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Best of the wine blogosphere for November 16th through December 31st:

• An Opaz/Catavino Christmas Letter – A Year in Review
• Wine Blogging Wednesday #64: The Wrapup
• The top 10 wine things we need less of in 2010
• Field Notes from a Wine Life – Year End Edition
• What Wine Blogging Needs
• Winemaker to watch: Steve Matthiasson
• Yet Another Wine Column Casualty in the Newspaper Business
• Join Twisted Oak for Menu for Hope!
• January 6: Taste Live with Finger Lakes Cabernet Franc
• The critic of the future? Not on Twitter. Not on Yelp. On-demand on your cell phone.
• Kevin Costner and the Nature of Wine Ratings
• Wine tasting packs feature four mini samples
• Time to belly up to the barcode? [scanners]
• The 1WineDude.com Top 10 Most Interesting Wines of 2009
• Blind tasting at Wine Spectator again an issue
• Beaujolais Showdown
• Cartograph is California Bonded Winery #16623
• 2009 top 100 wines: Zinfandel and other reds
• Wine Blogging Wednesday #64 Announced: Holiday Wine Pairing — With a Twist
• The future of wine writing

Best of the wine blogosphere for July 3rd through July 30th:

• Cabernet Franc: What We Learned From 656 Glasses of Wine
• The Coming of Age of Wine Blogging
• Jancis Robinson Talks About Her Career in Wine at IPNC
• The Sierra Gap – and more on American wine consumers
• The Blob: Will the wine industry co-opt social media for its own purposes?
• Anthony Dias Blue, bloggers, and the exposure package
• Helpawinery.com Launched
• Murphy-Goode’s “Dream Job” Winner – and What It Means for Wine
• Hashtags for Wine Exploration
• Domaine Tempier, Bandol, France: Current Releases
• Checking Wine: My Experience with Virgin Atlantic
• Can social media save the day for wineries?
• “We’ve Got A Long Way To Go And Short Time To Get There!”
• Why do some of the cultiest of the cults never send me wine?
• I Have Seen the Future of Wine–And It’s Alsace
• Hugh Johnson does not find California wines “undrinkable”
• smarter wine, cont’d…
• IBG To Dispose of New Vine Assets Within Two Weeks
• Napa Valley Zinfandel
• Should More Long Island Wineries Submit to Wine Spectator? (Part 1)

Best of the wine blogosphere for April 15th through May 29th:

• News from the trenches
• Confession! Alice and Reductive Wine Writing Ethics
• Hermann J. Wiemer 2007 Dry Riesling
• Announcing TasteNY: A Virtual Exploration of New York Wine, Beer and Spirits
• Postcard from Germany: A House Divided
• Life is a Bell Curve
• Why We Owe Robert Parker
• Wine Advocate Writers Spark Ethics Debate – Wall Street Journal
• Changes in Latitude, Changes in Gratitude (Reflections on TasteCamp East)
• Tasting with Fredric: Ridge Vertical
• F.K. & the Ox-Tail & Ridge Geyserville
• What is Social Media Worth to a Winery?
• Snooth’s iPhone Application
• Thoughts on Taste Live, Twitter and online wine tasting
• How To Spit Wine
• Wine Blogging Wednesday #56: The Round-up
• It’s a Damn Cryin’ Shame! …
• Changes at The Wine Advocate? Correspondence with Parker and Miller
• The X’d files: an exchange not seen on eRobertParker.com
• 20 Things Every Wine Lover Should Do

Best of the wine blogosphere for March 31st through April 5th:

• Wine 2.0 Tasting @ Crushpad
• A Second Chance – Casa de Sonoma Cabernet Bottled in 1947
• Jumping the shark, or What gives a wine writer staying power?
• High ABV, Vanilla and Oak: California is the New Focus at LENNDEVOURS
• Pennsylvania Repeals Prohibition!
• Somali Pirates Take Ransom in Wine
• US Department of Agriculture Names Wine the 7th Food Group
• Venerable Bordeaux Chateau Embraces Cute Critter Label