A HUGE Congratulations to Alder Yarrow, the proprietor of Vinography, for winning the Best Blog on Wine Beer or Spirits in 2005. This is the second year in a row that Vinography has been singled out for the honor and one look at Alder’s work makes it clear why. Alder is so dedicated to the stories and joys and intricacies of wine and the world of wine as to be infectious. His stories and posts are thoughtful in the extreme….

Today is your last day to vote in the the Food Blog Awards for 2005 hosted by Kate over at the Accidental Hedonist. In the running for this year’s award for "Best Blog Covering Wine, Beer or Spirits"  are: Fermentation (you are already here–go check out the others)A Good Beer BlogLenn DevoursThe Scotch BlogVinography VOTE HERE

You know world of wine blogging is expanding when in a short amount of time at least three new Wine Blog Aggregation sites emerge. eWineCentralA LA WineWineLust What are these sites? Well, basically they lift posts off of other wine blogs, put the post on their own site and leave it at that. Or, they offer a headline or first paragraph from a post and direct the reader back to the original site. And this makes up the entire content…

The world of wine blogs really is exploding. I took some time very recently to see just what kind of wine-oriented blogging has emerged. The numbers are daunting. That said, very few actually are compelling. Few flesh out the essence like Vinography, deliver irreverent detail like Basic Juice, offer studied commentary like Blog Au Vin, throw a wide and varied net like Cincinnati Wine Warehouse, or dig down deep into the wine like Wine Waves. Yet, the wine blogs keep…