Last Fall, Google retired their “Googlebase” product which we used to get results for our wine shop search engine Super Wine Search. We had plenty of heads up, but due to lack of time and some uncertainty about which API was the true successor to the Googlebase one, we had to take the site down [...]
Hello, Wine Bloggers Conference. I hope you are going to enjoy the Rioja wines and look forward to a chance to win some Rioja wine or a trip to the region… with Pia! This is a little hacked together, but I hope it helps you log the wines and keep track of where you are. [...]
So I’m going to do the full Wine Bloggers Conference experience here with a live blogging of some White and Rose Wines. We’re getting an update on the weekend’s schedule. I should be getting started in a moment… First up is Andy Hicks from CalNaturale with an interesting wine in a tetrapack. So I’ve actually [...]
Kim and I are catching up on back episodes of Master Chef. One of the judges, Joe Bastianich, remarks in the opening about his 24 restaurants and 3 Italian wineries. I decided to try to figure out what and where those wineries were and if any of the wine is available online. The Wineries The [...]
I wanted to give an update on Bacchus Selections, which is offering some great wines right now… at crazy low prices. Chateau Moulinet-Lasserre Pomerol 2003 Credit: Bacchus Selections Region: Pomerol, France Winery: Chateau Moulinet-Lasserre Type: Red Wine Variety: Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Malbec Find Prices at SuperWineSearch 2 Loggers 2 Comments 1 Tag First up is the 2003 [...]
How do you like the sexy badges awarded on the site when you log wines? Did you know that they aren’t just eye candy? Many of the badges come with rewards. Many badges will reward you with free shipping at the winery website or 10-30% off your order. Others will link to downloadable ringtones or [...]
If you use this site at all, you’ve noticed the VinPass badges that are awarded to you when you rate or log certain wines. This feature has been in beta for a few months now, but is finally officially “launched”. To view all the VinPass badges in play at WineLog, visit the badges page. VinPass [...]
Paul Maybray of VinTank gives a nice overview of HR5034. That’s a bill in Congress that would add even more restrictions on shipping wine, which we’ve covered before. Safe to say, it’s a bad bill for wine lovers (but a good bill for distributors with lots of lobbying money, so we’ll see how it turns [...]
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If you are a fan of Gary Vaynerchuk but haven’t noticed his “Into the Trenches” videos posted from the VinTank office, you should check them out on Gary’s Cork’d blog. They are a nice change of pace compared to his WLTV videos. Gary is a great, engaging interviewer and gets some candid responses from his [...]
