We could not hold this conference and offer such an unbelievably low price to participants without the support of our sponsors. Please take the time to read about our sponsors below. For more information about sponsoring the 2011 Wine Bloggers Conference in Charlottesville, Virginia please click on our Sponsorship Opportunities file. Once you have decided, you can sign up to sponsor the conference online.
Conference Organizers
OpenWine Consortium (OWC) is a global wine industry association, featuring the world’s premier online wine business network, on a mission to improve the world of wine. Internet technologies have changed the definition of “business” by enabling even single person publishing efforts to have global impact. OWC leverages this new age of business by operating the world’s largest online wine business to business network. OWC is co-organizer of the conference.
Zephyr Wine Adventures operates trekking, hiking, biking, and multi-sport tours in seven wine regions of the world, Vineyard Walks in Sonoma County, Inca Trail Hikes, and Self-guided Vacations in Italy. Zephyr’s active wine tours specialize in getting travelers up close and personal with not just the wineries but the vineyards of the world. Zephyr Adventures is co-organizer of the International Food Bloggers Conference and organizer of the Beer Bloggers Conference.
Premier Sponsors
The Virginia Wine Marketing Office is funded by the Virginia Wine Board and handles all educational and marketing activities on behalf of Virginia’s wineries. The Virginia Wine Board via the marketing office was the key player in providing initial support to bring the Wine Bloggers Conference to the East Coast for the first time and is sponsoring the Monticello reception and Saturday dinner.
The Virginia Tourism Corporation is the state agency responsible for promoting inbound tourism to Virginia. The VTC is responsible for the Virginia is for Lovers marketing campaign and is a strong supporter of the Wine Bloggers Conference. The agency is helping to sponsor the Friday reception at Monticello and the Saturday dinner.
The Charlottesville and Albemarle County Convention & Visitors Bureau is the agency responsible for promoting the great city of Charlottesville and the surrounding area. The Charlottesville CVB was extremely helpful in helping us bring the conference to Virginia and is helping to sponsor the Friday reception at Monticello and the Saturday dinner.
Media Sponsors
Wine Biz Radio is aired live on KSVY radio station in Sonoma County, California and broadcasted worldwide via the internet. Hosts Richard “Kaz” Kasmier and Randy Hall dish up a weekly dose of wine business information, pushing the envelope whenever they can.
Wine Business Monthly keeps readers up-to-date on the latest developments and trends in the global business of making wine, with an emphasis on best practices and new products as they pertain to winemaking, grape growing, marketing, sales, finance and business administration.
Mutineer Magazine is a fine beverage publication founded by Sommelier Alan Kropf and beer expert JJ Bagley. The magazine covers all things fine beverage with an emphasis on wine, beer and spirits. As informative as it is approachable, Mutineer Magazine will change the way you read about fine beverages.
Wines & Vines offers a comprehensive collection of products providing news, information, marketing and research capabilities for the wine and grape industry. The flagship monthly magazine provides a wide range of solutions to give those in the industry the tools they need to be successful.
Founded in July 2005, Mashable is the world’s largest blog focused exclusively on Web 2.0 and Social Media news. With more than 20 million monthly pageviews, Mashable is the most prolific blog reviewing new Web sites and services, publishing breaking news on what’s new on the web and offering social media resources and guides.
International Wine Night & Eastern Wines Night
In 2010, we are adding in two new wine tasting events: an International Wine Night to be held pre-conference on Thursday evening, July 21, and an Eastern Wines Night featuring wines from states and provinces in the Eastern US and Canada on Friday evening, June 22. We have just announced these two events but already have Wines of Chile as a participant on Thursday evening.
