Writing under the influence of twitter

I’m currently working on a project looking at the measurement of online influence. Or is it influence online? Or is that influence of online measurement? The whole concept is hard to grasp. What value do these values and lists have? First question, what do you measure and what does it mean or imply? Image by bubbo-tubbo [...]

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New Look for the Grapes Around Texas

I have wanted to change up the layout of our blog and get ready to gear up for the spring when we do more traveling and check out new Texas Winery?s in the Spring. I would like to ask you what you think about the new link and what you would like to see added [...]

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Alan Kerr?s Vintage?s April 2nd Release ? Tasting Notes

I was happy to get back to London, especially after missing the previous tasting that profiled some of Napa?s super stock, to taste the wines of Burgundy, which is the feature release. The secondary release is wines of South Africa and to be blunt, I found them more interesting than the Burgundies. So please read [...]

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Davis Bynum, Pinot Noir 2008

Davis Bynum is a venerable name in California Pinot Noir having made their reputation back when Joseph Swan was still with us. Founded in 1973, Davis Bynum was the first to produce a single-vineyard Pinot Noir from the Russian River Valley; from the now legendary Rochioli Vineyard. And this heritage lives on even after the sale to [...]

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Kalorik Wine Cooler Giveaway Winner Announced!

We have a winner.  Thanks to all who entered the contest by leaving a comment and those who chose to double their odds by also tweeting. 

A couple of words about this contest and protocol:  First, it brings people out of the woodwork.  I learned there is an entire social media niche that enters contests.  Hopefully, if entrants are not a regular reader they’ll turn into a reader, or at least tell a couple of friends.  Aside from the self-interested motive of providing a site benefit and hopefully gaining a new reader or two, I have no fiduciary gain or personal benefit associated with this promotion.  That said, naturally, there is some marketing involved so the folks at Kalorik (and Air & Water who is coordinating) feel like they get $300 bucks (plus the not so inexpensive shipping costs) worth of mindshare in exchange for the refrigerator—that’s why @teamkalorik had to be included in the tweet to count as a second entry—a small price to pay in order to make somebody’s day when a kick-ass wine refrigerator shows up at their door. 

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All told, after removing double comments from the same commenter(s), comments related to tweets, and a disqualification for a comment after the end of the contest, there were 55 entries in the form of a comment.  There were also 14 double entries in the form of tweets.  69 total entries. Tweets were added sequentially—entry numbers 56 - 69.  I went to a random number generator, entered parameters and #44 came back.

...And congratulations to Amanda Hippe for winning the 21-bottle wine cooler from Kalorik!  Amanda will be contacted by email and her shipping address will be routed to Kalorik and Air & Water for fulfillment.  Should Amanda not respond to multiple inquiries, I’ll do another random number generation for an alternate winner.

Thanks again to all who entered and, most importantly, thank you for reading Good Grape:  A Wine Manifesto

Source: http://goodgrape.com/index.php/site/kalorik_wine_cooler_giveaway_winner_announced/

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