Archive for the ‘Wine Blogs’ Category
Taj at Cork & Demon has apparently finished her notorious Western Wine Tour. It was, as far as I know, "on the road" wine blogging event to hit the blogosphere. Taj started in Texas, made here way through the southwest, up through California, Oregon and Washington, then back home. Along the way she stopped and visited wineries, talked to owners and winemakers and blogged it all. I envy Taj. Who doesn’t really. There is something very substantially American about the…
Boy do we get letters!! Most of the comments that come into FERMENTATION are just that…comments in the comment section. Sometimes, however, we get e-mail that speak to issues covered n this blog. And I got a doosy yesterday in response to our post about the new Wine Shipping & Sales rules signed into law yesterday in Arizona. I can’t figure why the anonymous e-mailer was 1) anonymous and 2) didn’t just post it in the comments section. So, with…
Just who are you readers of FERMENTATION?-You are overwhelmingly male-Spread across the age spectrum-Make pretty good money-Are very well educated-Probably married-There’s a 50/50 chance you work in or around the wine industry-Are heavy wine drinkers-Are likely to spend on average more than $15 on a bottle of wine-Don’t really like your strawberry ice cream-Prefer imported autos-Are likely a dog, rather than a cat, person-Prefer substantive reading over gossip Not that surprising, but interesting. We received a total of 157 responses…
In response to my post yesterday about an Internet Site that was apparently lifting entire articles from wine blogs and posting them in their entirety on their own site, I received this e-mail:"Tom, I just saw your posting made here (http://fermentation.typepad.com/fermentation/2006/05/this_article_wa.html). Most importantly, I have removed the Fermentation articles from TheWinery. However, I did want to clarify the situation. We *DO* request permission from bloggers — by no means do we want to steal anyone’s content. That said, clearly some…
Robbers. Thieves. Unethical. Without Merit. There’s just no other way to describe an organization that steals content, then represents it as their own. This is the case with a website called "THE WINERY".They describe themselves as "part magazine, part newspaper, dedicated to wine. What they do, is this: -Surf Wine Blogs-Post 100 words of an entry from a Wine Blog-Create a link that says "Read More"-Take the reader to the entire entry….located on their own site. In other words, they…
