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Participant Biography: Denise Medrano

August 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment

When, where and why did you begin blogging?
I began blogging because I had read other blogs and thought, “Hey, I want to put my two cents in too.” I love talking about wine and could just sit around and chew the fat all night long. I’m relatively new to the blogging world having just [...]

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Participant Biography: Henrik Heikel

August 6th, 2008 · No Comments

About the company Winepick / Vinissim:
Winepick / Vinissim Exportación is a winery consortium intent on providing a spectrum of tastes and broad selection of wines to an international market. This syndicate spans a breadth of vineyards, from estates who harvest by hand to producers who use full computer modernization. Our services have built an exceptional [...]

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Participant Biography: Elena Padovani from Tigullio Vino

July 30th, 2008 · 2 Comments

What is your profession?
Since I became a mother, I decided to leave my old job (lawyer) to give a helping hand to my husband (Filippo Ronco) with TigullioVino.it and Vinix. My first activity on TigullioVino.it was to select and manage the best everyday “news” content for our weekly newsletter. In the meantime, I gave support [...]

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Participant Biography: Cristina Villar from Vinos Pop

July 28th, 2008 · No Comments

When, where and why did you begin blogging?
I decided to start blogging during October 2007 while, at the same time, starting my PhD thesis which on wine marketing. Therefore, I started to read intensely and to examine the new ways of media communication and I felt truly interested about blogs and its possibilities. Given this, [...]

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Participant Biography: Amy Lillard from La Gramiere

July 19th, 2008 · No Comments

When, where and why did you begin blogging?
I began in July 2005 in order to chronicle this crazy adventure we had just embarked upon, buying vineyards in the South of France. The idea was mainly to keep friends and family in the loop. Then one day I was poking around some other blogs [...]

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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: Doug Cook from Able Grape

June 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments

When, where and why did you begin blogging?
I’m fairly new to blogging; I started in early 2008. My blog began as a means of communicating about my larger endeavor (Able Grape), putting a “human” face on what would otherwise be a banal research tool. But even at the beginning I was hoping that it would [...]

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Participant Biography: Giampiero Nadali of Aristide

June 25th, 2008 · No Comments

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.
In a few short sentences, summarize your intention [...]

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Participant Biography: Eddie and Moses from Algarvebuzz.com

May 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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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