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More DLW 2011: Missouri ticket giveaways

Check out Olivia Wilder's Internet radio show on Sunday evening, where Todd Kliman, champion of regional wine and author of The Wild Vine, will give out a pair of tickets to the Missouri Twitter Taste-off on April 2 in St. Louis.

And we'll be giving away tickets on our Facebook page Wednesday through Friday, and might even give a couple of pairs away via our Titter feed next week. So keep an eye on both.

And you can always buy a ticket for our third annual DrinkLocalWine.com conference April 2-3 in St. Louis, where we'll focus on Missouri wine. Our thanks to the Missouri Wine and Grape Board, which is the conference's primary sponsor. The conference is being held at the Doubletree Hotel Westport in St. Louis, and room packages are available.

We have several affordable -- starting at $35 -- and convenient ticket programs this year. To purchase, click on the Google checkout icon and use the dropdown menu to select the package you want. The complete schedule is here.

Listen to DLW 2011: Missouri

We're live on the Olivia Wilder Times program from 1:30-4:30 p.m. on April 2 during the Missouri Twitter Taste-off. You can call in, you can ask questions in the chat room, and you can listen on your computer as Olivia interviews the top names in Missouri and regional wine.

Click the link to find out how to call in and join the chat room.

Tour three of Missouri's best wineries

Want to get a first-hand look at what makes Missouri one of the leading regional wine states in the U.S.? Then buy a ticket -- and space is already very limited -- for the DLW 2011: Missouri winery tours on April 3 in St. Louis.

We'll visit Sugar Creek Vineyards & Winery, Montelle Winery, and Mount Pleasant Winery. Tickets are $30, and include the insider's tour of the three wineries, lunch at Montelle, and expert Missouri wine highlights from Joe Pollack and Ann Lemons Pollack of the St. Louis Eats and Drinks blog.

Buy tickets here from the pull-down menu. Participants must be 21 or older. As noted, space is extremely limited. The tour leaves at 10 a.m. on April 3 from the conference headquarters, the Doubletree Westport, and returns to the Doubletree about 4:30 p.m. Our thanks to the St. Charles Convention & Visitors Bureau, the winery tour's main sponsor.

Norton virtual tasting for DLW 2011: Missouri

Want to celebrate DLW 2011: Missouri, but can't make it to St. Louis next weekend? Or do you just want to get an early start? Then join Todd Godbout and the crew from Wine-Compass.com and MyJoogTV, plus noted Virginia wine bloggers like Dezel Quillen and Jenny McCloud of Chrysalis Vineyards for a virtual norton tasting on March 23.

Norton, of course, is the Missouri national grape, but it's also grown in several other Midwestern states, as well as Virginia and Texas. And, as friend of DLW Boris Bauer likes to point out, it's a great wine for RV travel.

Todd, Dezel and Jenny will be tasting wine at Chrysalis, and Jenny promises some real treats. You can join the virtual tasting in the afternoon by using the DLW 2011: Missouri Twitter hash tag, #DLWMO. You don't have to limit yourself to norton, either -- any Missouri wine will do.

Free DLW 2011 tickets: And the first winner is...

Cherie Bryant won a pair of tickets to the Missouri Twitter Taste-off  at DLW 2011: Missouri -- and all she had to do was check out the Missouri Wine Facebook page.

We're going to give away more tickets over the next couple of weeks, so keep an eye on the Missouri Facebook page, the DLW facebook page, and the LocalWineEvents.com Facebook page. And check out the video, after the jump, from LocalWineEvent's founder and CEO Eric V. Orange, who will be at the conference.

If you don't win tickets, you can buy them here. Ticket packages start at $35; you can check out our wine seminars, drink wine at the Twitter Taste-off (and keep the Reidel glass), or visit wineries. Just click on the Google checkout icon and use the dropdown menu to select the package you want. The complete schedule is here. Follow us on Twitter; the conference hashtag is #dlwmo. Follow us on Facebook, where we'll be giving away conference tickets.

The conference is April 2-3 in St. Louis, where we'll focus on Missouri wine. Our thanks to the Missouri Wine and Grape Board, which is the conference's primary sponsor. The conference is being held at the Doubletree Hotel St. Louis at Westport, and room packages are available.

DLW 2011: Missouri on Olivia Wilder Times

DrinkLocalWine.com co-founder Jeff Siegel was on Olivia's program on Sunday night, and they talked about next weekend's conference, Olivia's live remote from DLW 2011: Missouri, and how no one has yet accpeted the Missouri Blind Tasting Challenge. And, said Jeff, there might be be a surprise or two for everyone who attends. It's the first 25 minutes or so of the program. Next week, Olivia will interview Friend of DLW Todd Kliman.

