This is part of my guide to ViniSud 2012 Like all the great music and art festivals, Vinisud draws a lot of talent to the area where it’s held (Montpellier).  So every day, after the fair ends, the party is just beginning for other people. The French refer to afterhours parties and tastings as “OFF’ events. [...]

This is part of my guide to ViniSud 2012 The 2012 edition of Vinisud includes a space devoted to the web called Pavilion 2.0 I’ll be spending a lot of time there.  Additionally, I’ll be doing a presentation with some of my buddies from the Outsiders on Monday afternoon at 16h and on Tuesday morning at [...]

I got to see a lot of British friends while I was on Naked Wines UK Tour this summer.  Even Jancis Robinson, the queen bee herself attended our London tasting.  And she had exceptionally positive things to say about the innovation at Naked Wines and also the quality of wine. Overall quality of Naked Wines [...]

note: This post is written as advice for winemakers offering tours.  If you are looking to participate in a wine tour, you can learn about our winery visits and wine tastings. By looking at feedback we receive from our clients through social media and review sites like TripAdvisor, we’ve learned a surprising lesson about the [...]

TripAdvisor users who look for “Things to Do” in the Languedoc Roussillon region are presented with a top 3 attractions list, and Domaine O’Vineyards is the number 1 attraction on that list!  We also placed #1 on the complete list of 174 things to do in Languedoc Roussillon. What is TripAdvisor TripAdvisor is the world’s [...]

On the 4th of July, I returned from the UK (a daring reenactment of American Independence Day ;D). I had just completed a massive UK wine tour with my UK importer Naked Wines. Looking back, I can’t believe how much fun it was. Fun, laid back tastings One important element of the fun is that [...]

This post is about a “popup” wine tasting that took place during my UK Tour with Naked Wines in 2011. What is a pop up tasting? Whereas most wine tastings are organized weeks or months ahead of time, popups are spontaneous and ephemeral. Organizers of conventional tastings will spend a lot of energy picking the [...]

After the success of my 2010 UK Villages Tour, I’m really looking forward to the much grander scale of the 2011 Naked Wines Tour, a series of ten wine tastings around different cities in the UK. Over 20 independent winemakers, funded by online wine retailer Naked Wines, are flying over to the UK at the [...]

The Languedoc Outsiders, a valiant team of men and women from all walks of life who have taken up the mantle of winemaking, work together to defend common values like truth, justice and the American way delicious wine, good company, and the French way! This issue promises to reveal the secret origins of Ryan.Com, the [...]

I’ll be in Paris for Vin 2.0 tomorrow.  It should be a lot of fun.  There’s a big conference during the day and a live tasting at night and we’ve added my O’Syrah to the tasting list.  Feel free to follow along online, tweeting or adding reviews to Naked Wines, CellarTracker, Corkd, VinoGusto, Adegga, or [...]