Jan 29, 2009
With the American Wine Blog Awards coming up soon, I've been thinking a great deal about the function of wine blogs. But today I've been thinking about their function not for the reader, but for the writer. Jeff of The Good Grape blog notes in the comments section of this post of mine that he sees "a thematic current running through your posts lately, similar to an authors "period" whereby their mood imparts an imprint on their work, unbeknownst to…
Jan 16, 2009
The 3rd Annual American Wine Blog Awards will begin accepting nominations on February 1. As it has in the past, the American Wine Blog Awards seek to honor the very best in English-language wine blogging and to promote wine blogging in general. I've been very proud of the very high quality blogs that have been honored in the past and expect nothing more than the same for this year's awards. As in the past, the nominations for finalists in the…
Nov 28, 2008
Nov 6, 2008
The American Wine Blog Awards will be moving into their 3rd year very soon and I'm excited about them. There are so many outstanding bloggers and wine blogs out there. The hope for these Awards is that they continue to highlight the best of the blogosphere. However, there is one thing I've wanted to do from the beginning but have never been able to get it together in a meaningful way: GIVE PRIZES TO THE WINNERS! I'm not talking about…
Oct 8, 2008
If there’s one thing that can doom any magazine it’s an irregular publishing schedule. readers don’t subscribe to magazines out of pity. They subscribe to magazines for the pleasure or necessity of getting their regular dose of information of entertainment that that particular source. When the source fails to deliver, expectations are doused and, in part, the deal between the publisher and the subscribers/readers has been broken. The results are never good. This is what was in part on my…