Buy tickets here to join us at the conference and meet Olivia. Ticket packages start at $35; you can check out our wine seminars, drink wine at the Twitter Taste-off (and keep the Reidel glass), or visit wineries. Just click on the Google checkout icon and use the dropdown menu to select the package you want. The complete schedule is here. Follow us on Twitter; the conference hashtag is #dlwmo. Follow us on Facebook, where we'll be giving away conference tickets.

The conference is April 2-3 in St. Louis, where we'll focus on Missouri wine. Our thanks to the Missouri Wine and Grape Board, which is the conference's primary sponsor. The conference is being held at the Doubletree Hotel St. Louis at Westport, and room packages are available.

Listen to internet radio with Olivia Wilder on Blog Talk Radio

Media lineup for DLW 2011: Missouri

And it's the most impressive in the three years we've done the conference. Which is saying something, because our first two media groups weren't too shabby.

We have national media heavyweights like Dave McIntyre of the Washington Post and Lisa Hall of Wine Business Monthly. We have Doug Frost, the godfather of regional wine writing. We have Eric V. Orange, the founder and CEO of LocalWineEvents.com. We have author Todd Kliman.

We have cyber media big shots like Joe and Ann Pollack of St. Louis Eats and Drinks. We have St. Louis' top food and drink magazines -- St. Louis, Sauce, and Feast. We have St. Louis media. We have Kansas City media. We have Columbia media. Check out the complete list.

And you can join us. Buy tickets here. They start at $35; you can check out our wine seminars, drink wine at the Twitter Taste-off, or visit wineries. Just click on the Google checkout icon and use the dropdown menu to select the package you want. The complete schedule is here. Follow us on Twitter; the conference hashtag is #dlwmo. Follow us on Facebook, where we'll be giving away conference tickets.

The conference is April 2-3 in St. Louis, where we'll focus on Missouri wine. Our thanks to the Missouri Wine and Grape Board, which is the conference's primary sponsor. The conference is being held at the Doubletree Hotel St. Louis at Westport, and room packages are available.

Norton virtual tasting for DLW 2011: Missouri

Todd Godbout, the Virginia wine media impresario behind winecompass.com and MyJoogVv.com, is going to celebrate DLW 2011: Missouri with a norton virtual tasting later this month. Norton, of course, is Missouri's signature grape, and Todd is a huge supporter of regional wine and DLW. MyJoogTV offers video of Virginia wineries and wine personalities.

We're still finalizing details of the event -- maybe coordinate through the DLW Facebook page? So keep an eye on our blog, Facebook page, and Twitter feed (the conference hashtag is #dlwmo), as well as Todd's cyber empire.

Tickets for the Twitter Taste-off, featuring 24 Missouri wineries and a buffet reception, are only $35; buy them here. Click on the Google checkout icon and use the dropdown menu to select the package you want, which includes winery tours and Missouri wine seminars. The complete schedule is here. Our thanks to the Missouri Wine and Grape Board, which is the conference's primary sponsor. The conference is being held at the Doubletree Hotel St. Louis at Westport, and room packages are available.

DLW 2011: Missouri -- The blind tasting challenge

Are you one of those people who just knows that regional wine isn't any good? Are you a wine drinker who -- wink, wink, nudge, nudge -- is well aware that regional wine is made as sweet as possible and fit only for little old ladies with cats? Is your palate so good that you can tell a California wine in a blind tasting without any trouble at all?

Then bring yourself to DLW 2001: Missouri on April 2, because we've got a challenge for you. Buy a ticket to the Missouri Twitter Taste-off, and we'll refund your money if you can pick the California wine from the Missouri wine in a blind tasting of six wines. Call it the Missouri Two-Sip, and put your palate where your mouth is. They're daring enough to do it in Texas.

Tickets for the Twitter Taste-off, featuring 24 Missouri wineries and a buffet reception, are only $35; buy them here. Click on the Google checkout icon and use the dropdown menu to select the package you want, which includes winery tours and Missouri wine seminars. The complete schedule is here. Our thanks to the Missouri Wine and Grape Board, which is the conference's primary sponsor. The conference is being held at the Doubletree Hotel St. Louis at Westport, and room packages are available.

New DLW news release

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Buy tickets here. We have several affordable -- starting at $35 -- and convenient ticket programs this year. Just click on the Google checkout icon and use the dropdown menu to select the package you want. The complete schedule is here.

The third annual DrinkLocalWine.com conference is April 2-3 in St. Louis, where we'll focus on Missouri wine. Our thanks to the Missouri Wine and Grape Board, which is the conference's primary sponsor. The conference is being held at the Doubletree Hotel St. Louis at Westport, and room packages are available.