1. Sonadora over at Wannabe Wino Wine Blog. Not only is Sonadora a fellow attorney, she writes an excellent blog. In 2009, she undertook the task of posting something every single day. While she’s letting herself rest for 2010 by posting not so often, her wine reviews, observations, and Tweets make Sonadora a wine blogger to watch this coming year.
2. Lenn Thompson at Lenndevours. If there is an ambassador for New York wines, Lenn is it. Lenn’s thorough writing and fair assessment of New York State wines are reason enough to read Lenn’s blog. The fact that he is the ringleader for the monthly Wine Blogging Wednesday event is another. If you’re not reading Lenn’s work, you’re missing out.
3. Tim Elliott at Winecast. Tim is one of the original wine podcasters, perhaps the very first one. He is also one of the early wine bloggers. His business ventures have cut into his wine work, but he has pledged to bring wine back to the forefront for 2010. Tim encouraged me to start my wine podcast back in 2005, and his podcast has always been welcome on my iPod or iPhone.
4. Atlanta Wine Guy does it all. He offers up smart, witty comments about wines he’s tasted. He may not be an A-list wine blogger like Gary Vaynerchuk, but he should be on your reading list.
5. VineGEEK is a relative newcomer to the wine blogging world, but he is a welcome breath of fresh air. His reviews are straight on, and he ends each review with a seemingly random photograph that he feels captures the wine in some way. He refers to it as “free association.” I’m not sure about that, but I’m sure glad I stumbled across his wine blog.
6. Michigan By The Bottle is to Michigan wines what Lenndevours is to New York wines. Shannon Casey is a one-man advocacy team for Michigan winemakers, and it’s damn well about time more people sit up and take notice. I’d put Michigan on the C-list of wine producing states (California/Oregon/Washington on the A-list; New York on the B-list), but it should be joining New York’s tier fairly soon if the folks in Michigan keep up the progress. Shannon’s work should help advance that goal, which is good news for all wine drinkers.
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