Archive for the ‘Wine Blog Awards’ Category
10 Things I've learned So Far at the 2010 Wine Bloggers Conference 1. The wine bloggers conference confirms what many bloggers already knew: There is a strong sense of community among bloggers. 2. The good folks at the Secret Sherry Society has convinced me that Fino Sherry is an interesting substitute for the vermouth in a Manhattan and I'll be investigating this idea fully. 3. Downtown Walla Walla is absolutely charming. 4. The European Bloggers Conference will next be in…
The finalists in the 2010 American Wine Blog Awards were announced today and they include a variety of nominees who are new to the finalist round. Having been involved in these awards for quite some time and having watched the world of wine blogs for longer, I've now come around to the position that wine blogs are indeed members of the "traditional" or mainstream media. For many, including myself, wine blogs have seemed to live outside this idea of the…
If you are interested in good wine writing and wine information… If you appreciate good wine blogs… If you want to offer encouragement to the best wine blogs… …Then you best get over to www.wineblogwards.com and nominate your favorite blogs for the 2010 Wine Blog Awards. The nominations process ends on April 7th. Awards strike me as a matter of a "Meta criticism", an effort by a large, somewhat well informed group (rather than an individual) to identify the best…
In 2007 I asked myself, "what would the best wine blog look like"? I had my own answers to this question. But what I was more interested in is what others, many others, thought about this question. It then occurred to me that were the best wine blogs able to be identified we just might be able to draw attention to the best work among those who took the time to share their insights on wine and the world of…
Time is the enemy. Time always moves faster than we think it will and in the end it more than anything else is responsible for dashing hopes, destroying lives, ending strong bids and shutting the door on alternatives. But what makes Time that really sneaky devil dressed in a cool white dress is that for a while it is the primary source of wonderful developments. I don't have to describe how this might be where wine is concerned do I?…
