What do you want from me?

I’m not going to lie. Maybe I am just as much as an attention whore as I am a wine whore because I spend a great part of my day trying to figure out what interests people about wine. Even more importantly, I spend a great deal of time trying to figure out what could possibly drive someone to read about wine on the internet?

I would like to share what I have figured out so far. Aside from coming equipped with a wine dispenser, free refills, and a clean glass, there are a two things that all websites should offer at a bare minimum: credibility and honesty.

I’ve also learned that wine lovers want useful information in an easy to digest albeit purple flavored pill. Whether it’s a blog, winery, or online wineshop, many wine websites are hard to navigate and have too much text. I am as guilty of this flaw as anyone else. People also don’t want to be sold anything or have anything forced down their throat. If it looks appetizing, don’t worry, they’ll take a sniff, swirl, and a sip all on their own!

Can’t we all just get along?

So many wine writers and bloggers spend more time attacking each other than they spend discussing what they supposedly love most: wine. To watch this juvenile behavior is more disappointing than opening a corked bottle of Lafite. I’d like to state for the record that I see nothing wrong with debating about which bottle of Cabernet tastes better. Rather, it’s the contemptuous clucking of peers picking away at each other that sounds more like fingernails on a chalkboard than anything I would care to read. The worst part: in the end, credibility is never won or even gained. In fact, everyone involved appears absolutely ridiculous.

We could accomplish so much more if we would just work together!

I’d like to challenge Robert Parker, Steve Heimoff, and all of the other wine bloggers, writers, and fanatics out there. The challenge: if only for only one moment, we join together like a vino loving Voltron to form a unified kick-ass machine. If for no other reason, we should do this for those people out there who look up to us winos for entertainment, education, and guidance!

So what do you say? Who’s with me?

Cheers!

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