Comments on: What Can I say about WBC?

By: Amanda Maynard

Amanda Maynard — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:26:24 +0000

Hi Lisa,

Thanks for your comment! It was a pleasure to meet you and hang out Saturday and Sunday (though I'm a little glad you didn't get me on camera )

I'm hoping to head out your way sometime early next year (budget willing) and if/when I do, you will absolutely be on the list of people to catch up with. I'm amazed at how many of you live in that central area. It'll be easy to catch up with lots of people all at once, though! And regardless, see you in VA next year for sure.

Take care!
Amanda

By: lisamattson

lisamattson — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:14:03 +0000

Hi Amanda,

Epic picture of the Top Guns!

It was great meeting you at the Wine Bloggers Conference. I will forever think of “The Movie Game” and your mad IMDB iPhone app skills when I see your posts on Facebook. I really enjoyed hanging out with you during the excursion as well.

Thanks for friending me on Facebook. I will become a fan Wineing Woman when I return from vacation. Here's the link I promised. The video blog we launched in February is The Journey of Jordan: http://blog.jordanwinery.com. Please check it out. If you have any suggestions on content, I’d greatly appreciate the advice.

Please do look me up if you’re ever coming up to Healdsburg. If I don’t see you before 2011, hope to reconnect in Charlottesville next summer.

Best,
Lisa Mattson
The Journey of Jordan: a wine and food video blog

By: Amanda Maynard

Amanda Maynard — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 07:21:15 +0000

Likewise, Ben. Glad that the weekend happened and we hung out. I feel like I've made friends, not just blogger friends, and that's the key.

If you come to Boston, awesome. I'll show you (and the wife?) around and it'd be fun. If not, I'll see you in VA for sure. Next year though, I'm going to make a week out of it. A weekend is too short.

By: Ben Simons

Ben Simons — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 23:53:55 +0000

Really great stuff Amanda. It was so awesome to get to meet you and spend time hanging out. I think that the little back lawn gathering that we had was worth the price of admission for the conference by itself. The relationships are really what the entire weekend was about for me. I learned a lot of great stuff, but putting personal time in with all of you guys is what I will never forget.

I look forward to making it out to Boston one of these days, but if it doesn't happen this year, I look forward to seeing you in VA in 2011.

By: Amanda Maynard

Amanda Maynard — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 02:43:48 +0000

Agree, Scott. Totally agree. We need to catch up next time for sure. A weekend ends up not really being enough time to get to everything even though at the start it seems like there's plenty of time. I'm glad you had a great time, too. I don't think I could ever forget the awesomeness.

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By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:52:52 +0000

I feel very similarly energized. It was great to say 'hello' but I am insistent that in Virginia, or maybe somewhere in between we spend more time together Amanda. It was difficult with so many great people to get to know. I'm glad you had such a great experience, I really did too.

By: suburbanwino

suburbanwino — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:08:58 +0000

Thanks, Todd. Sorry; I guess I approach compliments for traditional wine writers from a defensive crouch. I meant no offense!

I agree that accurate information is important. My feeling on blogging is that anything that's subjective- and I believe taste and aroma/bouquet are totally subjective- is free to interpretation. Getting basic regions, grapes, geography, history, etc. needs to rely on journalistic integrity, and getting the facts straight. I think the readers can pick out the folks who do their homework, and hopefully keep those with inaccurate information in check…gotta love these comment fields!

By: Todd

Todd — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 03:51:37 +0000

In no way backhanded at all. I'm seriously commending the community, regardless of whether some are hobbyists or hardcore I'm-in-it-for-the-money. The world is different than when I came up, and all for the better. There was commonality of interests/purpose 10 years ago, too, there just wasn't a lot of we're-all-in-this-together. I think that what's going on now (not that all of it is interesting, accurate or informative — though you could have made the same claim about the old guardians, too) is going to to be game changing (once it works its way — or is that figures its way? — out).

By: suburbanwino

suburbanwino — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 01:39:02 +0000

Thanks…I think? Seems sort of like a “backhanded compliment”, but perhaps I'm not reading it correctly. Forgive me if I'm being presumptuous, Todd.

For the most part, the bloggers are hobbyists, not intent professionals. The sense of community comes out of a shared common interest, whereas I'd guess the “old guard” writers were jockeying for the big gig. I hope what we do all share- writers, critics, bloggers, etc.- is a joy for the fermented grape and the conviviality that ensues when a bottle is opened.

Sorry to pounce on that comment, Amanda!