From the category archives:

Education

Binge drinking “à la française”

April 8, 2010

Binge drinking and its tragic consequences are very much in the mind of French politicians and health specialists. Unfortunately in order to reduce binge drinking, French authorities target the wine industry more than the spirits industry. Studies show clearly that young people get drunk in night clubs on cocktails based on spirits and not on [...]

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Wine Education: Lucky Spanish children

July 24, 2009

According to Adam Lechmere from decanter.com, a Spanish children’s book, El Estornino Saturnino en la Tierra del Vino (The Gloomy Starling in Wine Country) by Judith Sáenz de Tejada won the prize for best illustrated wine publication at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2009, which took place in Paris on July 1st, 2009. Without even [...]

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Is education the answer to alcohol related problems?

March 6, 2009

France is currently debating a law on how to save its health coverage system and prevent various costly diseases, such as cancer, cardiovascular accidents and so on. First culprit: wine consumption. I suppose drinking a glass of whiskey a day or a glass of vodka is much better for your health! Whatever the culprit or [...]

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Wendy Narby: Bordeaux is very innovative

February 11, 2009

Wendy Narby is one of the best representatives of the links between Britain and Bordeaux. She moved to Bordeaux about 20 years ago and is now one of the best specialists of the Bordeaux wines, acting as a consultant, a teacher and a guide. She came to France in the ’80s to study wine marketing [...]

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Wine Education

August 5, 2008

Tomorrow our live radio show, newwineconsumer.com, will be on wine education. We already talked about educating the parents and educating children on wine. We would like to extend the discussion to a broader prospect: educating through wine tasting groups, professional education, wine MBAs and Masters Programs and whatever ways wine education is spreading. There are [...]

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Educating the parents to prevent underage drinking

July 9, 2008

Binge drinking, underage drinking, drunk driving are topics making the news a lot in the beginning of this summer. Is it because the season makes everybody more relaxed and willing to have a drink to fight the heat of the season? I don’t know, but whatever the reason I read a lot about this important [...]

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Educating children on wine making and vines

July 2, 2008

photo: LondonLooks Today I just heard that two of my friends of OpenWineConsortium were new parents. Congratulations are in order and I send them heartily and happily! This happy event started me thinking on educating children and young ones about wine, wine making and vines. It is a recurrent theme around wine lovers and professionals. [...]

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