Archive for the ‘Wine Media’ Category
If you are looking for a seasoned wine voice and thoughtful mind with which to indulge your wine desires there is a new source on the Internet that is part website-part blog-part tasting and review publication that is put together by one of America’s most respected wine writers. Paul Gregutt’s Northwest Wine Insider is described as "the Web’s most up-to-date, in-depth, objectively critical guide to Northwest wines and wineries. I do not work for wineries and I do not sell…
For the longest time I tried to wrap my head around a simple idea: reading wine reviews that don’t include the price. I’d never thought about this until today when I came across two blogs that review wines, and do it well, but don’t include the price. There were descriptions of the wine including aromas, body, flavor. There were histories of the wineries included. There were ratings. And there were some pretty insightful ideas bandied about in these reviews that…
I’ll be a guest today on best wine-related radio program in Sonoma Valley: WINE BIZ 2.4 Where: KSVY 91.3Who: Hosts Richard (KAZ) Kasmier & Eric AhoTime: 1pm PSTListen: HERE This is always a fun, loose show covering all sorts of things wine-related. Today I’ll be talking a bit about the American Wine Blog Awards. Tune in if you can. Better yet, Call In!!
One of the requirements of my particular job is to consume media…lots of it, hourly, seven days a week. The requirement is dictated by the necessity I feel to have a grip on the general cultural and social atmosphere Wark Communication’s clients are working within. There is an ever-changing context of ideas and trends that affects the way most people perceive ideas, products and activities. I feel like a good PR dude needs to have a grasp on this context…
Who’s to say? That’s the question that Ryan over at CalWineriesBlog asks about whether a wine is good or bad or average. It’s a good question. His answer is is YOU. That is, if you are drinking the wine all that really matters is what you think of it. But this is really beside the point. The real question is who’s opinion will you take in helping decide if you buy a wine? While I subscribe to the idea that…
