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Wine Spectator picked up on our 2011 Scoop the Spectator contest with these remarks:
"trying to predict the annual Wine of the Year is a popular parlor game among enophiles. This year, blogger Wellesley Wine Press held a contest, with New York wine retailer Grapes the Wine Co. awarding a prize of a Kindle Fire e-reader to the first commenter to correctly guess this year's top wine before it was announced. Unfiltered was impressed with the number of Top 10 wines prognosticated by Wellesley's readers. "Senelwine" guessed Château de St.-Cosme Gigondas 2009, our No. 10 wine, "Mike M" guessed Quinta do Vallado Touriga Nacional Douro 2008, our No. 7 wine, "James Z" guessed Baer Ursa Columbia Valley 2008, our No. 6 wine, and "RichardPF" nailed it, winning the Kindle, and the respect of his wine-loving peers. Looks like Wellesley's readers know their wine."
Boston's CBS affiliate WBZ-TV stopped by to discuss why wineries still can't ship wine directly to MA consumers more than a year after courts ruled they should be able to.
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The Chicago Tribune's Bill Daley mentioned the site in Rosé: A wine for more seasons. I said "For me, they're like pumpkin spice coffee drinks: best enjoyed early in the season". Bill also gave the site a shout-out for a piece the Capitol Case Club contributed about restaurant wine service. I thought it was a great example of how print wine writers can effectively engage wine bloggers.
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This site was listed in the Top 100 Most Popular Wine Blogs from Alawine. Cool!
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The Wellesley Wine Press was named Wine Blog of the Month by RJ's Wine Blog. Thanks! I am honored. RJ is a really helpful guy with particular strength in the wines of Napa.
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The Boston Globe's website has been linking to my recent entries as part of their expanded local coverage including Wellesley. I truly appreciate that as it has driven a lot of local traffic to this site.
It was really nice of Thomas Matthews, Executive Editor of Wine Spectator to leave a comment and then check back and answer some questions I had. Awesome guy! Check it out here. And here.
The Wellesley Wine Press was just added to http://wine.alltop.com. Alltop is an interesting topical take on sorting through the best sites on the Internet- check it out and see which sites are listed for topics you're most interested in.
"trying to predict the annual Wine of the Year is a popular parlor game among enophiles. This year, blogger Wellesley Wine Press held a contest, with New York wine retailer Grapes the Wine Co. awarding a prize of a Kindle Fire e-reader to the first commenter to correctly guess this year's top wine before it was announced. Unfiltered was impressed with the number of Top 10 wines prognosticated by Wellesley's readers. "Senelwine" guessed Château de St.-Cosme Gigondas 2009, our No. 10 wine, "Mike M" guessed Quinta do Vallado Touriga Nacional Douro 2008, our No. 7 wine, "James Z" guessed Baer Ursa Columbia Valley 2008, our No. 6 wine, and "RichardPF" nailed it, winning the Kindle, and the respect of his wine-loving peers. Looks like Wellesley's readers know their wine."
Boston's CBS affiliate WBZ-TV stopped by to discuss why wineries still can't ship wine directly to MA consumers more than a year after courts ruled they should be able to.The Chicago Tribune's Bill Daley mentioned the site in Rosé: A wine for more seasons. I said "For me, they're like pumpkin spice coffee drinks: best enjoyed early in the season". Bill also gave the site a shout-out for a piece the Capitol Case Club contributed about restaurant wine service. I thought it was a great example of how print wine writers can effectively engage wine bloggers.
The nice folks at Foodista, The Cooking Encyclopedia Everyone Can Edit, named this site Wine Blog of the Day for this entry featuring GoBYO. Thanks!
Budget Bacchus named this site Wine Blog of the Week. Check 'em out!
This site was listed in the Top 100 Most Popular Wine Blogs from Alawine. Cool!
Boston University wine educator Stacy Woods mentioned this site alongside wine blogging powerhouses Vinography and Fermentation. Wow- that's great company to be in! Thanks- I appreciate it.
WBZ-TV, the Boston CBS affiliate, interviewed me about Massachusetts wine shipping laws. It was kind of surreal having a camera crew in our kitchen but we enjoyed it! Check it out:
Wine Enthusiast Magazine called me a "wine accessory guru". Thanks! I appreciate it.
I submitted a piece on Shady Shelf Talkers to Palate Press that was published in its inaugural edition.
This site has been ranked as high as the #1 on PostRank. PostRank dynamically ranks the "influence" of blogs and individual posts within each blog. Read more about how PostRank works in an interview I did with them here. Have a look at this picture from a high water mark for the WWP:
The Wellesley Wine Press was named Wine Blog of the Month by RJ's Wine Blog. Thanks! I am honored. RJ is a really helpful guy with particular strength in the wines of Napa.
NPR's Public Radio Kitchen linked to my pieces on "Syrah: The Steroids of the Pinot Noir World" and "Watching the Wine Community Rumble". Thanks for that! I am humbled, and I feel just a little bit like the Car Talk guys do when they say "And even though Roger Clemens stabs his radio with a syringe whenever he hears us say it, this is NPR: National Public Radio."
The Boston Globe's website has been linking to my recent entries as part of their expanded local coverage including Wellesley. I truly appreciate that as it has driven a lot of local traffic to this site.
It was really nice of Thomas Matthews, Executive Editor of Wine Spectator to leave a comment and then check back and answer some questions I had. Awesome guy! Check it out here. And here.
Thanks to The Boston Globe for including The Wellesley Wine Press in their list of local blogs in the Food & Drink section. Check it out here.
The Wellesley Wine Press was just added to http://wine.alltop.com. Alltop is an interesting topical take on sorting through the best sites on the Internet- check it out and see which sites are listed for topics you're most interested in.
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2 comments:
Hi Bob,
We share favorite wineries to visit!
Another one to add to the list is Kastania Vineyards. Kastania is located at the southern tip of Sonoma County. It is the first winery you will come to once leaving San Francisco heading into wine country. Kastania is a small winery (~1000 cases per year). The winery is open for tastings on the weekend from 11-4 and you will be greeted by the owner Hoot and his wife just about every visit.
Mike
Hey Mike!
Thanks for checking in! We'll have to hit Kastania next time in your area. Sounds like a winner.
-Bob
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