Comments on: On blogs and blogging about wine http://www.anotherwineblog.com/archives/1126 Because another wine food and travel blog was way too long. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:01:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Beware of Wine Bloggers! | another wine blog http://www.anotherwineblog.com/archives/1126/comment-page-1#comment-2212 Beware of Wine Bloggers! | another wine blog Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:15:38 +0000 http://www.anotherwineblog.com/?p=1126#comment-2212 [...] since Steve is always either telling people that he is indeed a blogger, or telling other bloggers how they should comport themselves, I was surprised that there was [...] [...] since Steve is always either telling people that he is indeed a blogger, or telling other bloggers how they should comport themselves, I was surprised that there was [...]

]]> By: Houstonwino http://www.anotherwineblog.com/archives/1126/comment-page-1#comment-3430 Houstonwino Sun, 14 Dec 2008 07:00:27 +0000 http://www.anotherwineblog.com/?p=1126#comment-3430 Most bloggers that are primarily focused on reviewing wine have exact the same policy. Do you think that your average blogger asks that wineries send samples? Reviews are not my main focus, but I get asked, not to review, but to try wine. That is an area that traditional media and blogging have in common. The industry wants to make it easy for us to talk about them, and they take risks by doing so.<br><br>As for blogging, it is not just writing and posting to the web. It is a conversation, and as such it demands immediacy and the recognition that what one writes is just a jumping off point for that conversation. In that respect I would submit that, while you are a very fine writer, you have a ways to go as a blogger. Disagreeing with fellow bloggers is half the fun, and doesn't have anything to do with my opinion as stated above. In fact, since you did engage in the conversation, albeit quite late, I have to admit there is hope for you yet as a blogger. Most bloggers that are primarily focused on reviewing wine have exact the same policy. Do you think that your average blogger asks that wineries send samples? Reviews are not my main focus, but I get asked, not to review, but to try wine. That is an area that traditional media and blogging have in common. The industry wants to make it easy for us to talk about them, and they take risks by doing so.

As for blogging, it is not just writing and posting to the web. It is a conversation, and as such it demands immediacy and the recognition that what one writes is just a jumping off point for that conversation. In that respect I would submit that, while you are a very fine writer, you have a ways to go as a blogger. Disagreeing with fellow bloggers is half the fun, and doesn't have anything to do with my opinion as stated above. In fact, since you did engage in the conversation, albeit quite late, I have to admit there is hope for you yet as a blogger.

]]> By: Steve Heimoff http://www.anotherwineblog.com/archives/1126/comment-page-1#comment-3429 Steve Heimoff Sun, 14 Dec 2008 03:38:32 +0000 http://www.anotherwineblog.com/?p=1126#comment-3429 I try to review everything that comes in, because I view it as my job. I don't ask wineries to send me anything, so if they do, they have to realize they're taking a chance. I see my job as simple: To tell people who are interested what I think. If I don't like a wine, I say so. I try to say it politely, but the important thing is to tell the truth. <br><br>On the matter of my not being a blogger, I don't know why it's important for you to believe that. Are you saying that anyone who's "made it" in traditional journalism cannot be a blogger, by some definition of your own? I'm a blogger because I blog. I may say things you disagree with, but that doesn't make me "not a blogger." I try to review everything that comes in, because I view it as my job. I don't ask wineries to send me anything, so if they do, they have to realize they're taking a chance. I see my job as simple: To tell people who are interested what I think. If I don't like a wine, I say so. I try to say it politely, but the important thing is to tell the truth.

On the matter of my not being a blogger, I don't know why it's important for you to believe that. Are you saying that anyone who's “made it” in traditional journalism cannot be a blogger, by some definition of your own? I'm a blogger because I blog. I may say things you disagree with, but that doesn't make me “not a blogger.”

]]> By: jpower http://www.anotherwineblog.com/archives/1126/comment-page-1#comment-2089 jpower Sun, 14 Dec 2008 02:00:27 +0000 http://www.anotherwineblog.com/?p=1126#comment-2089 Most bloggers that are primarily focused on reviewing wine have exact the same policy. Do you think that your average blogger asks that wineries send samples? Reviews are not my main focus, but I get asked, not to review, but to try wine. That is an area that traditional media and blogging have in common. The industry wants to make it easy for us to talk about them, and they take risks by doing so.<br><br>As for blogging, it is not just writing and posting to the web. It is a conversation, and as such it demands immediacy and the recognition that what one writes is just a jumping off point for that conversation. In that respect I would submit that, while you are a very fine writer, you have a ways to go as a blogger. Disagreeing with fellow bloggers is half the fun, and doesn't have anything to do with my opinion as stated above. In fact, since you did engage in the conversation, albeit quite late, I have to admit there is hope for you yet as a blogger. Most bloggers that are primarily focused on reviewing wine have exact the same policy. Do you think that your average blogger asks that wineries send samples? Reviews are not my main focus, but I get asked, not to review, but to try wine. That is an area that traditional media and blogging have in common. The industry wants to make it easy for us to talk about them, and they take risks by doing so.

As for blogging, it is not just writing and posting to the web. It is a conversation, and as such it demands immediacy and the recognition that what one writes is just a jumping off point for that conversation. In that respect I would submit that, while you are a very fine writer, you have a ways to go as a blogger. Disagreeing with fellow bloggers is half the fun, and doesn't have anything to do with my opinion as stated above. In fact, since you did engage in the conversation, albeit quite late, I have to admit there is hope for you yet as a blogger.

]]> By: jpower http://www.anotherwineblog.com/archives/1126/comment-page-1#comment-1074 jpower Sat, 13 Dec 2008 23:00:27 +0000 http://www.anotherwineblog.com/?p=1126#comment-1074 Most bloggers that are primarily focused on reviewing wine have exact the same policy. Do you think that your average blogger asks that wineries send samples? Reviews are not my main focus, but I get asked, not to review, but to try wine. That is an area that traditional media and blogging have in common. The industry wants to make it easy for us to talk about them, and they take risks by doing so.<br><br>As for blogging, it is not just writing and posting to the web. It is a conversation, and as such it demands immediacy and the recognition that what one writes is just a jumping off point for that conversation. In that respect I would submit that, while you are a very fine writer, you have a ways to go as a blogger. Disagreeing with fellow bloggers is half the fun, and doesn't have anything to do with my opinion as stated above. In fact, since you did engage in the conversation, albeit quite late, I have to admit there is hope for you yet as a blogger. Most bloggers that are primarily focused on reviewing wine have exact the same policy. Do you think that your average blogger asks that wineries send samples? Reviews are not my main focus, but I get asked, not to review, but to try wine. That is an area that traditional media and blogging have in common. The industry wants to make it easy for us to talk about them, and they take risks by doing so.

As for blogging, it is not just writing and posting to the web. It is a conversation, and as such it demands immediacy and the recognition that what one writes is just a jumping off point for that conversation. In that respect I would submit that, while you are a very fine writer, you have a ways to go as a blogger. Disagreeing with fellow bloggers is half the fun, and doesn't have anything to do with my opinion as stated above. In fact, since you did engage in the conversation, albeit quite late, I have to admit there is hope for you yet as a blogger.

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