Wine & Spirit Education Trust. Knackered Mother's Wine Club. The UK's most influential wine critics | Evines. In the large market of wine there is so much to choose from it can be down- right confusing. Where do we start? What do we buy and how do we know if it’s any good? Do we follow our own judgement or listen to someone who actually knows what they’re talking about? So in this large market of wine there is a large amount of wine critics, who are there to gently guide us towards the good and away from the bad and the ugly. It could be said that in these hard times when everyone is more tempted to eat at home than go out and pay for meal, these people in the know are more needed than ever. Wine blogger and critic Richard ‘Graped Crusader’ Saxton says, ‘It pays to listen to wine critics when choosing a wine.
Speaking of blogging, this is one medium of wine critique that has recently risen to the surface. Just as you would trust Stephen Spielberg’s advice on whether a film is rubbish or not, why not take note of Oz Clarke’s thoughts on the bottle of Bordeaux you are about to purchase? 2. 3. 5. To do. Top 10 UK Wine Blogs. Posted: November 15, 2012 at 12:13 pm No Comments » The fundamentals of working with bloggers are the same as with traditional journalists at traditional media outlets: respect their schedules; take time to read their material to learn their interests; and only contact them if/when they want to be contacted.
In-depth profiles for these Top 10 Wine Blogs, their authors and many more can be found in our CisionPoint media database. For more information about the blog rankings contact the research team by email via research.europe@cision.com or the author: Mital Patel. The Top 20 Wine Influencers (according to Klout). (and their top 3 influences) 83 Gary Vaynerchuk Notes: 1) Everyone is this list has “wine” as one of their top influences with the exception of Gary Vaynerchuk . 2) Jancis Robinson , Wine Spectator , Jamie Goode , Tim Atkin , Snooth , Decanter magazine , Alder Yarrow , Luiz Alberto , Emmanuel Delmas , Wine Harlots , Ed Thralls Jr , Nicolas de Rouyn , Dusan Jelic , Ilkka Sirén , Paul Mabray , Ryan Opaz , and Lisa Mattson have “wine” as their top influnce (17 out of 23) 3) “Food” and “Social Media” are tied for second place in number of influences (10 people have it as one of their top 3 influences). 5) However, from 11th to 20th, there are 7 different countries: Emmanuel Delmas (France), Meg Maker (USA), Wine Harlots (USA), Dusan Jelic (Serbia), Nicolas de Rouyn (France), Ed Thralls Jr (USA), Nicolette Waterford (South Africa), Chris Nishiwaki (USA), Andre Ribeirinho (Portugal), Paul Mabray (USA), Ilkka Sirén (Finland), Ryan Opaz (Spain), and Lisa Mattson (USA).
Cheers, Luiz Alberto, #winelover. Top 10 Twitter accounts to follow in wine - Baltimore Wine Travel.