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News November 24, 2012

Kris Chislett Selected to Speak at the Eastern Winery Exposition 2013 Conference.

Just a little self promotion…I hope you don’t mind… [Lancaster, Pennsylvania, November 8, 2012] – Richard Leahy Conference Program Director for the Eastern Winery Exposition today announced that Kris Chislett will speak at the 2013 Eastern Winery Exposition Conference, taking place March 6-7 at the Lancaster County Convention Center in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The Eastern Winery Exposition is an Eastern-focused wine industry trade show and conference designed to provide the Eastern U.S. and Canadian wineries and…

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News March 16, 2012

French Winemakers Slowly Making Friends with Social Media.

French wineries, like over-tired children, are kicking and screaming but slowly making their way onto social media, a survey has revealed. The survey of 528 wineries in the United States and France conducted by ABLE Social Media Marketing found that while 94% of U.S. vintners were on Facebook, only 53% of their French counterparts were. But the French are slowly coming online. A similar 2010 study by ABLE’s corporate predecessor mysocialwinery.com reported less than 20%…

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Pairings May 27, 2011

The Mer Soleil Duo Paired with Coronation Chicken Salad with Mangoes and Almonds

Since today is/was #ChardonnayDay on Twitter, my day has been very much planned accordingly around the worlds most popular white grape. You’re forgiven if you aren’t yet clued in as to what #ChardonnayDay is actually all about; it’s new to me too! The event essentially revolves around Twitter, with wine drinkers throughout the Twitterverse (yes it’s a word) all gathering either online or at various organized meetups to drink and “tweet” tasting notes and opinions…

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News April 27, 2011

Top 10 Tips for Wineries (and Other Businesses) on Using Twitter – Part 2

    This is part 2 of my article aimed at helping businesses and wineries specifically get a handle on the little blue bird that is Twitter. Part 1 can be found here. Please not that I don’t claim to be any type of “social media guru”, (there are already far too many of them coming out of the woodwork right now), but what follows is what I have learnt from my own personal experiences…

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News April 21, 2011

Top 10 Tips for Wineries (and Other Businesses) Using Twitter – Part 1

This is another Social Media article that I have been meaning to write for at least 6 months now. The reason that I haven’t gotten around to it sooner is that it takes take so bloody long to put my thoughts into words! I’m probably going to start transitioning these type of articles to a separate website (I just purchased KrisChislett.com a couple of days ago), but for now I am happy to host them…

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News January 25, 2011

Top 10 Mistakes Wineries (and Other Businesses) Make on Facebook–Part 2

Continuing on from my post yesterday, these are my top 5 mistakes wineries (and other businesses) make on Facebook.     5. Not Embracing the Human Element As the Internet is evolving, it is becoming inherently more human. You can’t just setup a website, or in this case a Facebook Page and hope people love you and your content! In order to embrace the human element, it is wise to show your audience what you…

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News January 24, 2011

Top 10 Mistakes Wineries (and Other Businesses) Make on Facebook – Part 1

This is a post that I have been wanting to write for quite some time, but am only just now getting round to it. First of all I wanted to use real examples to illustrate each point, and I knew that would take a certain amount of labor in order to collect each screenshot. I am using wineries as an example of the top 10 mistakes made on Facebook, but it can indeed be applied…

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Reviews November 10, 2010

The Great Twitter Wine Exchange–Part 2 of 2

This is part 2 of my Twitter wine exchange. In case you missed the first part, here is a quick rundown: One of the people I have been randomly talking to through Twitter is Kevin Widmer, who goes by the obscure Twitter name of @billybuttock. The rules of our wine exchange were simple: you send me a bottle, I’ll send you a bottle. The only stipulation was that the wine had to be under $20…

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Reviews October 15, 2010

The Great Twitter Wine Exchange–Part 1 of 2: Caparone Sangiovese

I’m going to say we are the first to ever do this through Twitter! One of the people I have been randomly talking to through Twitter is Kevin Widmer, who goes by the obscure Twitter name of @billybuttock. The rules of our wine exchange were simple: you send me a bottle, I’ll send you a bottle. The only stipulation was that the wine had to be under $20 retail. Below is the wine I chose…

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