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Winey Wink

http://winklorch.blogspot.com

Personal blog for Wink Lorch, wine writer and owner of www.winetravelguides.com

Added on: Aug 1st, 2007
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English

Recent Posts

Launching Wine Travel Guides Phase Two!

Posted on Tuesday November 3rd, 2009 at 10:39 in france, travel guides, pdf guides, wine travel guides

It's nearly 30 months since the Wine Travel Guides website went live and I've just made some big changes in a bid to keep the site alive. The website has received a gratifying amount of praise from users, writers and those in both the wine and the tr...
The story of wine: Inspiring after all these years

Posted on Monday October 19th, 2009 at 03:00 in chile, languedoc, savoie, oz clarke, wine report, burgundy grands crus, ampelography

To truly understand the world of wine and indeed the liquid itself, it helps to develop an expertise in world geography, geology, climatology, environmental science as well as world history, politics, economics, marketing and current affairs; science...
At last I eat Chez Marc Veyrat

Posted on Thursday September 3rd, 2009 at 10:26 in annecy, lake annecy, marc veyrat, fast-food restaurant

For as long as I've owned a property in the Aravis mountain area above the beautiful lake town of Annecy, I've always wanted to eat at Marc Veyrat's restaurant in Veyrier on the shores of the lake, elevated to three Michelin stars at least a decade a...
Jura and Savoie - Wine Report: The Insiders' Guide

Posted on Saturday August 22nd, 2009 at 13:06 in alsace, champagne, jura, savoie, tom stevenson, wine report

I reported on this blog back in April, and Decanter have now (4 months later) reported, that Dorling Kindersley will no longer publish Wine Report, the annual wine guide that I have written for since its inception with the 2004 edition. However, all ...
Business Development Help for Wine Travel Guides

Posted on Monday July 13th, 2009 at 14:46 in Business Development, wine travel guides

Please help spread the word! I’m offering an opportunity for an experienced business person to help me turn Wine Travel Guides from a well-regarded niche website into a highly successful one.I am looking for a motivated individual with proven busi...
Unearthing Treasures from Chile

Posted on Tuesday June 30th, 2009 at 12:48 in Cabernet Sauvignon, chile, cabernet franc, maule valley, carignan, o fournier, via wines

Vineyards in Maule © O. FournierIf you know just a little about Chile’s wine regions and imagine it as a ‘new’, modern wine country with high altitude vineyards, then the following won’t add up: Chile’s most important wine region has not o...