May 19, 2006
CLICK HERE TO TAKE THE SURVEY Your responses to the Fermentation Reader Survey are 100% confidential. Not even I will know who you are. I’ll just know the answers that are left in the survey form, but I’ll not know who left them. The survey is quite short: only 16 short questions. The Survey will be up for about 1 week. At the end of that time we’ll all have a good idea of who we are and where…
May 18, 2006
It has been almost a year since I last surveyed the readers of FERMENTATION. In that time the readership of wine blogs has grown and the number of blogs has grown. So the question is…You read FERMENTATION, but what kind of person are you really? CLICK HERE TO TAKE THE SURVEY Your responses to the survey are 100% confidential. Not even I will know who you are. I’ll just know the answers that are left in the survey form,…
May 15, 2006
NO…."Wine Blog Watch" is not Dead? For a week now the pre-eminent catalog of wine blogs has been no where to be seen. Going to the site rewards one with: "The connection has timed out". However, according to proprietor, Jarret, the site will be back up within the week. The beauty of Wine Blog Watch is its constant reporting on which blogs have been updated in the past hour. It has been one of my most important sources for newly…
May 15, 2006
Here’s a relatively new wine blogger that is really hitting their stride: GenevelynSteelSwallows What I’m liking most about her blog and what caused me to get it on my Bloglines Reader is the character of her writing. Let’s face it, most reviews of wine on blogs and elsewhere are pretty much the same. With exceptions, they bore me to tears. Genevelyn’s reviews however make me READ. Make me read and I’ll follow you, even into the world of Virginian-made Vidal…
May 4, 2006
Wine writers from the Dayton Daily News, MSNBC, The New York Times, the Akron Beacon… …and now, USA Today, the American newspaper with the largest circulation (not counting the National Enquirer), will be producing a wine blog. USA Today’s food and wine writer Jerry Shriver announced today that he will be writing a wine blog beginning May 12. According to Jerry, he will produce daily entries that focus on reviewing wines that cost $15 or less and are generally available…