http://www.bruliamwines.com/2010/01/an-ode-to-the-masters/ Blogging the creation of a new premium wine brand Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:34:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.bruliamwines.com/2010/01/an-ode-to-the-masters/comment-page-1/#comment-7027 admin Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:07:10 +0000 http://www.bruliamwines.com/?p=807#comment-7027 Paula- I completely agree. I was just so stunned by their absence, you know? I'd presumed they were valuable assets to the Journal, figuring they were doing those stodgy, data finace folks a favor by writing in their paper. They are a loss. I know of many folks who read (past tense) the Weekend Journal specifically for the Tasting column. It will be interesting to see how the column evolves with the rotating crew of contributors. I hope John and Dottie find a new writing/ journalism home soon. They will be missed. -Kerith Paula-
I completely agree. I was just so stunned by their absence, you know? I’d presumed they were valuable assets to the Journal, figuring they were doing those stodgy, data finace folks a favor by writing in their paper. They are a loss. I know of many folks who read (past tense) the Weekend Journal specifically for the Tasting column. It will be interesting to see how the column evolves with the rotating crew of contributors. I hope John and Dottie find a new writing/ journalism home soon. They will be missed.
-Kerith

]]> http://www.bruliamwines.com/2010/01/an-ode-to-the-masters/comment-page-1/#comment-7020 Paula Sindberg Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:06:29 +0000 http://www.bruliamwines.com/?p=807#comment-7020 Kerith, That post is so right on! I've lived outside the US much longer than John & Dottie have been writing about wine and I probably was addicted to wine before they fell in love with it, but having come across one of their columns, I was prompted to read their autobiography. Like you, it is their intersection of life, work, wine and love, that makes their work unique and my love (and it is love) for them very strong. Like you, I refer to them by their first names and think of them as friends though we've never met because they have truly allowed me to enter their lives through their writing. While I don't read all their columns, I treasure all those I find. OTBN (Open That Bottle Night) is a fabulous idea and one I hope that they (or you or me or wine lovers in general) will keep going and keeping writing about. Blogging is so easy these days. You do it; I do it (http://www.ultimatewines-thenosesknows.blogspot.com/); everybody does it. I hope that John & Dottie's journalistic and vinous urges will compel them to continue to blog about their wine lives, even if it is outside the organization of the WST. And I hope, despite my distant foreign location, that I find their efforts and keep reading their thoughts. If they do actually stop writing about wine, my vinous life will be a bit emptier. Kerith,
That post is so right on! I’ve lived outside the US much longer than John & Dottie have been writing about wine and I probably was addicted to wine before they fell in love with it, but having come across one of their columns, I was prompted to read their autobiography. Like you, it is their intersection of life, work, wine and love, that makes their work unique and my love (and it is love) for them very strong. Like you, I refer to them by their first names and think of them as friends though we’ve never met because they have truly allowed me to enter their lives through their writing. While I don’t read all their columns, I treasure all those I find. OTBN (Open That Bottle Night) is a fabulous idea and one I hope that they (or you or me or wine lovers in general) will keep going and keeping writing about.
Blogging is so easy these days. You do it; I do it (http://www.ultimatewines-thenosesknows.blogspot.com/); everybody does it. I hope that John & Dottie’s journalistic and vinous urges will compel them to continue to blog about their wine lives, even if it is outside the organization of the WST. And I hope, despite my distant foreign location, that I find their efforts and keep reading their thoughts. If they do actually stop writing about wine, my vinous life will be a bit emptier.

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