Each year, there’s an event called the Wine Blog Awards in which, as the name implies, wine blogs are given awards. Now that I think of it, I should nominate the Wine Blog Awards for Most Clearly Named Award Show. But where would I do that? Maybe I need to invent a new award show. [...]
There’s a relatively new wine magazine in the market called Mutineer Magazine and I’m a fan. I appreciate those who challenge the establishment and try to do things a bit differently, which Mutineer Magazine does. Editors Alan Kropf and JJ Bagley, as well as their contributors, bring a fresh perspective to wine journalism. Check it [...]
I’m spending some time with family for a few days over the holidays and won’t have any new posts until after Christmas. But you can be sure I’ll be tasting some new wines and taking notes to bring you more reviews soon. Whatever holidays you’re celebrating this time of year, I hope they are good [...]
One year ago today I published my first post on CheapWineRatings.com and I wanted to take a couple minutes to reflect on the past year and revisit some favorites. As I look back at my first reviews (only a year ago) I feel that the quality has improved significantly. The tasting notes are better now, the [...]
I’ve been toying with the idea of trying out Twitter for a while and today I finally signed up. I don’t know the lingo yet, so I don’t know if it makes me a Twit, a Twitterer or a Tweeter. My plan was to sign up, dip my toe in the water, check it out, [...]
The drinking starts now! Actually, the drinking for this site started about 8 months ago. I’ve been writing tasting notes, but haven’t posted anything until now. I have some pretty cool “big ideas” for this site… so big that I haven’t been able to motivate myself to spend weeks coding, designing, etc. to get them done. [...]
