Aug 16, 2007
You almost get the impression that the folks over at the venerable Wines & Vines trade magazine need to add more pages to their publication so that their editors have more to do. Tina Caputo, Managing Editor, is now into her fourth month of blogging at a blog she entitles: "THE WINE BROAD". Wines & Vines editor Jim Gorden is also maintaining a wine blog on behalf of Wine Enthusiast magazine. But it turns out that for Tina it’s not…
Aug 10, 2007
THIS is New. Very New! And it’s very, very good. We’ve been given numbers, stars, puffs, written descriptions, Haiku, X’s, verbal descriptions and the old ThumbsUp-Thumbs-Down. But what I’ve never seen used before to review a wine is a simple image."we hope to provide a valuable tool for wine drinkers by using colors, sketches, photography, and other visual media in order to convey both the intrinsic components of a particular wine along with a general impression of it. Wine is…
Jul 26, 2007
I love LouLou!…Well, I don’t know LouLou, but I do love her blog…a foray into Peter Mayle-type reporting on entering into living arrangements in new lands. LouLou describes here blog, Chez LouLou, this way: "I started this blog in January 2006 to share the experience of living in this beautiful part of France with others (including the challenge of bureaucracy) and to have a place to write about my passion for cooking, wine and food." LouLou’s writing and reportage is…
Jul 19, 2007
You see lots of pictures of labels and bottles on wine blogs. Naturally they tend to accompany reviews. It’s pretty hard to do anything different with these kinds of graphics. And this is why the What Would Mikey Drink blog caught my attention. Mikey, from New York City, has been at the wine blogging thing since September 2005. You’ve got to like a guy who, reportedly, at the age of 8 can taste a Red Burgundy and proclaim it tastes…
Jul 19, 2007
What’s the meaning of Wine Blogs (according to those who read this one)? The survey we launched last week attracted 172 responses, a decent sized sample. Here’s what I’ve discovered is that meaning: To FERMENTATION Readers Wine Blogs are a very trustworthy source of wine commentary and information that is apparently craved on nearly a daily basis that also rival wine magazines as the source they’d turn to for reliable wine reviews. Wine blogs are most appreciated for their regular…