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New on Palate Press: PA Uncorks the Worst Wine Idea Ever
I’ve penned my first piece for Palate Press, the on-line wine magazine that is taking the global blog-o-world by storm! Ok, maybe “taking by storm” is a bit of an exaggeration… until I showed up and the party could officially start, that is! Ok, maybe…
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The Days Before the Flood (Wine Blogging in Mainstream Media, and What’s Coming Next)
“Who cares what wine bloggers have to say, after all?” That question has been posed (with full negative connotation) by at least two established wine personalities as recently as a few months ago – one the most influential wine critic in the world, the other…
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Why You Need to be a Wine Twit
Remember Internet chat rooms? Sure you do – those were the simple, on-line places where you could converse, via written text-based messages, with other seemingly like-minded folks about an endless array of topics, ranging from politics to puppy grooming. Well, converse until the person on…
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Wine Competitions vs. Really Bad Science (or “The Journal of Wine Economics Drops the Cork. Again.”)
I’ve always had a bit of a mixed reaction to the reports published by the Journal of Wine Economics. On the one hand, I love the fact that serious statistical attention is being given to topics like wine awards, in the hopes that scientific examination…
