A boost for wine tourism, criticism of WOSA’s biodiversity angle, and websites geared at new wine consumers. Kim Maxwell tracks recent wine developments and reckons Sue Winter of the Biodiversity and Wine Initiative may be on to something...

Wine tourism is getting more and more popular according to global travel website TripAdvisor...

Tourism is a huge industry for Italy, and much of this can be attributed to the wine industry as well. The Italian business world has recognized this and is working hard to merge the two - wine and tourism -... Continue...

Two weeks of leisurely learning in southern France.

If you want the best in wine tourism, check out these international award winners as garlanded in Oporto recently...

Are we poised for progressing beyond the bottle or stuck on a ‘tasting room’ tangent?, writes Jeanine Wardman

The popularity of Italian wine tourism continues to grow and now generates some 2.5 billion euros annualy in revenue, according to data released during the wine and food tourism fair Biteg Forum 2008 ... ’, in Italy and experts believe that the wine tourism movement is operating at only 20% of its potential ... of wine tourism’s success is the fact that of the three million euros in turnover made by 82 of Italy...

Wine related tourism is becoming increasingly important for wineries. For example there are around ... million) and international visitors, the remainder. The overall value of wine tourism has been estimated ... African wine tourism industry employs an estimated 60,000 people and an estimated R 4,2 billion is generated through wine tourism activities focused in the wine regions. Based on international...

A post from: Burgundy-Report wine ‘tourism’ and independence I use the quotation marks because I’m not really talking about ‘real’ tourists, rather the ever-increasing global band of ‘writers’ who travel the world at the expense of regional marketing groups - worldwide - it seems a nice life! In itself there is nothing wrong with this symbiotic...