OpenWine Consortium

Technology spreading the word of wine through a world of wine drinkers

What is The OWC?

The OpenWine Consortium (OWC) is a global wine industry association, featuring the world's premier online wine business network, on a mission to improve the world of wine. Please join this network if you are currently in the wine business or you are going to be in the industry in the near future.

Get OWC Activity through email with "My OWC Updates"

We're well aware that there are many social networks out there and that visiting OWC isn't always the top priority. We also realize email is still the most dominant form of online communication.

OWC now leverages NutShellMail to send newsletter style summary of activity to your email so you can scan what's up with OWC on your own time with your own frequency settings!

Stay up to date with the worlds largest wine industry community from the convenience of your email account!

To use it, just go to the "My Page" tab and click on "My OWC Updates" to start sending OWC summaries to your email.

Highlights From The Community

Margie Tosch

TWEETUPS & MEETUPS: What's the point?

TWEETUPS & MEETUPS: What's the point?

It seems that either industry businesses "get it" or don't when it comes to social media. Many jump right aboard when a new opportunity comes along, other are going to late adopters, and are still hanging back and saying "but why???" And even



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Posted by Margie Tosch on August 24, 2010 at 1:30pm

Margot Dillard

How will pending bill in Congress for online wine sales and shipping impact you?

What is your opinion of this potential law....whether consumers can order wine directly from wineries is moving to the halls of the U.S. Capitol. Members of the House of Representatives introduced a bill (H.R. 5034) that could end direct shipping of wine and other alcohol in the United States, or at least put major roadblocks in front of lawsuits by consumers and wineries trying to reduce restrictions on shipping.



I plan on writing articles for several publications on this bill and w… Continue

Posted by Margot Dillard on August 14, 2010 at 10:30am

Joel Vincent

Virginia To Host National 2011 Wine Bloggers Conference

Source: Governor of Virginia Posted on: 7th July 2010


Charlottesville Selected as 2011 Location for National Conference, 300 Attendees Expected for Premier National Event for Wine Bloggers.

Governor Bob McDonnell today announced that the national 2011 Wine Bloggers Conference will be held in Charlottesville.

The conference is expected to bring at least 300 attendees to the area for the 3-day gathering. Commenting about… Continue

Posted by Joel Vincent on July 7, 2010 at 12:30pm

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OWC Best Practices

Established Guidelines for using OWC and maximizing productivity


Learn to network more effectively on OWC
Look at this short page to see how to put more effective links into your blog, forum, event or group posts or on your own profile page.

Special Thanks To:

Ginny Westcott-Wark for her work on the OWC logo.

The OWC Code of Conduct

If you are in doubt about the rules, please refer to the Community Code of Conduct

Some very important rules are highlighted there. Here is a short excerpt:

* Keep all arguments courteous and avoid personal attacks.
* Forum moderators reserve the right to remove any post at their discretion. If the abuse is habitual we can also disable or ban any user from the network at our discretion.

It is rare that people are banned, but it does happen occasionally, mostly for "spammy activities" such as announcing dating sites on others' comment pages.

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Chris West

Looking for a Distributor

Started by Chris West in General Discussion Aug 25.

Bobby Cintolo

Recommended Wine Brand Management Companies? 1 Reply

Started by Bobby Cintolo in Business and Technology. Last reply by Monica G. Aug 20.

Raymond Smith

The Pinot Report

Started by Raymond Smith in General Discussion Aug 18.

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