McDuff's Food & Wine Trail: American Wine Blog Awards

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Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Vote Besotted, Vote Wicker

The judges have weeded through the hundreds of nominations and selected their finalists for the 2009 American Wine Blog Awards.

The polling place is open now through March 4, so hightail it over there and have at it.

Sunday, February 1, 2009

2009 American Wine Blog Awards

Tom Wark, Wine PR man behind the ever popular blog Fermentation, has kicked off the third edition of the American Wine Blog Awards. Like them or not – the AWBA’s roused some hubbub and sparked more than a touch of disgruntlement last year – there’s no denying that the awards have quickly become influential and sought after in the world of English language wine blogs. Disgruntlement or not, I don’t think you’ll hear anyone complain too loudly if their blog happens to make it to the finals or onto the winners’ podium. Heck, it’s a nice honor just to be nominated, so my thanks go out to those that have already seen fit to throw my name into the hat in a couple of categories.

With only minor changes since last year, nominations are broken into the following categories:

Head on over to Tom’s site, check out the program guidelines (stuffing the ballot box won’t make a difference) and nominate your favorite wine blog(s) in each category. It’s an easy way to express your opinions and maybe even bring smiles to the faces of a few hard working winos. The nomination period is open now through February 8, 2009.

Sunday, March 23, 2008

Finalists Announced for 2008 American Wine Blog Awards

The finalists have, yes, finally been announced for the second annual American Wine Blog Awards. Voting is open through Saturday, March 29, 2008. Please be sure to cast your votes at Tom Wark’s Fermentation.

The AWBAs are a great way to bring wider recognition to some of the brightest stars in the wine blogging world, exactly what Tom had in mind when he initiated the awards last year. While casting your votes, please take a little time to investigate all of the blogs that are up for consideration. It’s amazing how much great stuff is out there.

Though MFWT didn’t make the cut for the finals, I was honored to be nominated in the category of Best Wine Blog Writing by a few of my fellow wine bloggers from around the world. So, here’s a big shout out of gratitude to Joe of Joe’s Wine (Canada), Dr. Debs at Good Wine Under $20 (California) and Edward of Wino Sapien (Australia) for casting their nominations my way.

Monday, February 18, 2008

Nominate Your Favorite Wine Blogs for the 2008 American Wine Blog Awards

Nominations are now open for the 2008 American Wine Blog Awards. This is the second year for the awards, which Tom Wark at Fermentation implemented in recognition of the hard work, passion, creativity and increasing influence of the voice of wine bloggers. Now through February 27, you have the opportunity to make your voice heard. You can nominate up to three blogs in any or each of the following categories.

Following the eight links above will take you to the description and nomination page for each specific category. After the open nomination period, a panel of industry judges will review the nominations and trim the field down to a handful of finalists in each category. Final voting will then be reopened for public participation.

Nominations can be made by anyone, so don’t be shy. There’s no need to be a blogger to participate. Make your voice heard.