Publications and public speaking engagements by GiraMondo Wine Ventures

In addition to providing written publications, GiraMondo Wine Ventures invests its time presenting technical topics for diverse audiences.

Recent Articles

•  “The Chinese Taste for Wine” Wines & Vines Magazine, Dec 2005 – Laurent Guinand  

• “Should you export to India? Wine is Avant-Garde in the cosmopolitan thriving country” Wines and Vines Magazine, January 2007 – Laurent Guinand and Rafael Marti
• “From Russia, With Love for Wine. Russia has become an attractive market and time to plan your entry is now” Forthcoming article, Laurent Guinand and Nadia Dmytriw
• “American Pie Wine’s Meteoric Growth” Wine Business International, February 2007 – Michael Schaefer – Insert including Laurent Guinand’s comments on Wine and Internet on page 2
•  “A Slow Start: Wine and Internet” Wine Business International, June 2007 – Laurent Guinand
• “The Economics of the Wine Business” – Upcoming book – Laurent Guinand

Public Speaking Engagements:

•  “Straight from the Caucasus, A Georgian Wine Tasting” September 2006, The Smithsonian Resident Associates
• “Baja, the Other California for Wines” March 2006 – Laurent Guinand with Author C.M Mayo and Ives Lelevier, Deputy Secretary of State, Baja California – Mexican Cultural Center
•  “A Georgian Wine Reception with H.E. Zurab Noghaideli Prime Minister of Georgia” December 2006, Meridian International Center
• “Wines of spain with H.E. Carlos Westendorp, Ambassador of Spain in the United States” – Meridian International Center, January 2007
• “Wines of Argentina with H.E. Jose Octavio Bordon, Ambassador of Argentina in the United States” – Embassy of Argentina, March 2007

Presentations at recent conferences and trade events

• Nov 2006:  “Men are from Bordeaux, Women are from Burgundy”  - Metropolitan Cooking and Entertaining Show, Washington, DC: An irreverent presentation on the differences between men and women when it comes to buying, tasting and consuming wine.
• Jan 2007:  “Importing and Marketing Wines in the United States” – Winevolution Conference, Paris, France

Academic Presentations:

• 2007 Visiting lecturer – Fuqua School MBA, Latin American GATE program - Duke University, SC - USA
• 2007 Visiting lecturer – Bordeaux International Wine Institute (www.wine-institute.com) , Master in Wine Marketing and Management, Bordeaux, France

For more information about these specific topics, please contact us directly or call us at 301-841-7609