Thursday, March 18, 2010

The Accidental Wine Blogger








  1. Nice- your approach is similar to mine. I blog on wine to learn and be involved... It's for my own sake and it's great if someone checks in, but i enjoy it either way. Nice response to the person the Burgundy event...

  2. Totally agree. I blog just to keep a record for myself and if other people want to join in and laugh along with me, then great. Equally if they don't, then that is cool.
    Unless you are doing it commercially what is the point of fretting over how many followers you have?
    I always publish every mean comment on my blog for two reasons:
    1. I think everyone has a right to reply/comment.
    2. I couldn't really give a toss if people don't agree with me.

  3. Hey Marcy-

    Guess we were on the same page today! I agree, I do the blog for fun and as I've always said, if you want to read, great, I'd love to have you along for the ride, and if not, well, that's cool, no skin off my back. My self esteem does not hang in the least on how many followers I have.


  4. As a beer drinker (mostly) I don't often attend wine tastings, but I do know that there is much more snobbery in the wine writing/blogging community than with those who write about beer -or any other topic - how sad! Especially since there is plenty of room for stories like yours, that are entertaining, as much as for those that are informative, like reviews. Kudos to you Marcy for handling it in a classy way.

  5. It amazes me how similar this issue is with wine bloggers and poets who blog and poet their poetry.

    BTW, I think if you blog about wine, you're a wine blogger. Whether you're any good or not? Readers vote with their mouse...

  6. Who do you think you are using a picture of a lamb on a wine blog? Baaaa-d girl, baaa-d girl!

  7. Hi Marcy!
    True to form, I am late with this reply... although 10 days late isn't too bad for me. Like the topic... I would have had so much fun with that "Who Do You Think You Are?" person - would not have ended well. You showed a lot of class with your response.
    Like a couple of the other commenters, I write my blog for 'me' because so few people get me (but me). If others want to read it, cool. If not, that's equally cool.
    Not only has my blog served as a great way to chronicle my wine experiences and travels over the last two years, I have learned a lot about wine by writing my blog (poor grammar and all) which makes it worthwhile in my eyes.
    I hope you keep being the Accidental Wine Blogger...

  8. What you have experienced is called "Trolling". Some people feel better about themselves by putting others down. The internet is great for this because they get to hide behind a monitor and have no repercussions.
    Keep doing what you love and don't let these unimportant idiots bother you.



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