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So, here we are in Venice and once again next door to Harry's Bar where we stopped for the 15 Euro Bellini (great taste but a pretty small glass). We've had some serendipitous events occur on the trip including a breakfast meeting with Andrea DiCurzio from Luca Maroni...

It's hot, hot, hot. 91 in the shade and there wasn't any shade! We spent the day in antiquity at the Collisseum and then the Forum. Sue and I have been talking about this for 35 years and finally got here. And it definitely met all our expectations. However wandering...

I'm on a long planned vaca in Rome but will use this opportunity to stay in touch with my readers with industry related comments. I stopped at a little off premise shop that was featuring absinthes. Saw a pretty good selection including Grune Fee, the Hapsburg array...

I seem to have generated a bit of controversy at Wormwood Society with an introductory post So I thought I'd post some more thoughts on MY blog before stirring up the pot over there any further.I hosted a booth where we presented Mata Hari as well as the range of...

I'm at our booth at the London International Wine Fair/Distil and I am surprised at the lack of top-of-mind awareness, much less any experience with or understanding of what I’ll call new media marketing. By that I mean everything from organic SEO and PPC to the...

I was the only one working our booth so had limited time to explore the two shows. The wine side was huge with a diversity of places, varietals, styles and types that , well honestly, surprised me that I was surprised. Coupling my lack of familiarity with the European...

The Pisco producers of Peru had a very large and active booth and spokesman Johnny Schuler gave a fascinating lecture on the history and heritage of the spirit. Everyone had high praise for Diego Loret de Mola’s activities promoting the category and his BarSol brand...

(l to r: Cyril Necker, Steve Raye, Eugen Schwartz)This was my first experience at the LIWF, and also the first time they’ve separated the spirits booths from the wine show into a separate hall. Overall, I’d give it a positive review. While traffic is significantly...