"wine events" news and stories

If you've got a Twitter handle, love to drink wine, and own an iPhone or Blackberry, chances are you might already be tweeting your tasting notes.

Why not take that energy and passion to a virtual tasting? Several hotels around the country are hosting a tweet-up tonight, in fact. #WineWednesday is the hashtag, borrowed from TweSommelier, a Twitter feed run by a guy named Eric in New England who describes himself as a "wine and food enthusiast."

And because it's no fun to drink alone, several hotels around the country are providing the venue to sip wines.

At Four Seasons hotels and resorts in Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas (Las Colinas), Houston, Miami, New York, Palm Beach, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Toronto and Washignton D.C., all you have to do is show up with a thirst for trying new wines. Kick-off -- er, the pours -- start at 7 p.m. EST and last until 8 p.m. EST. Three sommeliers within Four Seasons will host the tasting from their virtual spots. Use the hash tag #FSWine

TV chef, mushroom evangalist and owner of the Carluccio café chain, Antonio Carluccio, has launched an Italian wine festival.

It is actually already underway with special tastings half-way through their run with one held or to be held in each of the Carluccio cafés. Carluccio himself has selected a wine from each of Italy's 20 wine regions with each available in the cafés and many available to buy online.

The remaining wine tastings are to be held in Putney (23rd May), Brighton (24th May), St Albans (30th May), Bicester (31st May) and Tunbridge Wells (1st June). Annoying I missed the one in Reading, which is just down the road from me, that was held on the 10th.

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