Aug 2, 2006
Another wine writer has taken to blogging. The newest, in what is becoming a growing list of converts to this format, is Joe Pollack, a long time writer and authority on the St. Louis wine and culinary scene. Joe, along with wife Ann, are maintaining St. Louis Eats and Drinks with Joe and Anne Pollock. Joe has been doing thing (writing and critiquing and offering opinion) for a lot longer than any of us in the blogosphere. He has been…
Jul 26, 2006
I suspect THIS STORY will be picked up around the wine blogosphere. If it isn’t it should be. It appears that an Australian winery, perturbed that a wine blogger’s poor review of their wines shows up high in the search engines, had threatened legal action against the blogger. I was made aware about this turn of events through an email sent to me, and many others I believe, by the folk at Wine Life Today. They were highlighting a post…
Jul 25, 2006
Amy Lillard produces what I think might be the most entertaining winery blog on the Internet. There’s nothing really ground breaking about her "La Gramiere" Blog. But it is entertaining as hell. I think what makes it so is that in her posts you can actually read a sub plot of real giddiness. Amy and her Husband Matt recently bought a vineyard in the Rhone and set about making wine. Her blog chronicles their introduction, as it were, to the…
Jul 17, 2006
The big newspaper north of San Francisco is the Santa Rosa Press Democrat. As you might imagine being published smack dab in the middle of wine country they do a great job of covering the wine industry. One of their best reporters on wine-related events, Virginie Boone, has jumped into the world of Wine Blogs with her new WINEABOUT Blog. Virginie follow a path trodden other writers and journalists who have taken up wine blogging that include Eric Asimov of…
Jul 7, 2006
Some Friday Fermentation Housekeeping and Public Service Messages… 1. SUBSCRIBE TO FERMENTATION It’s easy as a chilled Chardonnay to subscribe to the FERMENTATION RSS Feed. Over there on the right side of this page you see a number of one touch RSS Feed subscription buttons. Click on the RSS Reader that you use (MyYahoo, Bloglines, Newsgator, etc) and voila, you can easily see what’s being discussed here and at your other favorite blogs at your one-stop blog reader 2. ONE…