Catavino Internet Marketing

We are founders of the European Wine Bloggers Conference and have spent the last 6 years running Catavino.net. Today we teach wineries how to get online so that they can sell more wine.

Twitter isn't Evil – Jancis Robinson said So, So it Must be True!

Coming out of the Pre-Conference seminars that Ryan spoke at on the Monday before the London International Wine Fair, Gabriella snagged a short interview with Jancis Robinson where she grabbed this small bit of advice for producers! Hey, we didn’t say it this time, Jancis did! Jancis Robinson on Twitter and Websites from ryan and …

Collaboration NOT Competition

When you work as a team, you can sell more wine. No wait, you WILL sell more wine! Over the past 5 years, we’ve realized that one of the major barriers facing wineries in Iberia is pride and jealousy, fearing that their neighbors will steal their “rightful” business. Unfortunately, the truth couldn’t be opposite. The …

Links from around the web for the week of May 24, 2010

Turning Wii into Wine – May 14, 2010 Is there a Grand Cru in your future? – May 17, 2010

Naked Wines – Consumers Win(e)

If you don’t know Naked wines, please stop here and look at their website. Their story is simple. They saw an opportunity, and instead of trying to replicate an old model in a new space, they started from scratch and built a new model to deal with an old problem. They sell wine online, and …

Final Day of London International Wine Fair: We Smell Success!!

If you look carefully, you’ll notice our eyes glazing over, bodies limp and lips dry and sore from speaking. 3 days, meetings day and night, and loads of fabulous seminars and workshops has led to an amazingly successful event. We’d like to thank all of our sponsors for helping make this event the amazing achievement …

Day two wrap up from the London International Wine Fair

Take a look at what happened on the Access Zone at the London International Wine Fair! Day Two highlights of the London International Wine Fair from ryan and gabriella opaz on Vimeo.

Links from around the web for the week of May 16, 2010

Heart Thy Consumers, or, Learn From Gary Vaynerchuk – April 29, 2010 An Open Letter to Mr. Steve Heimoff Regarding his Millennial Wine Competition Post – May 6, 2010

What is Brand?

As a winery are you building a brand? One that will be sustained through good vintages and poor? What is Brand Anyways? from Urban Influence on Vimeo. The concept of branding can seem ambiguous at times. Urban Influence breaks it down into delicious bite size pieces.

Schedule of "The Access Zone" at the 2010 London International Wine Fair

Seminar Schedule (stand D60) Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 10:00 Social Media 101 for Wineries This entry level workshop will teach you how to get online quickly and effectively so that you can take control of your brand today! 11:00 Winery Collaboration with Quevedo and O-Vineyards Oscar Quevedo from the Douro and Ryan O’Connell from the …

Wine MBA Conference: Catavino Marketing Talks about Social Media and Wine

At the 2010 London Wine Fair  next week, we’re going to be busy!! First, “The Access Zone”, followed by several other talks about wine online, which will include Ryan taking part in a panel online about Social Media and Wine. See below for more details. Wine MBA conference, South Gallery Room 23. BEM (Bordeaux Management …