Comments on: Postcard From Germany: A Bike Without Wheels? http://www.1winedude.com/index.php/2009/05/22/postcard-from-germany-a-bike-without-wheels/ A Serious Wine Blog For the Not-So-Serious Drinker Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:29:04 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: 1WineDude http://www.1winedude.com/index.php/2009/05/22/postcard-from-germany-a-bike-without-wheels/#comment-4536 1WineDude Thu, 28 May 2009 14:43:40 +0000 http://1winedude.com/index.php/2009/05/22/postcard-from-germany-a-bike-without-wheels/#comment-4536 A quick update, Penelope Trunk has a FANTASTIC post about the irrelevance of conflict of interests when blogging. Worth a read (and a re-read): <a href="http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/05/28/conflict-of-interest-doesnt-apply-to-blogs-another-reason-newspapers-are-dead/" target="_blank">http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/05/28/conflict...</a> A quick update, Penelope Trunk has a FANTASTIC post about the irrelevance of conflict of interests when blogging. Worth a read (and a re-read): http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/05/28/conflict…

]]> By: 1WineDude http://www.1winedude.com/index.php/2009/05/22/postcard-from-germany-a-bike-without-wheels/#comment-4441 1WineDude Wed, 27 May 2009 10:27:17 +0000 http://1winedude.com/index.php/2009/05/22/postcard-from-germany-a-bike-without-wheels/#comment-4441 I'm not saying that you're wrong Tom, but surely it's not that simple. I was a third-stringer on Jeff's list for being selected for the Rockaway assignment, if memory serves me correctly. So two other bloggers had to turn it down for various reasons before Jeff considered me - it doesn't feel like being in an elite group... I'm not saying that you're wrong Tom, but surely it's not that simple. I was a third-stringer on Jeff's list for being selected for the Rockaway assignment, if memory serves me correctly. So two other bloggers had to turn it down for various reasons before Jeff considered me – it doesn't feel like being in an elite group…

]]> By: tommerle http://www.1winedude.com/index.php/2009/05/22/postcard-from-germany-a-bike-without-wheels/#comment-4425 tommerle Wed, 27 May 2009 03:26:45 +0000 http://1winedude.com/index.php/2009/05/22/postcard-from-germany-a-bike-without-wheels/#comment-4425 The operating psychology was not the value of the wine but being included in the elite group of bloggers sent the wine. No matter how much you protest, studies show that such favoritism influences outcomes. The operating psychology was not the value of the wine but being included in the elite group of bloggers sent the wine. No matter how much you protest, studies show that such favoritism influences outcomes.

]]> By: 1WineDude http://www.1winedude.com/index.php/2009/05/22/postcard-from-germany-a-bike-without-wheels/#comment-4365 1WineDude Tue, 26 May 2009 10:51:01 +0000 http://1winedude.com/index.php/2009/05/22/postcard-from-germany-a-bike-without-wheels/#comment-4365 Guess I need to understand better what you mean by foresight. Certainly more and more wine brands are engaging bloggers proactively? I do agree that if RS hadn't put the wine in front of bloggers it wouldn't have been on the radar screen for many of us. But there are 7K+ wine brands out there at the moment, so isn't this also true of nearly any wine, including the $8 Portuguese find you just had? Guess I need to understand better what you mean by foresight. Certainly more and more wine brands are engaging bloggers proactively?

I do agree that if RS hadn't put the wine in front of bloggers it wouldn't have been on the radar screen for many of us. But there are 7K+ wine brands out there at the moment, so isn't this also true of nearly any wine, including the $8 Portuguese find you just had?

]]> By: 1WineDude http://www.1winedude.com/index.php/2009/05/22/postcard-from-germany-a-bike-without-wheels/#comment-4364 1WineDude Tue, 26 May 2009 10:48:03 +0000 http://1winedude.com/index.php/2009/05/22/postcard-from-germany-a-bike-without-wheels/#comment-4364 Wise! :) Wise! :)

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