Friends, Romans, wine geeks, lend me your vote
Apparently this blog is worth more than the paper it’s printed on–oh wait, it’s not even printed on paper!
The first vintage of the American Wine Blog Awards is currently underway. Tom Wark, author of the Fermentation blog and creator of the awards, has arranged a hybrid process of popular nominations followed by seven no-doubt patient and beneficent judges who narrowed the field. I am honored to have been nominated for two categories: Best Wine Blog Writing and Best Overall Wine Blog! The competition is formidable and now the awards swing back to a popular vote among the finalists.
I ask you for your vote. But don’t do it for me. Do it for the children. Specifically my child. When I am in my pajamas with my laptop on my lap, and my three-year-old son turns to me and asks “what are you doing, daddy?” I don’t just want to reply to him that I am wine blogging. With your vote, help me be able to tell him that I am doing “award-winning wine blogging.” Help make him proud of his pajama-clad dad.
Since I am originally from Cook County, IL, I can proudly urge you to check the nominees in each category and then vote early and often.
Vote here
Best Wine Blog Writing
Best Overall Wine Blog
Thank you for your support.
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tags: wine | wine blogs
On February 8th, 2007 at 4:49 am ,Lisa Roskam wrote:
Congratulations Tyler! Nominated in two categories no less. Very nice. I hope you will still speak to the little people when and if you become an “award winning” wine blogger. 😉
Good luck!
On February 8th, 2007 at 9:40 am ,Marisa D'Vari wrote:
Contratulations! Glad I was there to applaud you at the media lunch!
Marisa D’Vari, http://www.AWineStory.com
On February 10th, 2007 at 1:00 pm ,Jeff wrote:
Too late, Tyler. I’ve already cornered the Cook County obituaries for the last year, done an exhaustive analysis of email addresses and had a cousin twice-removed hire a firm to vote for Good Grape. 🙂
Classic reference.
Jeff
On February 10th, 2007 at 6:59 pm ,ac wrote:
Congratulations! If you win, what bottle will you be opening to celebrate?
We’ll be pulling for you in Austin!
On February 10th, 2007 at 11:14 pm ,Stevo wrote:
Tyler,
Been a fan of your blog for a while now. Congrats on making the final four! Alas our podcast did not make the final cut. (We focus a bit too much on the drinkin’) We’re based in Chicago and since you’re a former Cook Countian, we’ll have to give you our votes over The Pour.
Good luck!
Stevo, Terry & Scott (3wineguys)
On February 11th, 2007 at 8:36 am ,Dr. Vino wrote:
Thank you for your support, everybody!! Your votes count!
As to the comment from AC in Austin, at this point it is simply an honor to have made the finalists. But if I were to win…maybe I’d say, “I’m going to Disneyland” or more precisely, “a Disney-led tour of Tuscany!” 😉