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The People’s Wine Press

revolutionary war and wineHave you ever found a quote that completely and utterly summed up a feeling that you've had but you couldn't necessarily put it into words? After Robert Parker's crack at the wine blogging industry last week, I've had a ball of frustration inside me sitting idle without the appropriate words to describe its composition. Sticky, thick and irrational, I felt bound by my nervous system, encapsulating my logic, until now. Over the past few weeks, I've been enthralled by Jeff Shaara's book, "Rise to Rebellion", giving words, feelings and much needed context to a war I vaguely understood in high school textbooks: The Revolutionary War. Nearing the end of the book, Benjamin Franklin, physically worn from years of fighting an uphill intellectual battle over the freedom of the colonists  from English ...

Wine Bloggers Have No Credibility

Now that I have your attention, allow me to pose a question to you: what is this credibility problem with wine bloggers that everyone seems to be talking about? I'm asking because I know of very few instances of wine bloggers seriously doing anything "un-credible", and even less of them doing anything "incredible". Our strength comes from our numbers and the fact that we are all wine drinkers who have today a platform to share out thoughts, not because as individuals, we're doing anything THAT amazing. With over 1,000 wine blogs updating at regular intervals, only about 10 draw any interest for me personally. These 10 blogs talk about wines I can purchase, issues that matter to me, and display good, solid ethics. There are no Robert Parkers of the wine blogging world, and most likely, there never will be. There are too many of us, with too many voices, ...

Zemanta Adds Wine Bloggers from Wineblogger.info to Their English Directory

Image representing Zemanta as depicted in Crun... Exciting news for wine bloggers!!! What is Zemanta? Zemanta is a plug-in that helps make your blog writing more efficient and effective by suggesting the most relevant images, smart links, keywords and text to your new blog posts. We've used this tool for over a year now, and have found it to be a life saver. Where it fell short of our expectations previously, was that it tended to offer non-wine related suggestions, leaving wine bloggers like us in the dark. Fortunately, this has changed! Zemanta Now References English Wine Bloggers Zemanta is now referencing English written wine blogs from Wineblogger.info in their directory. This means, that when I write a blog post on the increase of Chardonnay in ...

Wine Blogger Wiki: A Bit of a Change

When we first started the Wine Bloggers Resources wiki, we wanted to provide good, solid information that wine bloggers could use on a variety of topics, such as law, copyright and tech. Sadly, it never really got off the ground, despite the initial burst of energy with people contributing some great information. And although I still think it's needed, I've come to realize that for which I want, may not be that for which we need. So here's our thought. People, wineries, retailers, all want to know who we are and what we do. So let's tell them! None of us, save for Gary, are big enough celebs to warrent a Wikipedia page, but we do warrent a "Wine Bloggers Resources" page. Also, in the spirit of a true wiki, we have ...

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