huevos con vino

Okay, I have been called out.  The Wannabe Wino tagged me the other day while I was still in Finland.  I hadn’t forgotten about this tagging thing so it’s time to explain why I blog about wine.  Oh, and I have to give 5 reasons.  I can’t just cop out and say that I like writing.  And I have to tag 5 other bloggers.  I don’t know if I’ll be doing that part simply because so many wine bloggers seem to have been tagged already.

Anyway, here we go.

Reason #1: I needed an outlet for my interest in wine.

My wife was getting mighty bored with my incessant comments about soil types in Oregon, or which clones produce the most interesting wines.  I realized I needed to engage with the discourse community of wine enthusiasts.  So, I opened this blog in early 2006.  The rest is history.

Reason #2: I wanted to track my wine consumption in a more formal way, through notes and spreadsheets.

As you know, I am a nerd.  I like spreadsheets and graphs and charts and elaborate notes.  As a hobby, wine fills some of these needs: I can geek out and track everything in an archival way, I can be creative with my comments, and I can refer back to everything when making new purchases.  This blog is a key part of that process: Without this blog, I would be less motivated to keep all of my spreadsheets and notes up to date.  So this blog keeps me going with regard to writing tasting notes, tracking consumption, etc.

Reason #3: Perhaps someday my blog will be well read and I’ll get free samples.

It would be cool to become a well-known reviewer, but that isn’t really my goal.  But that’s a goal of this blog.  If that makes sense.

Reason #4: I have a whole lot to learn about wine, and the wine blogging community is a great resource.

I know next to nothing about wine.  I do know that I have a lot to learn, I enjoy the learning process, and having a blog keeps me motivated to learn as much as I can about the areas that interest me.  For example, cooperage is really fascinating to me.  I don’t know why.  But it’s easier to explain why I’m reading about cooperage when it is in the context of wine knowledge rather than, say, Donkey Kong.

Reason #5: I love to write!

It’s true.  I do love to write.  And blogging about wine is a good topic: I don’t want to have a blog about my life anymore; I tried that once and quit doing it because, well, I don’t feel the need to broadcast personal details now that I’m married.  But I love to write and wine is a terrific subject, a never-ending font of inspiration perhaps.  Also it’ll get you drunk.

So there you have it!  Five reasons why I blog about wine.  I don’t think they’re altogether different from other people’s reasons, but these reasons are an accurate reflection of why I spend time writing this blog.

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