We are super pleased to have Vibrant Rioja host a “Rioja Crawl” on Saturday night of the upcoming conference. After dinner, pick up your Rioja Crawl map and hit five participating Charlottesville establishments, all within walking distance of the Omni hotel, for a complimentary glass of Rioja, some tasty bites to match, and a chance to win a trip to Spain!
The Crawl starts just minutes away from the Omni at Orzo Kitchen & Wine Bar at Charlottesville’s beloved Main Street Market. Step right across the hall and mingle at stop two, Feast, a specialty gourmet market and restaurant for food and wine lovers. Continue your Rioja experience at stop number three, the seasonally inspired ZINC Restaurant and Bar, followed by a touch of southern hospitality just up the street at Maya Restaurant and Bar. Enjoy your final sip of Rioja (for this one evening, of course) at one of Charlottesville’s newcomer gems, Brookville Restaurant, where you can hand in your stamped Rioja Crawl map.
Four stamps automatically enter you for a chance to win vino, and all five stamps enter you to win a trip to Rioja! This event is not to be missed … and you can Tweet about your Vibrant Rioja Crawl experience to @RiojaWine with #riojabuzz, or share your tasting notes on their Facebook wall.
We at Zephyr Adventures, organizers of the conference, run our own Rioja bicycling tour. We can tell you the land is beautiful, the people are friendly, and the wine is delicious. In fact, we find Rioja to be one of the under-visited gems of the wine tourism world, well worth a visit – especially if you happen to win one for free by going on a Rioja Crawl!
This sounds like an awesome opportunity and who wouldn’t take it up with it being in Santa Barbara?! I am so glad I stumbled across this because it is more motivation to pick up the planner and pick a weekend to go to Santa Barbara! Wine tasting there is one of my favorite things to do so this all sounds amazing. Winning a trip to Spain though, wow that would be so awesome! Hopefully this summer I can stay at my favorite hotel-the Sandman Inn (www.thesandmaninn.com). Comfortable and budget friendly, the best combination.
By far Santa Barbara county would be the best place to hold just about anything but having to do with wine-it’s a sure thing! Santa Barbara is one of my favorite places to go in the summer/fall time which is also peak wine season! Not a cloud in the sky and perfect 75 degree weather would make for a good time to just about anyone. Unless it’s Spain, there is no comparing! The beach is close by as well-it’s the best of both worlds! Whenever I go there to wine taste I love staying at the South Coast Inn (www.goleta-hotel.com). Best place to stay for the wine traveler in Santa Barbara.
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Santa Barbara County would be a perfect location for the Wine Bloggers Conference – diverse wines and beautiful views
Bring the Wine Bloggers Conference to Santa Barbara County! We would love to share our beautiful ocean, vineyards and wineries with you.
As a longtime wine writer (www.fromthevine.info and http://www.santamariatimes.com), I would be thrilled for Santa Barbara County to host the next Wine Bloggers Conference. Ours is a region diverse in wine, full of expert yet down-to-Earth winemakers and one that showcases fresh seafood and produce.
Bring the Wine Bloggers Conference to Santa Barbar!!!
This is a good way for wine customers to share their experience with – great wine, beautiful place and lovely people. Santa Barbara Wine Country would absolutely be a fantastic location for the next Wine Bloggers Conference!
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Santa Barbara County welcomes the Wine Bloggers Conference. World-class wines with a several fabulous AVA’s to explore, beautiful country, perfect July weather, friendly wine enthusiasts….it is a wine blogger’s paradise!
Santa Barbara has so much to offer the wine lover, from the beautiful Pacific Coast to the Provence-like Santa Ynez Valley, with boutique tasting rooms and spreading estate wineries up Foxen Canyon, plus the unique Lompoc Valley collection of boutique wineries. Great people, serious about wine but not much else! Come visit, you’ll want to stay!
There is something in Santa Barbara County to please everyone….. history, ocean, theater, views and open spaces, but most importantly some fabulous wine and some fabulous people. Please come visit us!
Santa Barbarais unique in that it can do everything. Sparkling close to the ocean. Move east to Pinot and Chard in Santa Maria/Sta Rita,get into Rhones and stat bordeaux inSanaYnz / Ballard Canyon, then Cabrn/SavBlanc in Happy Canyon. Plus, don’t the writers wt e pampd with what SB can offer for hospitality?
Seeing how Oregon has made the top three contenders for the 2012 Wine Bloggers I think it should be in Oregon.
Santa Barbara Wine Country would be an awesome location for the next Wine Bloggers Conference!
Can’t beat Santa Barbara County Wine Country for it’s friendly people, great wines, beautiful landscapes.
Santa Barbara Wine Country would love to host the Wine Bloggers Conference! Everyone will enjoy from our diversity of grape varietals, wines and appellations, all within one county. Don’t forget to visit the Lompoc Wine Ghetto and Flying Goat Cellars when you are here!
I really think that having the next bloggers conference in the Santa Barbara Wine Country would be a great success. The region is very diverse and has many wonderful resources. The wine country would love to have them here.