Archive for the ‘Wine Blogs’ Category

Dec 2, 2005

Nazione Di Blog Del Vino

I received an email from Franco Tiratore about his wine blog:  il taccuino del Franco tiratore. Now here’s the thing, I don’t read Italian. And that’s not good because Tiratore is one good journalists with bylines in a number of places you’d want to be if you were a wine writer. So, I did two things. Looked around for other Wine Blogs in Italian and became much more familiar with Google’s Translation site. This put me on the right path…

Dec 1, 2005

Fermentation’s Greatest Hits

Five Hundred and Forty some odd posts over the past 12 months. Not bad. Yet which were the best? That’s your call. However, in honor of the first anniversary of Fermentation, I thought I’d give you my list of… FERMENTATION’s Greatest Hits A BRIGHT SHINING STAR TOP TEN REASONS TO VISIT SONOMA VALLEY A GUTSY MOVE IN NAPA VALLEY WINE NEEDS "PEOPLE MAGAZINE" TERROIR: A MENTAL CONSTRUCT? "SMELLS OF BARNYARD AND TASTES LIKE…" MONDOVINO INSPIRES VIOLENCE CYNICISM, MONEY, WINE AND…

Dec 1, 2005

A One Year Anniversary For Fermentation

Today marks the one year anniversary of Fermentation: The Daily Wine Blog. I’ve been trying to figure out what this means; apply any significance to it. On the surface I know it means this: 541 posts and 589 comments. Seeing how I rarely post on weekends it means an average of 2.07 posts per day over the past year. I can also say that along with having finished my first year as a wine blogger, Wark Communications is also finishing…

Nov 30, 2005

Excellent Writing

Excellent writing from Mark Storer, a part time wine blogger, writer and radio host on Food & Wine. Mark’s blog is very esoteric, touching on personal issues, educational issues and, of course, wine. The highlighted post is not about wine, but it is about something touching and it is proof that there are excellent writers working in the blogosphere.

Nov 30, 2005

I’m at a loss…Satire or Truth in Wine Snobbery?

I came across this post on a blog working on behalf of an Internet retailer selling interesting rare wines. I honestly don’t know what to think of it: I agree that trading up to higher quality wines yields decreasing returns in satisfaction the higher you go up. Over at XXXXXXXXX Wine Shop we’re pretty sure that the biggest payoff of drinking expensive wines isn’t the flavor of the wine itself, but the emotional flavor of the experience or occasion surrounding…