Sep 23, 2009
Sometimes I wish food and wine lovers had far, far fewer choices of content and information to sift through and enjoy just so certain information forums would get more attention. Every now and then something pops onto my radar that I'm positive has the potential to be far better than the rest, but I despair that it wont get the attention it deserves because the noise level and many choices of content for food and wine lovers are powerful deterrents…
Sep 17, 2009
Alawine.com says this blog, this little old blog, is the number 1 wine blog on the net based on their super secret algorithm that looks at page rankings and links and such. While this makes about as much sense to me as a Cabernet Blush, I'm going to choose to believe it today, or at least until Alder Yarrow at Vinography, Eric Asimov at The Pour and Tyler Colman at Dr. Vino lodge their appropriate and sensible protest of the…
Sep 16, 2009
By now it is fairly commonplace for wine writers and reporters to take up blogging. Though there was a time when this kind of event was cause for interest for what it meant for blogging, now its cause for interest simply because it presents another source of likely sophisticated and well-written information and entertainment. The most recent established wine writer to take up blogging is Janice Fuhrman. Fuhrman is a long time wine writer who has been published by the…
Sep 10, 2009
Today Palate Press launches. This venture, called a blogazine by its editor W. R. Tish, attempts to coral some of the top blog voices in the business to produce not an aggregation of content, but a wine web site that delivers original content with a distinctly blog-oriented voice and perspective. This is an idea that I've been approached with or consulted on by various folks, most of whom have in the the back of their mind the idea that some…
Aug 20, 2009
If there was ever a type of wine organization that would benefit from instituting a blog to communicate their work and fulfill their mission, it's the appellation association. Such association are, ultimately, founded and run to promote the financial interests of the wineries and growers within the borders of the appellation. By raising the profile of the appellation, building the value of its grapes and wines and working to attract visitors to the region, the appellation association supports the efforts…