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Me? \u00a0A blog? \u00a0You ask! \u00a0Well, first I suppose you need to love wine enough to make a go of being a wine blogger, but there really is no other reason anyone shouldn\u2019t or couldn\u2019t be a wine blogger or wine writer. Most wine blogging<\/a>\/writing that I\u2019ve seen has been someone\u2019s viewpoint or perspective on a particular wine, variety, winery, or winemaker. Well, guess what? \u00a0We all have opinions and viewpoints so why can\u2019t we share them?<\/p>\n

If Robert Parker<\/a> scores a wine at 95 or at 80\u2026what does that mean to me? It\u2019s his opinion, and granted he may have an education that I don\u2019t have, or maybe he\u2019s tasted thousands of wines versus however many I\u2019ve tasted, but at the end of the day it is still what his palette enjoys versus mine\u2026right?<\/p>\n

The problem is this, so many people that enjoy wine are too insecure in their opinions on wine, just like with any subject matter\u2026and insecurity is a killer. I\u2019m okay with you feeling \u201cnot as educated\u201d as another person but why not educate yourself, in whatever manner you choose?<\/p>\n

My belief is this: wine blogs should be somewhat educational, which I think most of them are for the most part. \u00a0But I think they need to be entertaining and fun, because that IS what wine is about after all\u2026entertainment and fun!! We can \u201cover think\u201d wine just like we over think so many things nowadays\u2026but why not share a bottle with friends while telling stories and laughing? That\u2019s always more fun to me, and most people I know, than trying to scientifically break down the juice that\u2019s in my glass!<\/p>\n

Anyone that knocks someone else for a wine they like, is showing their insecurity, or ignorance. Many people are apprehensive about wine, more specifically about picking a wine, so to mock them in any way about a wine they like is foolish\u2026at least they\u2019re drinking wine!!<\/p>\n

Open your minds, and just get out there and drink and blog! \u00a0Oh yeah, and enjoy yourself while you’re doing it!<\/p>\n

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