{"id":355,"date":"2011-10-29T11:59:52","date_gmt":"2011-10-29T15:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/batchat.net\/?p=355"},"modified":"2011-10-29T11:59:52","modified_gmt":"2011-10-29T15:59:52","slug":"vinitaly-us-tour-stops-in-ny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bevologyinc.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/29\/vinitaly-us-tour-stops-in-ny\/","title":{"rendered":"Vinitaly US Tour Stops in NY"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_357\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/steveraye.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/pic-from-vinitaly-road-2011.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-357\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-357\" title=\"Vinitaly in the US 2011\" src=\"http:\/\/batchat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Pic-from-Vinitaly-Road-2011-300x293.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"293\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-357\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stevie Kim of Vinitaly, Alfonso Cevola, Greg Dal Piaz and Steve Raye<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Last week Stevie Kim &amp; Co. brought the Vinitaly Road Show to New York and I was on a panel discussion with Greg Dal Piaz of Snooth, Joe Czerwinski of Wine Enthusiast and Alfonso Cevola of Glazer&#8217;s and the author of the &#8220;On the Wine Trail in Italy&#8221; blog.<\/p>\n<p>We began the discussion talking about the role ratings play in terms of getting brands into the US, on the shelf and purchased by consumers.\u00a0 Bottom line, while they&#8217;re fraught with issues, they are an easily understandable way to distinguish between wines.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_358\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/steveraye.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/10\/pic-from-vintaly-road-2011-panel.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-358\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-358\" title=\"Panel discussion at Vinitaly Road\" src=\"http:\/\/batchat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Pic-from-Vintaly-Road-2011-panel-300x126.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"126\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-358\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alfonso Cevola makes a point Greg clearly disagrees with...not unusual!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The conversation quickly segued to Social Media Marketing, arguably the most talked about subject in the wine world today.\u00a0 Since I&#8217;d been on panels with several of these gentlemen before, it was interesting to put our convo this year in context with similar discussions in past years.\u00a0 Key realization, the evolution of social media, wine criticism and wine writing from citizen blogging to a more professional standard.\u00a0 And a milestone cited was Jancis Robinson appointment of Alder Yarrow as her designated American correspondent.<\/p>\n<p>You can hear more of my and Greg DP&#8217;s comments in a video interview they did.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VV-HIdNZXQg&amp;feature=channel_video_title\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-356\" title=\"Greg Dal Piaz and Steve Raye interviewed at Vinitaly on the Road in NY\" src=\"http:\/\/batchat.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Pic-from-Vinitaly-Road-2011-video-300x182.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week Stevie Kim &amp; Co. brought the Vinitaly Road Show to New York and I was on a panel discussion with Greg Dal Piaz of Snooth, Joe Czerwinski of Wine Enthusiast and Alfonso Cevola of Glazer&#8217;s and the author of the &#8220;On the Wine Trail in Italy&#8221; blog. 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