems granted, is nothing less than amazing.
    • Amazing lunch. I say this having spent the last 7 years suffering the dry bread and ham offerings at Spanish wine fairs. Food that makes one cry in its banality. Here we have had duck, steak, paté's and other delights.
    • I will laugh as I say this, but the layout though sprawling is actually not to bad to navigate. Signage on the rows and at each entrance make for a simple job of moving from area to area.
    • International buyers. There are a TON of buyers and press. Is the every other year format to blame for this or the excitement of Languedoc wines? I'm not sure. But it is impressive to see US and Asian buyers everywhere you turn.

    Not as impressed?

    • Not much to complain about. The shuttles are a bit confusing, but so far, that is the least of my worries.

    As to why we are here: The Web 2.0 pavillion, or as I like to call it, the "blogger petting zoo". But in truth, the stand is rather sparse, but a great first effort. From my understanding, this is the first introduction to "social media" and the world of online communications as an integrated part of a French wine fair (someone correct me if I'm wrong).

    There have been some lively discussions.

    There were some "intro to social media" workshops that looked well attended, as well as 2 presentations by the "Outsiders" project of Languedoc wine producers, who it seem to have turned nipple piercing into a wine meme of sorts.

    Overall, I'm happy I came. Tomorrow I get up on stage and will blather about what I think about social media. We'll see how that goes!

    Thanks to the Vinisud team! Glad you invited us!!!

    More soon...Ryan

  • The Outsiders in the morning

    • 21 Feb 2012
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