Dec 7, 2007
The 2007 calendar year is coming to an end an that prompts me to think harder about the past two months, to make assessments and to try to learn some lessons before we move on the perfectly lovely arbitrary notion of a "new year". The wine new of 2007 when looked at retrospectively turns out to be truly educational as well as a signal of what to anticipate in the coming year and years. Here are my most interesting news…
Nov 29, 2007
Is three years a long time to have been writing a wine blog? I guess in the context of the wine blogging world it ranks up there. Today marks the 3rd anniversary of Fermentation. This blog entry is number 1,446 since the beginning of the blog. That’s 1.3 blog entries per day for the past 1,095 days. I’m not sure what that means either. The past year, as related to blogging and Fermentation, has been interesting. I’ve had the pleasure…
Nov 21, 2007
So many people with so much to be thankful for. A Set of Thankful Top 10 lists… TOP TEN THINGS FOR WHICH WINE BLOGGERS SHOULD BE THANKFUL10. The 24th Hour in the Day9. Cheap Wine8. Established Wine Writers that begin Blogging7. The Controversy that is the 100 Point Rating System6. Spell Checkers5. The Wine Industry’s Voracious Appetite For Publicity4. Cheap Blogging Services3. The Wine Blogging Community2. The American Brand of Free Enterprise1. The Robust American Appetite for Wine Information TOP…
Nov 8, 2007
There has always been a bit of a cringe-factor among wine bloggers when it comes to the issue of running advertisements on their blog. It results, I think, from an intense desire to try to show themselves as being apart from mainstream publications that make their money off ads and who have always been accused of showing favoritism to those who run ads in those magazines. But, advertisements are GOOD for Wine Bloggers as well as readers of Wine Blogs….
Nov 2, 2007
What is "reliable" information? This question might take on more significance when discussing matters of life or death, the value of your home or information upon which you are going to base business decisions. With regard to wine and our passion for the beverage I’m not sure it’s nearly as important. After all, if someone tells you, "This is the best wine in the universe" and it turns out not to be…big deal. But it still remains something we should…