Archive for the ‘Wine Blogs’ Category
The wine blog is now fully integrated into the world of wine writing. Having spent more than 6 years fully immersed in the world of wine blogging and following its emergence and evolution, I think it can be said with great confidence that many of the most compelling wine voices are using this format to communicate, educate, commentate and bloviate. The blogging format is certainly the the American wine world's and wine lovers' most vibrant publishing format. I was reminded…
I strike myself as a pretty nice guy. Easy to get along with. Tolerant. If you agree, forgive me. If you disagree, then what follows should be par for the course. Tom Parnell (of the "Old Parn's Wine Reviews" wine blog) is wrong. In fact, so wrong that his latest post, "Wine Writing is Broken", needs a common sense response. Mr. Parnell is a young Englishman living in Oxford who admits about himself that he, "spends too much time conceiving…
If you have never had the benefit of working with an editor, it might not be perfectly clear that they do far more than check for spelling and grammar errors. The fact is, editing is a creative process that requires the ability to choose among many options. There is a very special form of editing that wine industry professionals need to appreciate: the ability to choose which stories to highlight. This skill is most obviously on display among the various…
Last week one of America's senior wine writers made the point that experience lends more credibility to opinion where wine writing is concerned. Steve Heimoff, long time West Coast editor of Wine Enthusiast who also writes about wine on his blog, put it this way: "the validity of a person’s opinions about wine is directly related to the amount of time and effort that person has put into the study of wine, which includes reading, traveling, learning from others and…
I've said before that I believe we are drifting through a "Golden Age" of wine writing. The primary evidence for this position is the exponential increase in the number of individuals writing about wine for public consumption. Surely this results from the ease with which one can now share their thoughts with the rest of the world using digital publishing formats such as blogging services. I'm thinking about this Golden Age as I note that this week marks the commencement…
