Michael Wangbickler on October 13th, 2009

A little over a week ago, Benziger Family Winery hosted a blogger event at their estate. A dozen bloggers were in attendance as the folks at Benziger rolled out the dog-and-pony show. And what a show it was.
Benziger Family Winery was established as an 85-acre family estate in Glen Ellen, California. That’s in Sonoma Valley, [...]

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Michael Wangbickler on August 27th, 2009

This week I attended the Family Winemakers of California trade tasting in San Francisco. There were hundreds of family-owned wineries pouring their wines. They ranged in production from very small to quite large. The concept behind the organization that puts on this tasting each year is to offer a support organization for the hundreds of [...]

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Michael Wangbickler on August 4th, 2009

I recently met and befriended Karen Gurney of Winebard.ca at the Wine Bloggers Conference. She’s a great gal, and what can I say… I love Canadians. Anyway, she has this crazy idea for a social media experience, and she’s willing to bet her wedding on it.
In two weeks, she and her fiance will be getting [...]

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Michael Wangbickler on July 27th, 2009

I have just returned from the 2nd annual North American Wine Bloggers Conference. I was there at the 1st conference, and my how things have changed. Last year, most people I spoke with regarding the conference usually ended up scratching their heads or looking at me like I had a second one. Wine blogging was [...]

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Michael Wangbickler on April 24th, 2009

The saga continues in the realm of wine writer/blogger ethics. Since yesterday, there have been a few more posts on the subject.
Joel Vincent wrote a direct response on his blog, in which he states that Mr. Parker should be ashamed of himself. He takes each point made against the Wine Bloggers’ Conference and the wine [...]

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