Gary Vaynerchuk needs no introduction to most of you, so I will just let him explain about where I want to be in April of next year. With any luck I can convince The Chick that she needs to meet Gary and pop his cork - so to speak - on the high seas.

I am also looking forward to meeting Gary in Vegas at the New Media Expo, where he has a keynote. As a wine blogger, and a social media guy, his work in podcasting has really been fun to watch. I have always felt that the more disruptive the channel+message the more success you will have in breaking market stereotypes and Gary has done that in spades. And yes, you will see updates here from the NME about the show, but more importantly about the wine me dine that is Las Vegas Baby! My partner in crime, Scott Parent - the man behind the microphone over at American Cliche, will be joining me here at DSW (more on that later) and we are both traveling to Vegas for NME. You can best believe that we have a very good set of standing dinner reservations while there.

Ok - I’ll let you all know more about the cruise as I get some info. Who knows… maybe Gary will run some sort of contest and give away a few berth’s. You never know!