Archive for the ‘Wine Blogs’ Category

Jan 29, 2007

Wine Blogs Just Aren’t that Interesting

Last night I sat down in the studios of KRCB-FM for an interview with Michele Anna Jordan, host of Mouthful. My co-guest was JohnG of Quaffability. We were there to discuss the wine blogging phenomenon. This was the fifth radio interview I’ve done in the past couple of weeks on the subject of wine blogs and a very interesting pattern has emerged: Nearly every interview moves past the issue of wine blogging into a wide ranging discussion of wine in…

Jan 28, 2007

A Mouthful of Wine Bloggers

Two wine bloggers will grace the KRCB-FM studios tonight at 7pm on Michelle Anna Jordan’s "Mouthful" show.Myself and John from Quaffability will try to guide Michelle’s listeners throught the world of wine blogs and wine blogging, pointing them to great blogs and speculating on the future of this medium. To listen live TUNE IN HERE.

Jan 22, 2007

Wine Blogs Into the LIght?

Maybe Wine Blogs are moving out of the realm of relative obscurity and into the light. The Q&A linked to above ran in the Santa Rosa Press Democrat here in the heart of Wine Country, a locale that probably has more interest in things wine than other area’s of the country. Yet as we know, folks around the America are thinking more and more about their home towns as "Wine Country". While I didn’t pitch the idea to the newspaper…

Jan 16, 2007

Careers In The Wine Industry

Wow…Talk about Niche Wine Blogging! How about a wine blog run by a recruiter for the wine industry about jobs and working in the wine industry? That’s what Amy Gardner of Wine Talent has slowly (and quietly) started up at blog she calls "Career Advice In the Wine Industry". I’ve never met Amy, but her embarking on creating a blog on careers in wine and working in the wine industry is brilliant, necessary and likely to bring her business down…

Jan 5, 2007

Wine Blogging: It’s Good For Your Brain

On Monday upcoming we will begin taking nominations in seven categories for the American Wine Blog Awards. In advance of that I want to say a few things about Wine Blogs and Wine Bloggers. First, wine blogging has undoubtedly been very good for Wark Communications. It has help me and our firm gain more recognition. But more importantly it has been good for my brain. I know I think about wine, the wine industry and wine drinkers since I started…