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

Wine Clubs

Information

I'd be interested in sharing information on optimizing the activities of wine tasting societies and wine clubs--both those attached to wineries and third party clubs. It may be the other groups will cover this topic, but if not...

Website: http://wine.meetup.com/321
Members: 30
Created By: tom merle
Latest Activity: May 9

Membership base apart from OWC

I'm currently utilizing meetup.com which has generated 550 members and growing in the Bay Area [ we also publish occasonal tasting results on our blog]. The Meetup.com phenomenon presents considerable opportunities for a coordinated Wine 2.0 enterprise: 85,000 wine enthusiasts gather in 450 wine.meetup.com groups around the country and, indeed, around the world.

The granddaddy of all such organizations is The Wine Society in England, founded in 1874 as a cooperative. Their walk around tastings in various cities have attracted over 15,000 members to 120 events.

Discussion Forum

Getting Pickups to Happen 3 Replies

Started by Jon Bjork. Last reply by Jon Bjork Feb 29.

Comment Wall (2 comments)

Add a Comment

You need to be a member of Wine Clubs to add comments!

2 Comments

Comment by Max Morales on May 8, 2008 at 9:36pm: Greetings from Chile. We created the "Circulo del Vino de Andes Wines" or "Wine Circle of Andes Wines" couple of years ago and we have accomplished the interest from international wineries from Italy, Argentina, Greece and California to send samples. Now, we want to develop the activities where people bring a wine to a certain tasting.

Max Morales
http://www.andeswines.com

Comment by Kathleen Lisson on April 2, 2008 at 12:47pm: I agree that Meetup is a great way to bring wine drinkers together. The Albany, NY wine meetup has over 300 members.