The International Malbec Days Festival (May 20th-23rd, 2010 in Cahors, France) is now behind us. Let’s take the Good, Bad and (in some cases, the very) Ugly of the festival, in reverse order: The Ugly: Event Coordination and “Wines that Smell of Donkey Poop” Organizing and executing a wine industry event the size of the…
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1WineDude TV Episode 11: Cahors (Malbec Days Festival 2010)
A very brief intro. into the 2010 International Malbec Days Festival. As for the event – great intro. to Cahors and its wines; confusing marketing strategy / message; terrible, terrible, terrible organization of events and logistics overall. More to come (on all three fronts)! Cheers!
Cahors Malbec: Feisty and Powerful, But Is It Marketable?
I’m in Cahors, and it’s one of those thoroughly gorgeously sunny wine country days that at turns make me happy to be alive and secretly, maddeningly spiteful towards those who get to experience this nearly every day. Of course, those turns tend to come after long stints of travel when I’m severely under-caffeinated, so keep…
Baby’s Got Malbec (Heading to the International Malbec Days in Cahors)
If you live in the U.S. (and chances are high that if you’re reading this, you are in the U.S.), then it’s likely that you’ve been drinking some low-priced Malbec wine lately. Don’t take my word for it – for some hard data on Malbec drinking trends in the U.S., you can check out a…