{"id":355933,"date":"2020-08-19T18:21:06","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T16:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bkwine.com\/?p=355933"},"modified":"2020-08-19T18:21:51","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T16:21:51","slug":"the-wine-media-conference-2020-is-about-to-kick-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bkwine.com\/sv\/news\/the-wine-media-conference-2020-is-about-to-kick-off\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wine Media Conference 2020 is about to kick-off"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"355933\" class=\"elementor elementor-355933\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-53dd71b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"53dd71b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-941aebe\" data-id=\"941aebe\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f802c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f802c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.winemediaconference.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wine Media Conference<\/a> (WMC), what was once called the Wine Bloggers Conference, has moved online this year and is available for everyone, free of charge. It will be three days of conferences \u2013 webinars \u2013 on subjects relating to writing about wine online and in print.<\/p><p>Wine business in general is in a flux as is wine writing. So the WMC is filled with sessions that tries to clarify what is coming in the next year or two for all of us who are writing on wine (or food or travel) in print or online: social media, video and podcasting, improving your SEO, make better photos, write better, find new subjects, find new outlets and plenty of other things. Take a look at the full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winemediaconference.org\/virtual\/summit-agenda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WMC agenda here<\/a>.<\/p><p>There is a long list of very interesting speakers. Take you pick and register for the sessions that you think sound interesting.<\/p><p>If you are interested in the intersection between wine writing and travel writing I am talking on the panel of a session called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdcast.io\/e\/wmc20-food-and-travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Travel Writing for Wine Media<\/a>\u201d\u00a0 on Saturday August 22, at 11 AM PT\/ 2 PM ET, or, from my perspective, at 20.00 Paris time. It also includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marcygordon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcy Gordon<\/a>, freelance wine and travel writer, and Frank Morgan of <a href=\"https:\/\/drinkwhatyoulike.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DrinkWhatYouLike<\/a> as moderator.<\/p><p>There are plenty of subjects and anyone interested in wine writing should be able to find something of interest.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0f2931 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d0f2931\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bkwine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/event-cover-6178.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-355935\" alt=\"The Food and Travel Writing for Wine Media session at the Wine Media Conference 2020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bkwine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/event-cover-6178.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.bkwine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/event-cover-6178-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bkwine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/event-cover-6178-768x379.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fb8bf79 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fb8bf79\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-541cbcd8\" data-id=\"541cbcd8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53b9c79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"53b9c79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bkwine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/20180129_112217.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"One of the world&#039;s most amazing bookshops: El Ateneo Grand Splendid in a converted theatre, Buenos Aires, Argentina\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzU1OTM0LCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvd3d3LmJrd2luZS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjBcLzA4XC8yMDE4MDEyOV8xMTIyMTcuanBnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bkwine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/20180129_112217.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-355934\" alt=\"One of the world&apos;s most amazing bookshops: El Ateneo Grand Splendid in a converted theatre, Buenos Aires, Argentina\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bkwine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/20180129_112217.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.bkwine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/20180129_112217-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bkwine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/20180129_112217-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">One of the world's most amazing bookshops: El Ateneo Grand Splendid in a converted theatre, Buenos Aires, Argentina, copyright BKWine Photography<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wine Media Conference (WMC), what was once called the Wine Bloggers Conference, has moved online this year and is available for everyone, free of charge. 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