Archive for the ‘Bloggerviews’ Category

Dec 4, 2007

Bloggerview #14: Mary Baker

Bloggerview #14Who: Mary BakerBlog: Dover Canyon Winery BlogWhere: http://dovercanyon.typepad.com/dover_canyon/ Mary Baker is one of the finest bloggers I know. She is also a regional correspondent for Appellation America. And, she’s a partner at Dover Canyon Winery in Paso Robles, California. Her Dover Canyon Wine Blog is far and away one of the best examples of winery blogging and how to make it work not just for the winery but also, I suspect, for how to make it work for you…

Nov 29, 2007

Bloggerview #13: Dr. Debs

Bloggerview #13Who: Dr. DebsBlog: Good Wine Under $20Where: http://goodwineunder20.blogspot.com/ Dr. Debs’ "Good Wine Under $20" seemed to come out of nowhere. One day I was seeing it linked to by many folks I respect. I investigated. And then I understood. Debs is a wonderful writer, that’s clear, but it was also obvious immediately that the topics she wrote about and the reviews of wines she wrote were given very serious attention. That might seem like faint praise. But actually I…

Nov 20, 2007

Bloggerview #12: Eric Asimov

Bloggerview #12Who: Eric AsimovBlog: The PourWhere: http://thepour.blogs.nytimes.com/ When Eric Asimov’s wine blog, The Pour, first appeared at the New York Times website I couldn’t wait to see how the New York Times would interpret "the wine blog" format. Would they misunderstand the medium? Would it be a vehicle merely to move folks to their other digital products. Then Eric started writing. Regularly. "The New York Times" disappeared from my understanding of The Pour and I began reading "Eric Asimov". The…

Nov 13, 2007

Bloggerview #11: Amy Lillard et Matt King

Bloggerview #11Name: Amy Lillard & Matt KingBlog: La GramiereWhere: http://lagramiere.typepad.com/blog/ I think I first started wanting to be Amy and Matt sometime last year. I began reading their blog, La Gramiere. It was a simple little blog about two Americans who moved to the Rhone to start their own winery. There was nothing particularly groundbreaking about their tales. There was no used of interesting blogging tools. It was merely two Americans in a foreign land trying to make the most…

Nov 7, 2007

Bloggerview #10: Russ Beebe

Bloggerview #10Name: Russ BeebeBlog: Winehiker WiticultureWhere: http://www.californiawinehikes.com/winehiker/ How could I not like a blog written by a fellow who would invite both Willie Mays and Thelonius Monk to his dinner party? Actually there’s more to Russ Beebe and his Winehiker Witiculture Blog than his good taste in dinner companions. Russ does something with his blog that few others do well: combine his interest in wine with a distinctly different avocation: Hiking. When I first ran across Winehiker this is what…