Wine Writing - Who Knew The Complexities?
We must say that we are strict amateurs at this wine writing game. We have chased this experience as a labour of love but we have become more and more aware that this truly is a business beyond our sheltered little Blog. Over the last week or so, we have been following an unfolding story that has come up online about Canada's own Wine Blogging Maven Natalie MacLean. For those unfamiliar, she is the author of a couple of Wine Drinking related books namely "Red, White, and Drunk All Over" and "Unquenchable". Natalie has appeared on many TV talk shows discussing wine and being, well....a personality. She has a Blog, a Mobile App, and has been given a number of wine writing awards. All the while she presents herself as a simple wine lover who wants to share her love of wine with the world. Fair enough. Well, the reality is that she is a shrewd business woman who understands very clearly that there is a market for her talents. She looks to ...