Archive for the ‘Wine Blog Awards’ Category
Any math wizards….Please, keep reading. I’ve begun thinking about the 2008 Wine Blog Awards. I’ve decided I want to determine winners in each category by using a combination popular vote and a panel of independent judges. This approach seems like a good one based on the comments I’ve had from a variety of readers as well as thinking about it for some time. However, I’m having a bit of difficulty figuring out the mathematical formula for determining what will be…
It’s a big year for Tyler Colman of the Dr. Vino Wine Blog. First he takes home Best Overall Wine Blog and Best Writing on a Wine Blog at the American Wine Blog Awards and now he finds his blog nominated in the "Best Website Focusing on Food, Beverage, Restaurant or Nutrition" at the prestigious James Beard Awards." (PDF) A couple other nominations really pleased me. Wine & Spirits Magazine once again had one of its authors nominated. This time…
My email box tends to be full most of the time. Not as full as others, but full enough. The cool thing about FERMENTATION is that most people who want to write an email about something I’ve written tend to just post a comment. But sometimes they send an emal and don’t comment. Sometimes they don’t leave a name either. Sometimes there vocabulary is, well, descriptive. For example: "You and your F*cking wine blog awards can kiss my wine-drinking ass….
With the first American Wine Blog Awards complete, I have to say I’m pretty pleased with the way they came off, with the attention we were able to point toward wine blogging and with the amazing amount of participation that they elicited. They were a success. But they could be better. I’ve had a chance to think about the AWBA and believe the following changes should be made. Any input from bloggers, voters or readers would be appreciated.THE NOMINATION PROCESSAs…
The two things I was hoping to demonstrate with the American Wine Blog Awards was the diversity of voices and the excess of talent that exists in the world of Wine Blogging. This was important to me for a number of reasons. Wine writing has traditionally been the domain of large books written by great palates and magazines devoted to a reverential approach to understanding wine. The talented folks who have dedicated themselves to writing about wine and educating the…
