TorreBarolo Blog

………..and the winner is……Ivana Murray, from Dublin, Ireland !!!!!!!! Congratulations Ivana.

We want to thanks everyone that made this such a successful and fun promotion to host. We reached out to many Italian wine, food and travel bloggers to spread the word about our promotion and we were overwhelmed with both the support and enthusiasm. In particular we want to thank the following bloggers for their posts (in no particular order):

Nancy Yos of At First Glass 

Jeffrey Porter of Drink Eat Love

Eustachio Cazzorla, Giornalista e Sommelier

Biagio Tornatore and Cosimo Errede of Eat-Alia

Eric Cohen of Daddy Winebucks

Elora Turci of A Canadian in Italy

Allan Liska of Cellarblog

Andrea Federici of Degustazioni a Grappoli

Constance Chamberlain of Wine Connoisseur 101

Thea Dwelle of Luscious Lushes

Sheila of Italytutto 

Jason Petuck of Corked Wine

Rowena of Rubber Slippers

Denise Lowe of Goddess of Wine

Dana Kaplan of Stresa Sights

Karen Phillips of Andiamotrips

Adrian Petersen of Casa Dolcetto: Italian Insights

Also, we want to thank all of you guys that tweeted our promotion and/or posted it on their Facebook page.

Now, before you think the fun is over, due to the overwhelming enthusiasm, we have decided to run the same promotion later this year so stay tuned and maybe it will be you next time. And for those of you that can’t wait to see if they win a promotion, we are offering a 10% discount on any March-April bookings to TorreBarolo Fans on Facebook. 

Ciao for now from TorreBarolo.

How? If you aren’t already a Fan of TorreBarolo on Facebook, simply become one by the end of January and you automatically will qualify for the drawing. If you are a Fan of TorreBarolo already, then easy, just continue to support the TorreBarolo Fan’s Page with your comments.

The rules:
1. As of January 31st, all names on the Fan page will be entered into a hat and we will draw a name. If the lucky winner is unable to redeem their prize, then we will draw a 2nd winner … and so on;
2. The prize of 3 nights at TorreBarolo has a value of €375 and is not redeemable in cash. As is standard at TorreBarolo, a security deposit will still be requested upon check-in;
3. The availability period for the winner’s 3 night stay runs from Feb 5th, 2010 to March 31st, 2010;
4. If the winner removes him/herself from the TorreBarolo Fan’s page before their 3 night stay, the winner forfeits their winning;
5. After staying at TorreBarolo, the winner will be requested to enter a review on the TorreBarolo website as well as on TorreBarolo Fan’s page;
6. The winner will be contacted via Facebook directly to their message inbox;
7. The final winner will be announced on the Fan’s page on Feb 1st.