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Packing for Virginia

The 2011 Wine Blogger Conference (WBC11) starts this week. A lot of wine information is going to be tweeted and blogged from Charlottesville, Virginia. I’m looking forward to contributing to that wealth of wine information. It’s exhilarating to attend an event like the Wine Blogger Conference. This year the conference sold out at 325 seats. What an amazing opportunity to learn and share with other wine bloggers from around the world.
WBC10 Meet the Sponsors - Foodista and Catavino.
Last year I attended the third annual Wine Blogger’s Conference (WBC10) in Walla Walla, Washington. It was an inspiring and educational event which motivated me to write more. Since then, I’ve made many new friends in the wine industry. WBC11 will be an unmatched occasion to learn about and discuss wine as it relates to the world of new media; blogging, twitter, social media, and video.

I am looking forward to expanding my knowledge of wine and building new relationships. Stay posted, I’ll be sharing with you my experiences at the 2011 Wine Blogger Conference on this blog and on twitter.

If you are unable to attend WBC11 follow the action on twitter, all of the conference attendees will be tweeting: A sample of Virginia Wine Tweeters to follow: @VAWine, @DrinkWhatULike, @VaWineTime, @SwirlSipSnark, @VCUSpoon, @Alleigh, @DMWine, @CellarBlog, @SuzieLin and don’t forget me… @wild4wawine.

Some of the hashtags which will be in use: #wbc11, #vawine.

Cheers!
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