A Blog is short for WebLog. It started out (I think) as folks setting up a Web Site and entering a daily (more or less) log of
their activities. “I got up and brushed my teeth and felt invigorated”…“I missed my bus to work and had to take a taxi”…
“My cat barfed up a hairball on my brand new shirt”…Yada/Yada/Yada. As if anyone cares.
It segued into Wine Blogs…in which some erstwhile/wannabe wine writer sets up a WebSite and periodically writes something
to it…be it a comment on what is a “natural” wine, a criticism of all the 100-pt scores awarded by the latest Parker…or some TN’s
on some wines the wine blogger was sent. Actually, there are a lot of these wine blogs I find impart a lot of useful information.
There are a bunch that I read on a daily/weekly/irregular basis and learn a lot from…or I don’t revisit them very often.
As some of you may have observed, I’m fairly active on a number of wine bulletin boards (WCWN/WLDG/WB mostly).
Mostly it’s just short/boring TN’s. Sometimes it’s just a troll to , as DavidBueker often accuses me of.
Sometimes it’s just a ?? to seek information…as is this one.
Oftentimes, a wine friend will introduce me to another person as “This is TomHill/WineBlogger”. Happened three times ystrday.
I am always quick to set the record straight…“No…I am not a wine blogger”. It’s a title I neither deserve nor seek. I’m just
a wine nut and want to leave it at that.
So, my question to all these learned folks on WB: "If you are an active poster on various wine boards, does that make you a wine blogger".
Just a yes or no will suffice.
No, but I often get quizzical looks from people who are far removed from the wine scene when I mention a “Wine Board.” Because many times I am mentioning something about sports or music (and why do those things have anything to do with wine? they ask). But still, more questioning looks. So I say, it is sort of like blogging, and they instantly have SOME idea of what I am talking about. Accurate? No. But close enough to get into the conversation? Yes.