Wedding wine lists for the summer ~ How much to buy?
Comments this week will be placed in a drawing for a $75.00 gift certificate from True Fabrications. (Just your name will qualify you.) Drawing on Saturday. [Pictured: My daughter and son-in-law, Melanie and Heath Hoffman at Pacific Star Winery exchanging their vows.] My cousin Margo recently asked for help, as someone in the family who [...]
MaryAnn Worobiec of Wine Spectator ~ Wine Writer #31
MaryAnn Worobiec of Wine Spectator has been a colleague that I’ve admired and respected since she took her place at the Spectator. I appreciate that she brings a female voice and perspective to this wine magazine’s list of talented writers. She’s also just a lovely woman, and I also appreciate her candor, fairness, and great style [...]
An Unwritten Rule That’s Now Been Written
First Annual Reader Appreciation Day on Wine-Blog: Don’t forget to comment each day with your name during this week. It’s for the drawing… a pair of gorgeous Riedel Vinum etched glasses from my PSILY stash. The winner will be announced this Saturday morning on Wine-Blog. Good luck! Just in time for Thanksgiving… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rule #1: [...]
“Still Partying” Thoughts That Might Hold Some Answers
Here’s a comment that I received in response to my Wine Spectator blog, which came from the Open Wine Consortium Website. It was asked by Ron McFarland of New Zealand Foods, and is a look with predictions into the future of advertising. Time will tell if any of this makes sense or not. Jo You are pretty [...]
Live Better University – The 100 Great Advice Blogs: Wine is a Category
AskDeb.com was started in 1999 by Deborah Mahony, with the simple mission of answering everyday common questions. Since its conception, Ask Deb.com has overgone some changes, but none more radical then when it was acquired by Small World Market in 2009. The Website places members and user interactions as the main focus of this site, [...]
Some Truths Behind the Wine Industry and Social Media
Open Wine Consortium is one of the social networks where I find myself visiting with frequency. One can’t be left behind, once one knows there’s a movement afoot. Open Wine Consortium was the support system behind the Wine Bloggers Conference, and I find myself drawn in, a bit like a moth to a flame. As [...]
