Terroirist Wins Best New Wine Blog!

Posted by | Posted in Terroirist | Posted on 07-24-2011

On Saturday night at the Wine Bloggers Conference in Charlottesville, Terroirist won the Best New Wine Blog Award. As one might imagine, I was elated.

I wasn’t prepared to give remarks, so when I went on stage, I simply thanked all the bloggers in attendance – about 325! – for blogging. I wouldn’t be a blog writer if I weren’t a blog reader, so I appreciate what each and every wine blogger is doing. And wanted to let everyone know that I wouldn’t have ever started blogging if I weren’t such a huge fan of so many wine bloggers.

But I should have mentioned a few people to whom I owe some deep gratitude.

At the top of that list are my fellow bloggers at Terroirist: Ainsley Adams, Rebecca Canan, Katie Cavanagh, Andrew Feldsen, Greg Golec, Robby Schrum, and our newest Terroirist, Jeff Vogel. By assembling such a smart, dynamic team, we’ve been able to keep our content prolific and interesting – and offer our readers a site that’s worth visiting daily.

Next on that list is Tom Wark. Tom created the Wine Blog Awards in 2007, and was instrumental in creating the annual Wine Blogger’s Conference that same year. He launched his own blog, Fermentation, way back in 2004. And he’s been one of the most important voices in wine writing community ever since – encouraging everyone, myself included, to write about wine. (For the first time, Tom was eligible for this year’s awards, and took home the prize for Best Overall Blog and Best Industry Blog.)

Also on that list are Joe RobertsAlder Yarrow, and Eric Asimov. I’ve been reading these guys since I first caught the wine bug at the end of 2007, so they’ve been a huge part of my development as a wine writer – and they set the bar high for all of us.

Finally, I’m grateful for our readers. Terroirist wouldn’t be relevant if it weren’t for YOU – so thanks, enormously, for making my website a part of your life.

Comments (5)

  1. Well done and well-deserved! And thanks for including my name in that group, it’s humbling and I appreciate it!

  2. Congrats on the win!

  3. Well deserved award for this great blog.

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  5. Congrats, all! Keep up the good work.