What is your profession?
Journalist, wine writer, European Editor Wine Enthusiast Magazine (US)
Why is wine blogging relevant to you?
I have been telling myself I’d blog for several years.
What is the main difference between print and wine blogging?
Print still seems more permanent. Blogs are less structured and more disorganised. They are more like a stream of [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Blog Writing'
Participant Biography: Roger Voss
August 25th, 2008 · No Comments
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Participant Biography: Kathy Buckley
August 24th, 2008 · 3 Comments
What is your profession?
Journalist and e-learning wine, spirit, service SME
Why is wine blogging relevant to you?
So much going on in the wine world and not enough print! I began in radio and blogging is finger radio.
What is the main difference between print and wine blogging?
Main differences: accuracy and acknowledgment of copyright. Digital is less [...]
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Wine Blogging from the Perspective of a Small Rioja Winery, Miguel Merino
August 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment
The consumption of wine has a pyramidal shape. On the wide part you find the large producers, who make commercial, appealing wines at good prices, since they can reduce their costs with their buying potential. We are attending at a strong concentration of brands in this segment, with many wineries being bought by a few [...]
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Participant Biography: Amanda Regan
August 11th, 2008 · No Comments
What is your profession?
Wine producer. My family has a vineyard just north of Melbourne in Australia. 450 m altitude so cool climate wines. I am a Master of Wine student, based in Paris while studying for exams. Champange and Burgundy are my special regions and wines..
Why is wine blogging relevant to you?
It is important for [...]
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Are Traditional Tasting Notes Worthless?
August 7th, 2008 · 7 Comments
Last week, I cozied up to a small worn wooden table in a dive seafood restaurant alongside 5 Catalan friends on the coast of Barcelona. The six of us are but half of a larger group of sailors, all dedicated to a 40 foot German sailboat that races on the unpredictable Mediterranean waters on the [...]
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The Death of the Newspaper Critic
July 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments
We’ve all noticed how magazines are slowly fading into the shadows, as growth in magazine and newspaper subscriptions remain dormant, but has blogging taken over center stage? According to Jay Rayner of the Guardian, it may be curtains at least for critics.
It appears that consumers no longer feel the need to obtain their opinions from [...]
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Participant Biography: José Eduardo Jorge Silva from Cortes de Cima
July 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment
When, where and why did you begin blogging?
We very recently started blogging, as it was a natural evolution from our previous static website.
In a few short sentences, summarize your intention with your wine blog.
We not only want to continue telling people about both ourselves and our wines, but are also curious what the world had [...]
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Roundtable Discussion on Wine Blog Writing
June 9th, 2008 · 5 Comments
The last topic of the conference is “wine blog writing”:
How can wine bloggers better engage their readers?
There has been much debate as to how wine bloggers can better reach out and touch their audiences; however, it seems that many of us are still flailing in the wind wondering if we’re actually being effective. From winery [...]
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