tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69463877306519794952024-03-08T15:17:56.450+00:00Jochen's Wine and Spas20 years of experience in writing on wine,
spirits & spasJochen Erlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12380560059065422641noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946387730651979495.post-2952035928652467612011-10-05T19:10:00.002+01:002011-10-05T19:16:27.158+01:00<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Jochen Erler is a <b>freelance writer</b> on wine and spirits for trade magazines in the UK (Harpers, Drinks Business), Germany (Weinwirtschaft) and overseas. He writes for “Weinbau”, an Austrian wine journal, as their foreign correspondent. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">For 20 years he has been a permanent <b>member of jury </b>at the International Wine & Spirit Competition in England, since 2010 at the Austrian Wine Challenge, and intermittently at the following other wine competitions. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">International: </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Int’l Wine Challenge (UK); Mondial du Vin (Bruxelles); Vinagora (Budapest); Sélections Mondiales (Montreal); Mundus Vini, Biofach, Trophy Berlin (Germany); Citadelles (Bordeaux); Vinitaly; Int’l Wine Contest (Bucharest); Chenin & Cab.Franc (Fontévraud); Pinot Noir (Sierre); Tbilissi (Georgia);</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">National</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB">: </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Catador in Argentina and Uruguay; Selection (Germany); Limassol (Cyprus).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Regional</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB">: </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Ligers in Nantes (Loire wines), Bacchus in Perpignan (wines of Roussillon), UK interregional competitions, Alpen/Adria Contest in Pecs (Hungary), Riesling (Trier/Mosel).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">At spirit competitions:</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Destillata (Austria), Int’l Wine & Spirit Competition (UK).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">J.E. works occasionally as consultant for wine producers and importers. He is a speaker at the International Wine Tourism Conference. At the 2010 Conference in Barcelona, he spoke about his experience as a wine tour leader. Since the 2011 Conference in Porto, his topic has been “Wine Tourism and Spa Wellness”, suggesting destinations for wine tours. He will also speak about “Wine Therapy”.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div>Jochen Erlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12380560059065422641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6946387730651979495.post-39651494417089489102010-12-19T22:47:00.003+00:002011-10-05T19:16:49.786+01:00Areas of Expertise<div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Wine & Spirits</b> </span></div><ul style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><li><span style="font-size: small;">writing on wine & spirits </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">judging at wine & spirits competitions</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">consulting wine producers on marketing</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">assisting importers in resourcing wines</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">conducting tutored wine tastings</span></li>
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Spas</b></span></div><ul style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><li><span style="font-size: small;">research of thermal, mineral and thalasso spas in Europe<b> </b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">writing on spas</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">research on wine therapy</span> </li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-size: small;">research of spas offering wine therapy</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">advising producers of wine cosmetics</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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