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3-6-2012 Welcome Bordeaux to Beverly Hills Wine Night – PRESS

ianblackburn — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:22:59 +0000

On March 6th, 35 members of Le Cercle Rive Droite de Grands Vins de Bordeaux (Right Bank Circle of Great Bordeaux Wines) will be introducing their wines including the outstanding 2009 vintage, to wine enthusiasts at the The Peninsula Beverly Hills in Los Angeles. CLICK HERE TO SEE THE EVENT DETAIL Below is the PRESS [...]

1-26-2012 STARS of Santa Barbara at The Peninsula Beverly Hills – Recap

ianblackburn — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:00:01 +0000

Ian Blackburn, CEO of LearnAboutWine hosted an excising wine event featuring 37 wineries from Santa Barbara “9th Annual STARS of Santa Barbara Wine”. The event was held at The Peninsula Beverly Hills on January 26th 2012. To see the detail on this event: CLICK HERE — Press Coverage: Cori Solomon: Examiner.com To see the full [...]

STARS of Santa Barbara – A Free Tasting Opportunity

ianblackburn — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:44:31 +0000

FREE WINE TASTING OPPORTUNITY Something new and different… Something FREE! Three ways to make this Thursday’s STARS of Santa Barbara a FREE Tasting! 1. The Automatic Winner Buy a ticket at Full Fair VIP ticket at $159 – and get a second ticket free Click Here to Purchase VIP Ticket (Only good on this link) [...]

STARS of Santa Barbara Press List

ianblackburn — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 07:50:48 +0000

Ian Blackburn, Founder of LearnAboutWine will be hosting a exciting wine event STARS of Santa Barbara, featuring 37 great wineries from Santa Barbara. See below for Press/ Media mentions: Examiner.com by Cori Solomon : Click here to read the article

Kathryn Kennedy Cab – First Wine Offer from Wine Cloud

ianblackburn — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:25:07 +0000

Exciting announcement! This is a first wine offer from Wine Cloud. Wine Cloud (with LearnAboutWine) has launched a unique on-line wine shopping store. Wine Cloud will offer the top wines to buy right now along with educational resources and stories behind every bottle. About Wine Cloud: These are exciting times in the wine business and [...]

Champagne Session Tasting Rare & High Quality Bubbles – Toast Goodbye to 2011 – Hello 2012!

ianblackburn — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:15:51 +0000

On December 29th, 2011, Ian Blackburn, CEO and Founder of LearnAboutWine.com and Wine Cloud Inc. hosted a fancy Champagne event featuring top of the top lists. Details are below: Champagne Session Tasting Rare & High Quality Bubbles - Toast Goodbye to 2011 – Hello 2012! Thursday, December 29th 7pm at Downtown LOFT 218 File Under: Seated tasting [...]

Chardonnay

ianblackburn — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:46:17 +0000

Chardonnay Chardonnay is often referred to as the king of white grapes; a traditional grape responsible for producing the white wines of Burgundy and it is known for its noted importance in the production of Champagne. STYLE: Chardonnay can be bone dry crispy with clean acidity, when unoaked, as seen in Chablis, or full bodied/baked [...]

12-15-2011: Burgundy Dinner with Ursula Hermacinski at Melisse, Santa Monica

ianblackburn — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 17:58:30 +0000

On Thursday, December 15th, 2011, Ian Blackburn of LearnAboutWine.com hosted a special dinner featuring top wines of Burgundy. The event was taken place at Michelin 2 stars French restaurant Melisse in Santa Monica. Ian Blackburn invited a special guest Ursula Hermacinski. She is an Auction Expert, Leading Voice in Wine, Former Director of Screaming Eagle, [...]

About Cabernet Sauvignon

ianblackburn — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 17:41:11 +0000

Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the world’s most celebrated and important grape varieties, in terms of total plantings and total dollars. Rivaled only by Merlot as the most planted dark-skinned grapes and gaining ground on Grenache as one of the most planted varietals on earth. Cabernet serves as a dominate blending varietal backing up a [...]

11.26.2011 STARS of Cabernet at The Peninsula Beverly Hills: Recap

ianblackburn — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:50:52 +0000

STARS of CABERNET November 16th at The Peninsula Beverly Hills Trade Hours 2pm-5pm Consumer Hours 7pm-9:30pm Ian Blackburn, CEO of LearnAboutWine.com hosted a rare and gorgeous wine event at the Peninsula Beverly Hills collaborating with top Cabernet Sauvignon producers in California. More than 200 wine buyers and sommeliers attended the trade portion of the event [...]