Bloggerview #9Name: Ryan & Gabriella OpazBlog: CatavinoWhere: http://catavino.net Like Lenn with NY and Josh with developing wineries, Gabriella and Ryan have sent a standard in wine blogdom: it is for coverage and commentary on the wines of Spain at Catavino. They are somewhat unique among wine bloggers as they are a team. But what’s interesting about this duo at the moment is the way they’ve recently used a number of social networking services to become much more prominent members of…

Bloggerview #8Name: Lenn ThompsonBlog: LenndevoursWhere: http://www.lenndevours.com Lenndevours was one of the first blogs I looked at, leaned back and said, "Wow"….I want to do it that well. I still don’t think I do but Lenn Thompson’s blog provides wine bloggers with an great model. Lenn has also been an important player in the Wine Blogging community. His founding of "Wine Blogging Wednesday" worked to tie the wine blogging community around an ongoing event. There hadn’t been such a thing prior…

Bloggerview #7Name: Tim ElliotBlog: WineCastWhere: http://www.winecast.net My respect for Tim Elliot goes beyond WineCast, one of the first wine-related podcasts. I’ve had the opportunity to do some work with him in a professional capacity when we both worked with the same client. What strikes one most and first about Tim is his thoughtful nature and his real passion for wine. Both these things are on display in his podcast as well as his blog. It’s also on display in this…

Bloggerview #6Name: Tyler ColmanBlog: Dr. VinoWhere: http://www.drvino.com I wasn’t surprised when Tyler "Dr. Vino" Colman walked away with two of the first American Wine Blog Awards, including best overall blog. And I was very happy when he was nominated for a James Beard Award. Tyler’s "Dr. Vino" blog is what I think of as a perfect example of an excellent wine blog: it combines a personal bent to the point that by reading it one gets to know the man,…

Bloggerview #5Name: Benjamin SaltzmanBlog: Chateau PetrogasmWhere: http://chateaupetrogasm.com/ For someone who’s blog consists primarily of images, Benjamin Saltzman has a lot to say based only on his responses to this Bloggerview. But in fact, that’s exactly what took me when I first ran across Chateau Petrogasm. Benjamin was reviewing wines only with a single image. That’s it. One single image to represent his impression of the wine. This struck me at first as being terribly ambitious if not flamboyant. Then it…