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Re: 20 Years of Wine Blogging at Vinography

artpredator — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 01:03:40 -0000

Aw Wine Blogging Wednesday! Those were the days! (Tempted to track down the jpg!)

Re: Wine Bloggers: An Endangered Species

artpredator — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 13:36:07 -0000

Yes, many blogs along the wayside, and as you point out, some of those early bloggers have gone on to other more lucrative-- or time consuming-- wine related and other pursuits. The list the Wine Media Conference maintains could likely use pruning as well.

It used to be a lot easier to get traffic. You could post a link on Facebook and almost immediately be rewarded with readers. Doesn't work that way now. Many of us don't have the SEO and other know-how to get the eyeballs. It can be discouraging.

ALSO too many of those older sites were simply tasting, reviews, ratings, and not much story. It's a lot of work to actually SAY SOMETHING about the wine you're tasting beyond tasting notes-- to offer something worth reading.

Wine Blogging Wednesday, which I participated in religiously and I tried to revive when it lagged, has been replaced by other wine writing groups and prompts, for example, on the first Saturday of the month, Italian Food Wine Travel, on the second Saturday Wine Pairing Weekend, on the third Saturday Winophiles, and on the fourth Saturday, World Wine Travel.

In these groups you'll find bands of dedicated writers and active blogs with excellent writing. I hope you'll check them out. You can find links to their blogs on my posts with these tags in the titles: #ItalianFWT, #WinePW, #Winophiles, #WorldWineTravel. Participants have won Born Digital and other awards.

Wine blogging has taken me places, and I'm grateful. In addition to press trips and industry tastings, I made the US Wine Tasting Team which paid for travel and other expenses in order to compete in the World Blind Tasting Championships in France. Paying attention to wines as a wine blogger got me there.

PS I was surprised NOT to find my name (maybe I missed it?) Mike Wangbickler, Marcy Gordon, Sam Ockman, Jo Diaz and Elaine Chukan Brown have all given me shout outs over the years. I started blogging at Art Predator in 2007 and started Wine Predator in 2008. I attended the first and many other subsequent Wine Blogger Conferences. I've maintained my Wine Predator blog with at least one post a month since then; most years I've published between 60-90 posts. In 2020 I published over 150 posts averaging 1500 words. (I have been more erratic on Art Predator but have never gone 6 months without a post).

Re: No Brain, No Pain

artpredator — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 15:49:28 -0000

I love the connection you make here between your adventure and the winemaker's! Thanks for the introduction to these wines as well; I'm always looking for more biodynamic producers to try!

Re: The Folklore and Folklife of Burning Man

artpredator — Sun, 29 Sep 2019 00:40:03 -0000

Gifting is an important topic as well -- and the SWAG museum a must element!

Re: Temperatures and rain influence in Douro wines

artpredator — Thu, 24 May 2018 16:11:50 -0000

Great article! I'm really interested in dry farming right now and I found this helpful for an article I am writing. Thanks Oscar!

Re: Wine Bloggers Conference Heading to Australia in 2019

artpredator — Fri, 11 May 2018 18:09:36 -0000

Very Exciting! And I just blogged about it: https://winepredator.com/20...

Re: Live Wine Blogging: A How To Guide

artpredator — Sat, 11 Nov 2017 12:36:15 -0000

What I do is take my notes IN the blog post. But these days I do love doing the tweets and then building a post around the tweets. Thanks for including me in this post!

Re: Bill Cosby, Drinking and Consent

artpredator — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 16:50:07 -0000

or 35 years... because you're dressed like a "wench" at a costume party and obviously your costume implies consent... and he'll be "quick" ... very well written and very brave of you to write, Amy... as more of us tell our stories may fewer of these stories need to be told

Re: Why Burn.life? - Burn.Life

artpredator — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 12:06:06 -0000

I read it too-- looking for info on who the author is (and only found your name in the comments and eventually figured it out). Congrats on the new site! Looks good so far, and I appreciate your perspective. Many long-time Burners are struggling with the same issues as you including members of my camp (I've attended 15x since 92 and camp members ranged from 10x to 2x and we involved with an art car, theme camps, playa art and more). I do think you should include a bit more in your "about" about who the author is.

Re: Why You Should Start a Blog (Even If You’re Not a Writer)

artpredator — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 13:32:16 -0000

I am teaching my college students how to blog today and so I quoted you and linked to you in my post "Why blog? Post 1538". Thanks for the great post! PS I'm about to celebrate my 7th anniversary as a blogger! http://artpredator.wordpres...

Re: #WBC14 Social Media Blitz – Live Wine Blogging

artpredator — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 02:37:09 -0000

Here's 5 Tips for Speed Tasting from a WBC 7x vet plus some sample tweets from #WBC13 http://winepredator.wordpre...

Re: Obama Announces Executive Action on Student Loans

artpredator — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 17:07:33 -0000

unimpressed...waiting to see how Elizabeth Warren's proposal for lower rates fares... and whether it will apply to grad students!

Re: The Big Speech: The Raw Truth Behind the Words | Gabriella Opaz

artpredator — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 16:54:13 -0000

Beautiful, Grabiella. And very bold and brave of you to share the inner part of your heart on stage and then on this page. The message in your speech is very powerful and resonates a lot with what I am trying to teach in my college composition classes--to be a caring human being on and off the page.

Re: Life Long Passion for Food Part 9: Puffed Pancakes

artpredator — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 01:29:44 -0000

Sounds so yummy! We love french toast around here. And yes, I can imagine any Franciacorta sparkling wine being a delightful pairing--as long as you didn't put syrup or too much sweetness on the french toast!

Re: Il video Bicycle Of The Year: Burn Cycle Amsterdamize

artpredator — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 18:05:27 -0000

and??? it's even more amazing than you could imagine, huh

Re: WBW80: Dry Rosé

artpredator — Sun, 08 Sep 2013 20:05:47 -0000

how's the round up coming? how's Lenn's post about WBW #81 --which takes place this Weds Sept 11?

Re: Announcing Wine Blogging Wednesday 80, Dry Rosé

artpredator — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 23:36:58 -0000

Great! See you next month and thanks for getting it going again!

Re: WordPress.com & WBC – A Pairing for your Blogging Bliss

artpredator — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 20:09:35 -0000

I'm hoping to go again--it will be my 4th WordCampSF! we should try to get together!

Re: WordPress.com & WBC – A Pairing for your Blogging Bliss

artpredator — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 14:28:45 -0000

I love WordPress! And I love their WordCamps, esp SF!

Re: Live Wine Blogging – Friday Wineries

artpredator — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:50:49 -0000

Thanks to all the wineries who came out for "speed dating"! Here's my post about the whites: http://winepredator.wordpre...

Re: Wine Bloggers: Contribute to our Media Page

artpredator — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 14:18:17 -0000

and here: http://winepredator.wordpre...

Re: Wine Bloggers: Contribute to our Media Page

artpredator — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 14:17:49 -0000

where's the form at the bottom of the post?

here are 2 posts: http://winepredator.wordpre...

Re: 2013 State of Wine Blogging Report

artpredator — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:25:03 -0000

Thanks Cindy! Great presentation!

Re: Good deals on last minute airfare to WBC13!

artpredator — Wed, 29 May 2013 16:48:19 -0000

I am one of those looking for a roomie! I've got a room with 2 queens for Th, Fri, and Sat--let me know if you need a room for one or more days!

Re: 2014 WBC Location Vote

artpredator — Mon, 13 May 2013 14:52:34 -0000

Love that we're coming back to California, my home sweet home! Even better, possibly to my neighborhood--Santa Barbara--or a quick drive--SLO!