While I was enjoying my trip to Pittsburgh last week, the finalists for the 2008 American Wine Blog Awards were named over at Fermentation. Some of my favorite blogs are among the potential winners, so congratulations to them.
If you're to scurry over to Tom's blog to vote for LENNDEVOURS in the "single-subject blog" category, I'm sorry to say that I didn't make the group of finalists in that category this year. It's hard to know why, but it is what it is.
It's easy to argue with how any set of awards is run -- no one is perfect, so let's not turn this into a big deal. I write this blog for myself and for you, my readers. There will bed other awards in other years.
Who knows, maybe LENNDEVOURS just wasn't as good covering New York wines this year. It was a busy year for us at LENNDEVOURS headquarters.
Awards, scmwards...we still like coming here!
Posted by: noble pig | March 25, 2008 at 12:35 PM
You don't really need an award to know that your blog is a reference. This award event shows as though it was mainly a tool for promoting a few. Many long-standing US wine blogs are not nominated. Craig Camp's and Alice Feiring's are notably missing.
A few blogs that get very high readership are not nominated in any category. Here are some examples:
7200 people/month at Dr Vino's
5400 people/month for Winecast
4000 people/month at Boxwines
(The amounts are approximative and come from public figures.)
For what it's worth I attempt an easier competition with an objective ranking of wine websites.
Thank you for your blog.
Posted by: Estelle Platini | March 25, 2008 at 04:46 PM