Archive for the ‘Wine Blog Awards’ Category
The sticks by which we measure success and utility vary widely, don't you think? Consider wine. A wine might be considered successful or useful on a scale of 1-100 or with five stars or with a fortunately combination of adjective. You can measure a wine's success by looking at its sales or its regularly increasing price or by the number of stores or restaurants in which it is found. With nearly everything produced and nearly everyone who tries, some stick…
The Wine Blog Awards Finalists in 8 categories have been announced and voting is open to the public until June 27th. This is the 5th Annual Awards. I have a special interest in these award, having founded them back in 2007 with the hope of turning on readers to the best of the wine blogging world and encouraging wine bloggers to excel in this medium. What gets me most excited about the Wine Blog Awards these days is the category…
I don't know how many wine blogs there are today. Over a 1000 in the English language is the best I can offer and even that is such a useless estimate. Most folks who have gone about attempting to categorize and list the various wine blogs that exist eventually just start to list them. Alder at Vinography has a pretty damned impressive list—about 700 or so in English. But that's the best that even he can do: "Blogs in English"….
The wine blog is now fully integrated into the world of wine writing. Having spent more than 6 years fully immersed in the world of wine blogging and following its emergence and evolution, I think it can be said with great confidence that many of the most compelling wine voices are using this format to communicate, educate, commentate and bloviate. The blogging format is certainly the the American wine world's and wine lovers' most vibrant publishing format. I was reminded…
I've said before that I believe we are drifting through a "Golden Age" of wine writing. The primary evidence for this position is the exponential increase in the number of individuals writing about wine for public consumption. Surely this results from the ease with which one can now share their thoughts with the rest of the world using digital publishing formats such as blogging services. I'm thinking about this Golden Age as I note that this week marks the commencement…
