Archive for the ‘Wine Blogs’ Category

Apr 5, 2006

The Big Thank You

Time To Honor the Sponsors…the folk who honor FERMENTATION by their presence. INERTIA BEVERAGE GROUPThe pros when it comes to direct sales of wine, web management and all things wine and selling on-line. Their new blog, REthink Wine Blog, is ramped up and delivers daily insights on how to sell more wine on-line. K&L WINE MERCHANTSWine retailers extraordinaire. But they too maintain a blog (K&L Uncorked). Currently it’s all about Bordeaux with emphasis on the apparently great 2005 vintage. MAYO…

Apr 4, 2006

Awarding Wine Writing

The most prestigious awards in food & wine journalism are the James Beard Awards. While the amount of attention given to wine in these awards is scant, they do manage to recognize some of the most intriquing and inspired writing on the subject. The nominations for the 2006 James Beard Awards have been announced. It struck me while looking them over that 1) wine writing gets a bit of a short shrift in these awards 2) that Internet-based journalism is…

Mar 29, 2006

50wines/50states/50weeks

Nothing like a man on a mission! Lenn of LennDevours Wine Blog has announced his mission of tasting and reviewing 50 wines, one from each of the 50 states, in 50 weeks. It makes sense that Lenn would be the man to do this. His championing of NY wines, and his ability to stay on message at his blog makes him the rare wine blogger to focus on wines outside the major wine producing states of CA, WA and OR….

Mar 28, 2006

Reading (wine blogs) Is Fundamental

Some Editorial Updates For Your Reading Pleasure: 1. Wine Sediments, the new wine blog on the WellFed Network is humming along. My most recent post, "What Next? Republican Wine"? is currently at the top of the list. 2. Taj at Cork & Demon continues her Western Wine Tour, a tour de force wine road trip that currently puts her in the Central Coast area of California. Her tour and chronicle of her adventures is well worth a read. 3. FERMENTATION…