The 2009 American Wine Blog Award Winners were announced yesterday. For the third year in a row, I'm pleased to report that The Wine Collector won an award (the same as last year's: Best Business Blog). When asked by a reporter yesterday for my thoughts on what the award means to me, my response was "It's always a pleasure to have one's efforts recognized and it helps provide me with further inspiration and impetus to increase the frequency of my posts." Thanks for your support.
Tom Wark at Fermentation kicked off this awards program in 2007 and is passing the baton to the Open Wine Consortium to administer next year. Tom's blog is one of my personal favorites and his ability to communicate ideas is unparalleled (which I guess is why he's in the PR business). Next year he'll become a contender for these awards for the first time and I predict will win one or more categories.
Alder Yarrow at Vinography repeated his winning performance of last year and, in his usual thorough way, has outlined a series of suggestions for what he would change next year. The OWC should listen as it's a good, logical list of improvements.
Thanks again for your support and always feel free to suggest a topic to me (see upper left link on my blog page). My "day job" at Vinfolio is keeping me busier than ever but I'll try to address suggestions if possible and consistent with the blog's focus. You can also follow me on Twitter (@Vinfolio) which I use to post "micro comments" or to provide links to articles of relevance.
