2014 Wine Blog Awards Finalists

Picture: Christian G.E.Schiller and David White, Terroirist, Finalist in the Category Best Industry/Business Wine Blog, in Rioja, Spain, at the 2013 Digitale Wine Communications Conference

Picture: Christian G.E. Schiller with Lenn Thompson, New York Cork Report, Finalist in the Category Best Single Subject Wine Blog, at TasteCamp 2012 in Virginia, USA

The finalists in the 2014 Wine Blog Awards were announced.

The awards are open to any English-language wine blog located anywhere in the world. The winners will be chosen based on 50% of the input coming from the judges and 50% coming from the public vote and will be presented live at the 2014 Wine Bloggers Conference, which will be in Santa Barbara, California on July 11-13th.

Best Blog Post of the Year

Finalists:

• Katie Kelly Bell’s This Winemaker Hunts Trees to Make the Perfect Wine

• Erin Scala’s Chasing Mrs. Elizabeth Bird, NYC’s First Female Sommelier

• Christopher Watkin’s Beauty Is A Rare Thing: Building the 2012 Monte Bello

• Richard Jenning’s Sanford & Benedict: Historic Vineyard’s Story Told for First Time by Co-Founder

• Lauren Mowery’s Turkish Wines: Vinkara Winery Working to Preserve Indigenous Varieties with Delicious Results

Best Original Photography or Video on a Wine Blog

Finalists:

• The Journey of Jordan Winery 

• The Lynmar Life

• Cork Envy

• Wine Oh TV 

• 4488: A Ridge Blog 

• Brunellos Have More Fun

Best Industry/Business Wine Blog

Finalists:

• Fermentation: The Daily Wine blog  

• Lodi Wine

• Terroirist

• Berry Bros. & Rudd Rudd Wine Blog

• Texas Wine and Trail 

Best Wine Reviews on a Wine Blog

Finalists:

• Wine School of Philadelphia

• Cuvée Corner

•  Kens Wine Guide

•  1WineDude

•  HoseMaster of Wine

•  The Reverse Wine Snob 

Best Single Subject Wine Blog

Finalists:

• Señorita Vino 

• The Wine Bar 

• New York Cork Report

• Washington Wine Report

• On the wine trail in Italy 

Best Winery Blog

Finalists:

• The Journey of Jordan: Food, Wine & Hospitality 

• The Lynmar Life

• Been Doon So Long

• The La Crema Blog

• 4488: A Ridge Blog 

Best Writing On a Wine Blog

Finalists:

• HoseMaster of Wine

• Chris Kassel’s Intoxicology Report

• Jameson Fink 

• The Gray Report

• Chasing the Vine

• Wine Fashionista

Best New Wine Blog

Finalists:

• Sherry Notes

• Wine Snark.com 

• Girl and the Grape

• La Dolce Vino

• Italian Wine Central

Best Overall Wine Blog

Finalists:

• Jamie Goode’s Wine Blog 

• Been Doon So Long

• Hawk Wakawaka Wine Reviews 

• Enobytes Wine

• On Reserve: A Wine Law Blog 

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