This past weekend in Napa, 250+ of us attended the Wine Bloggers Conference in Napa. But, it could have just as easily been called the Wine Twitterers Conference as we all nerded out on our iPhones and other handhelds at meals, at tastings, on the bus, in the vineyards...honestly, I think it's the only time in the last year that I haven't felt bad for picking up my iPhone at dinner or anywhere else where it wasn't, well, just me. Some may call Twitter a fad, a business model that eventually morphs into something else, a crazy kids thing or a completely baffling activity, but when you get a group of dedicated and passionate people collectively focusing on their object of desire, the real and virtual world start to meld into one pretty quickly. A truly unique and quirky experience.
And, so you can experience some of the interesting folks on Twitter that were with me in Napa, here is the second in my installment of Twitter wine folks to follow (you can find Part I here - Good wine people to follow on Twitter). If you're on Twitter and you enjoy wine, wine blogs, tasting notes, whatever, these are great people to pay attention to.
@20dollarwine
@ablegrape
@RandallGrahm
@cellarrat
@cuvee_corner
@dirtysouthwine
@DrncPno
@goodgrape
@KensWineGuide
@NorCalWine
@oenoblog
@kenP
@rickbakas
@ShaRayRay
@sonadora
@TheBeerWench
@eljefetwisted
@illycafe
@wcwineguy
@WineryCollectiv
@WineTonite
Probably forgot someone, but there can always be another list...plenty of us out there.
Why thank you for the mention. I am happy to say that I follow each member on this list and even if I wasn't able to meet all of them in person, they are great members of our not-so-little wine twitter 'club'
Thanks for a great weekend to all....
Thanks for the mention - it was awesome meeting you guys. Had a great weekend and I can't wait to see everyone next year.
Totally agreed on the guilty iPhone front! Oh, and thank you much for the power on Sunday!
Cheers!
thanks shana ray and ryan. really enjoyed meeting you both and looking forward to the year ahead, capped off by a weekend in walla walla.
keep up the good work - lots of good stuff to write about out there and wbc09 has just fueled my fire.
cheers!
Thanks, RJ for the shout out... it was a pleasure to meet you as well... never experienced anything like the WBC. But, you heard it here first, "we gonna holla in Walla Walla!"
yes, an amazing weekend. can't wait to get to walla walla. should be an amazing weekend - probably pretty different than what we just experienced in napa, but knowing some folks in walla walla, they'll pull out all the stops.
nice meeting you and love the blog.