The response to Wine Blogging Wednesday 45 has been so overwhelming that it will take me most of the weekend to write up a proper summary. As of today, 65 entries have been received which I’ve added to my del.icio.us feed for those who want to read along with me. I expect to post a full summary this weekend, most likely sometime on Sunday afternoon Monday evening. Thank you to all for your contributions!
In other news, Lenn will post the finalists in the WBW logo contest on Monday. We had so many entries that we have narrowed the field down to a manageable number to have the community vote to decide a winner. A poll will be posted along with finalists.
Sorry it’s taken us so long to get to the final step in the process and thanks to everyone who sent logos in.
Gary from Wine Library TV has asked Mott to link up the 59 participants of WBW 44 over at the WLTV forums. Lots of links to check out to find some nice Cabernet Franc from France. Seems like Gary might have also encouraged some more first time participants to our monthly virtual tasting, which is all very good stuff.
For next month, I will again host and I’ve picked my favorite white variety, Riesling as the theme. But I wanted to celebrate the wines made where I think the best examples are found in Northern Europe. So pick up a wine made from Riesling grown in Germany, France’s Alsace, Austria, Northern Italy, the Czech Republic or Slovenia and post your notes by May 7th. If you don’t have a blog, just register and post here.
Can we crack 60 participants next time? I think so…
Video podcaster Gary Vaynerchuk is our host for our next virtual tasting and he’s just selected French Cabernet Franc as the theme. While you can find some Bordeaux blends made up from a majority of Cab Franc — most notably Chateau Cheval Blanc — most of us will look to the Loire valley. There you can find some great wines made at places like Bourgueil, Chinon and Saumur-Champigny. Alternatively, you can look for examples from the south of France where Gary was recently tasting. Either way, pick up a bottle and blog it by April 2nd. Just post your entry to Gary’s comments for this episode of Wine Library TV and he’ll figure out some way to summarize this event.
If you are living under a rock and have not watched Gary’s podcast, check out the following video queued up about where he makes his WBW announcement:
Note: aggregator readers may need to click back to the blog to view this video.
Joel has posted a fine summary of the entries to WBW 43 over at Wine Life Today. In all, a nice turnout and some great stories & wines were blogged. Many thanks are in order to host Joel who welcomed his second daughter into the world just a few days shy of this Wine Blogging Wednesday.
Next month’s theme will be announced shortly but I have a feeling we’ll be picking wines from Bourgueil, Chinon and Saumur-Champigny.
Andrew has posted a summary of WBW 42 over at Spittoon. Quite a nice turnout of more than 50 bloggers who used only 7 words in their reviews of Italian red wines.
Joel over at Wine Life Today is the host for next month’s tasting which will be held in just 2 weeks time. His theme is comfort wines where we can choose our favorite wine to unwind with. Join us on March 5th for the comforting results.
We’ve somehow missed posting about Wine Blogging Wednesday 42 hosted by Andrew from Spittoon.
As he posted last month, the theme is Just Seven Words. That’s an Italian red wine summarized and reviewed in just 7 words. No, I’m not making this up. He’s even posted some ideas recently to help but from personal experience, this one is tougher than it sounds.
See you tomorrow with a rather short review along with scores of my friends.
In what looks like a new participation record, Sonadora from Wannabe Wino has posted her summary of WBW 40, Que Sirah Sirah. Over 50 blogger participated reviewing scores of Petite Sirah, with many great values. Thanks to all for participating, Sonadora for a great job hosting and watch for the announcement of WBW 41 coming soon.
One of the hazards of writing multiple blogs is you forget to update one of them sometimes. After posting a summary and announcement on my personal wine blog I neglected to publish the same information here. Sorry about that.
Anyway, Neil did a fine job summarizing Wine Blogging Wednesday 39 over at Brooklynguy’s Wine and Food Blog. In all, over thirty bloggers reviewed over 50 wines from Burgundy’s more reasonable appellations. Check out the complete write-up here.
Meanwhile, Sonadora from Wannabe Wino announced the theme for the 40th virtual tasting: Que Sirah Sirah. She’s asked us to find Petite Sirah or Durif based wines and post our entries by December 12th. That’s only a week from now so consider this a reminder.
Hope to see you participate on you own blog or right here. Just register and post your entry and one of us will approve and post to this feed.
Just a quick reminder that Wine Blogging Wednesday 39 is tomorrow. There is still time to find your “Silver” Burgundy and join us either on your blog or right here (just register and post your entry).
Host Neil from Brooklynguy’s Wine and Food Blog has been busy warming up over the past few days; check out his preliminary tasting notes here and here.
I’ve very late posting here but Gabriella and Ryan posted a great summary of WBW 38 over at Catavino some time ago. They mapped most of the entries making for a very interesting way to read reviews of Portuguese table wines.
Neil from Brooklynguy’s Wine and Food Blog also announced the theme for WBW 39 as “Silver” Burgundy. Instead of wines from the Côte d’Or (gold coast), he suggests we sample wines from some more reasonable appellations of Côte Chalonnaise and the Mâconnais.
There is still more than a week to find your wine and write it up. Join us November 14th and remember you can post here if you don’t have a blog. Just register, login and write your draft. One of us will post to the site and let Neil know so it can be included in the summary.
The response to Wine Blogging Wednesday 45 has been so overwhelming that it will take me most of the weekend to write up a proper summary. As of today, 65 entries have been received which I’ve added to my del.icio.us feed for those who want to read along with me. I expect to post a full summary this weekend, most likely sometime on 
For next month, I will again host and I’ve picked my favorite white variety, 
As he posted last month, the theme is 
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