Great Wine Capitals Global Network
Since the Great Wine Capitals formed an alliance in 1999, it has overseen
and strengthened the rapid development of wine tourism in eight world
class wine capitals at a time when the interest in wine tourism globally
has never been stronger.
The member cities are: Bordeaux (France), Bilbao-Rioja
(Spain), Cape Town (South Africa), Florence
(Italy), Melbourne (Australia), Mendoza
(Argentina), Porto (Portugal), San
Francisco-Napa Valley (USA).
Between the eight cities, they receive over 20 million visitors per year,
and have an increasing number of innovative wine tourism projects, from
winery restaurants to hands-on visitor experiences, to tailored
food-and-wine matching tasting experiences. The Great Wine Capitals media
service will keep journalists up to date with the most recent projects,
and the award-winning wineries, to share with readers.
The highly successful annual ‘Best Of Wine Tourism’ awards reward
success across seven categories including Accommodation, Wine Tourism
Restaurants, Art and Culture, Architecture, Parks & Gardens,
Significant Wine Tourism Experiences, Wine Tourism Services and
Sustainable Wine Tourism Practises. The national winners go on to compete
for the prestigious international prizes. 2008 is the fifth year of the
awards, with over 320 properties from five continents competing for the
titles. Since their inception in 2003, over 208 properties have received
an award, from 1388 nominees. Individual winners and nominees are
available for interview.
The Network also exists as a business entity – and there are many
stories to be developed surroundings its education programmes (where the
cities exchange information and advancements in, for example, wine making
techniques) and the support that each city offers to those wanting to
engage in business (offering temporary office facilities and translation
services, among other things).
The Great Wine Capitals latest highlights
- Wine conference held in Oporto, Portugal, on the theme of Dialogue Between Old and New World, with highlights including the impact of global warming and engaging the younger generation in wine culture. All speeches and workshops available for download at
http://www.porto-of-wine.com
(click on Speakers)
- 2008 Best Of Wine Tourism award winners announced
- New president announced: Mayor of Porto. Rui Rio.
Check his Profile on : http://english.cm-porto.pt
For interviews, please contact dmri@cm-porto.pt
- The Great Wine Capitals is planning to increase its member cities to include one further from the New World, and one further from the Old World
- The launch of the GWC Travel Network, with specially-appointed agencies in each city offering personalised tours through the vineyards, and travel links between the regions :
http://greatwinecapitals.com/travelnetwork
To receive regular news updates and press releases, please contact gwc@greatwinecapitals.com
For high resolution images, please use our image
gallery.
City contacts for media:
pressbordeaux@greatwinecapitals.com
pressbilbaorioja@greatwinecapitals.com
presscapetown@greatwinecapitals.com
pressflorence@greatwinecapitals.com
pressmelbourne@greatwinecapitals.com
pressmendoza@greatwinecapitals.com
pressporto@greatwinecapitals.com
presssanfrancisco@greatwinecapitals.com
If you have any difficulty contacting the individual cities, or would like global information on the Great Wine Capitals, please contact the General Secretariat:
Mme. Catherine Leparmentier Dayot in Bordeaux.
Tel: + 33 5 56 79 51 64
Email: cleparmentier@bordeaux.cci.fr
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