The Press Democrat, the local Sonoma County rag, has begun a new wine blog called WineAbout written by Virginie Boone. She only has one post so far, an introduction that lays out the boundaries of the blog (no cat blogging and no personal dinner stories). While I won’t get all nostalgic over the still birth [...]

Craig Camp’s Anne Amie Vineyards is hosting what looks to be an outstanding Pinot Noir dinner up in Oregon on July 27th. From the site: What is great wine without great food? A fabulous dinner will be assured as our guest chefs for the evening are Caprial and John Pence, owners of the renowned Caprial’s [...]

Broke a few glasses over the holiday weekend? Not sure what to do with that sad looking Riedel glass with the stem broken off? Recycle and repurpose it on your nightstand where you can slash yourself with it and bleed yourself awake! From product designer Bahbak Hashemi-Nezhad (Via Lifehacker, via Boing Boing, via OhGizmo, via [...]

Bloggers can do so much with their notes. They are less constrained by length and can offer more backstory than print media, and they can link to other sources for additional information on a wine. They can podcast or vlog their notes. Most importantly, blog authors can also direct readers immediately to a source where [...]

Talk about building goodwill in the industry. Hugh over at gapingvoid and Stormhoek teamed up to produce a wine-centric version of Robert Scoble’s Corporate Blogging Manifesto. Hugh, who was a case study in Scoble’s excellent book Naked Conversations and has influenced many other wine bloggers including myself and people like Jeff Lefevere at Good Grape, [...]