WineFuture attracts more than 1,000

Elciego, early morning.  Pancho Campo MW and team have managed to attract the most extraordinary crowd to the two-day WineFuture conference here in Rioja.

Both quality and quantity are remarkable.  At last night's welcome dinner for speakers, I sat next to Robert Parker and just two away from his wife Pat, whom I had not seen since my last visit to Maryland. The room was chock a bloc with wine luminaries from around the globe.

And according to Pancho, there will be more than 1,100 participants from 50 countries attending the sessions in Logroño today.

I'm chairing a panel...