• That’s a lot of tweets: Our Twitter guru, Russ Kane, is also a whiz with a spreadsheet. He estimates that the conference and Saturday’s Texas Twitter Taste-off generated 200,000 impressions. Which makes my analysis yesterday seem right on: For the cost of dinner, some hotel rooms, and the venue rental, Texas wine probably got more publicity in a day and half that it received from the mainstream wine media in its 30-year history.
• What to do about next year? We’re going to hold a conference in 2010, and so far we have had interest from Arizona, Colorado, New York, and Virginia (but not Missouri, oddly enough, given its role as the first- or second-leading regional wine state). We’re also thinking about expanding the program and finding a way to work in winery visits. If anyone has any suggestions for sites or thoughts about the program, you can email us here. And what do you think about adding a DrinkLocalWine.com retail space to the Web site?
• The Cordon Bleu was amazing: I get to eat at a lot of the best restaurants in Dallas and elsewhere, and our dinner Friday night was as good as anything I have had at most of those places. The scallops put most fine-dining restaurants to shame. The chef-instructors and students were top-notch and professional. Yes, I used to teach there, but when it comes to food and service, the only bias I have is for quality.
Comments