When, where and why did you begin blogging?
Aristide, blogging around the world of wine, was born in January 2005, during the night of the 16th. It all started at home, sipping a vintage Porto. Blogging was a former professional experience I started in 2003 with a personal blog.
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When, where and why did you begin blogging?
I remember first hearing about blogs sometime around 2002 and I thought, “Who the *** would want to read, or write, such stuff?” Well, I started working for myself in 2006 and discovered that it can get lonely and dull, so I set myself a small goal to [...]

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When, where and why did you begin blogging?
I started blogging in 2004, using a private account at blogspot. At this time I was using my blog just as a place to store and write some stories. I was blogging just for myself, it was a private place in the world wide web!!

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Back in February, we sent, and posted, an open letter to all wine bloggers sharing information on the plans for the first European Wine Bloggers Conference. Now, we’d like to share this most recent email with you in case you are thinking of attending the conference.
Dear friend,
With almost 40 wine bloggers already having expressed an [...]

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When, where and why did you begin blogging?
Upon moving to Madrid in January of 2005, Gabriella put her Master’s degree to work by teaching English to bankers and marketing executives, while Ryan surfed the net looking for any “help wanted” ads in the Spanish wine industry. What we didn’t know at the time, is that [...]

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When, where and why did you begin blogging?

Eduardo Benito and I met in the audiovisual department at a communication agency. Every Thursday, a group of us from work would get together for a glass of wine at a bar around the corner to chat and generally share ideas about new projects, current news, etc.,- eventually [...]

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Today, we start the first of three questions that will become our round table discussions at the conference. Our motivation for having the questions laid out ahead of time is that it gives us ample opportunity to discuss and debate them before we actually meet. In this way, we can begin the conference hashing out [...]

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In a few short sentences, summarize your intention with your wine blog.
AlgarveBuzz started as a way for us to share our personal experience of living in the Algarve with family, friends and clients. Given wine is such a focal point of Portuguese culture, along with the vast selection available, not to mention our excitement about [...]

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When, where and why did you begin blogging?
In May 2006, during Vinoble, I decided to have a go. The spur was the lack of anything in the bloggosphere devoted only to Sherry.
In a few short sentences, summarize your intention with your wine blog.
My main intention was to write about Sherry/Vino de Jerez and spread the [...]

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When, where and why did you begin blogging?
I began Vino Pigro in May, 2006. Why? ’cause I love to write, and over all, I love to write about people and history, as well as facts regarding the world of wine.
In a few short sentences, summarize your intention with your wine blog.
With my wine blog, [...]

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