Vinography

Vinography

Vinography main page as of October 22, 2007
Type of site
 Blog
Owner Alder Yarrow
Created by Alder Yarrow
Website www.vinography.com
Alexa rank 232,063 (April 2014)[1]
Registration Free
Launched January 15th 2004

Vinography is a wine blog dedicated to wine reviews, restaurant reviews, news, and commentary about the world of wine.[2] It was started by Alder Yarrow in January 2004, and has been described by The Independent as an interesting source of wine related info from the San Francisco Bay area.[3] It receives some of the highest web traffic of any wine blog.[4] The blog has been noted by Food & Wine Magazine[5] and The Wall Street Journal [6] for its popularity and comprehensiveness.

The blog's author and founder, Alder Yarrow, a graduate of Stanford University, runs an interactive design and strategy consulting firm in San Francisco and also serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of Sommelier Journal and as a nominating member for the Vintners Hall of Fame.

The name is a portmanteau of vino, the Latin root meaning "wine", and the Greek word graphein, meaning "write".

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Vinography.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
  2. ↑ Santa Barbara Independent, The Web's Gift To Wine Lovers: The Best Wine Blogs in Cyberspace, 08/16/07
  3. ↑ The Independent, My Round: A Final Toast to the World's Best Wine Blogs, 08/29/06
  4. ↑ Fast Company Magazine, The Best Blogs: Off the Vine, Now Online, May 2006
  5. ↑ Food & Wine Magazine, Seven Best Wine Blogs, October 2005
  6. ↑ "The Wall Street Journal", Five Wine Blogs I Really Click With, March 29, 2013
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