Archive for the ‘Wine Blogs’ Category

Jul 18, 2007

Middle Aged Males & the Fermentation Wine Blog

The results of the recent "Meaning of Wine Blogs" survey held at this blog will be released here soon. However, in a run up to that I need to talk about what the survey represents. Actually, I mean to say WHO the survey represents. Let’s look at the demographic data of those who took the survey.GENDER82% male18% female AGE14%—21-3036%—31-4024%—41-5018%—51-608%—Over 60INCOME4%—Under $25K11%—$25-50K35%—50-100K25%—100-150K9%—150-200K17%—Over 200KEDUCATION4%—High School7%—Junior College49%—Bachelors Degree35%—Post Grad Degree5%—PhD WORK OR STUDY IN A WINE RELATED FIELD56%—Yes44%—No What you are looking at…

Jul 17, 2007

Who Trusts Wine Bloggers?

This blog does not publish reviews of wines. That fact makes this blog fairly unusual in the world of wine blogs as many, if not most, do indeed review wines. It’s for this reason that I find the following results of the just finished survey conducted of readers of this wine blog most interesting: Q. Have you ever purchased a wine after seeing it reviewed on a wine blog? YES: 68%NO 32% If you are a wine blogger and review…

Jul 11, 2007

Wine Blogs & Wine Enthusiats…Together At Last

Take the leap….Click Here: TAKE "THE MEANING OF WINE BLOGS" SURVEY NOW! ________________________________________________________________________ Wine Enthusiast Magazine has waded into the world of blogs by utilizing a great industry resource: Jim Gordon. The new blog is entitled, UnReserved—a pretty darn good name for a blog that based on the first few posts will be living up to that name. Gordon is a journalist. He’s been a journalist for quite some time. Jim was senior editor at the Wine Spectator, was Editor…

Jul 10, 2007

The Culture of Snippetry

TAKE "THE MEANING OF WINE BLOGS" SURVEY–CLICK HERE ———————————————————————————————————————————— One of the question on the survey I’m currently running (TAKE IT NOW) asks you to think about how many blogs you read regularly. Even  when writing up the survey I hadn’t thought about this in a long time. So, I went to my trusty Bloglines page to count them up: 70, exactly. Fifty-five of these are wine blogs. I check these blogs, all 70, daily. It’s a testament to the…

Jul 9, 2007

Survey: The Meaning of Wine Blogs

Why do you like wine blogs? Do you like them? How do you read them? What do you look for in a wine blog? I’ve been wondering what you all think of wine blogs in general and how you use them. So I thought I’d ask…in the form of a survey. Your identity and your responses to "THE MEANING OF WINE BLOGS" survey is confidential. So, have at it. Let me know what wine blogs mean to you! To fill…