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January 14, 2008

Champagnes – Is Mobile The Future of Wine 2.0?

Category: Uncategorized. Posted by Noel at 2:30 pm.

Is Mobile The Future of Wine 2.0?
In my blog reading today I came across a post about recent domain name auctions in the .mobi top level domain. For those not familiar with this TLD, it was created in late September of 2006 to bring the mobile web to cell phones and other devices. I looked at getting winecast.mobi at the time [...]

WBW 40 Round Up Posted, New Flickr Pool Created
Sonadora, the hostess from Wannabe Wino, proves she’s no wannabe with her round up of over 75 Petite Sirah tasted for Wine Blogging Wednesday 40. Over 50 participants enjoyed wine made from this underrated grape from Israel, Mexico, Australia, Chile, and it’s“home” in California. A lot of great values are to be discovered reading [...]

Champagnes – Unfiltered 7 – Wine Blogging Today

Category: Uncategorized. Posted by Noel at 2:00 pm.

Unfiltered 7 – Wine Blogging Today
As I begin my 4th year of podcasting I present the final Unfiltered show of it’s first season.Jeff and I welcome a panel of some of the top wine bloggers today: Alder Yarrow, Dr. Debs and Gabriella& Ryan Opaz. We talk about the state of wine blogging, where it is going and share some [...]

Surprise! I m on your Google Reader!
I’ve been catching up on my blog reading today and noticed an interesting new feature of Google Reader: friends shared items. As I read wine blogs, I“star” notable posts but always wondered what the“share” choice was for. Now I get it and am enjoying reading links shared by friends, listeners and readers.If we’ve [...]

Who Will Be The Bourdain of Wine?
During the past week, I’ve been watching a lot of Anthony Bourdain’s“No Reservations” show on my TiVo (as I write this post, more is being recorded as part of a marathon on The Travel Channel). Of course, I’ve been aware of Bourdain’s antics over the years but have not read any of his books [...]