Comedian Ben Morrison co-hosts the 2010 Wine Blog Awards on the big screen with Alan Kropf, who enjoyed some absinthe during the ceremony, at the Wine Bloggers’ Conference in Walla Walla, Washington.

Things got truly epic in Walla Walla this last weekend at the Wine Bloggers’ Conference with the 2010 Wine Blog Awards, presented by yours truly. Riedel Crystal sponsored the trophies, and Mutineer Magazine sponsored the epicness.

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Here at Mutineer Magazine, we are counting down the days until the 3rd Annual Wine Bloggers Conference in Walla Walla, Washington. We are super stoked to announce that our good friends at Jordan Winery have donated their videography services to this year’s event.

Jordan’s videographers plan on producing a documentary-style web video chronicling the 2010 conference. Jordan Winery will also host the WBC’s first “Video Diary Room“, a private space where anyone attending the conference will have the opportunity to speak freely on camera about anything they wish. Continue Reading »

The moment many wine bloggers all over the world have been waiting for is now only a few days away. Heading into its third year, the Wine Bloggers’ Conference is changing things up by moving this year’s event to Walla Walla instead of Sonoma. As with the previous two years, Mutineer Magazine will be attending in full force as one of the conference sponsors. Continue Reading »

Yes, this is a real photo. It. Was. Awesome

The Mutineers are so geeked out over fine beverage that when they get bored in the car they make a game out of spotting random occurrences of fine beverage. Here is a glimpse of our recent trips to Santa Rosa for the 2009 Wine Bloggers’ Conference, Las Vegas to visit Patron HQ and the Edison bar in downtown Los Angeles for an issue release party. Continue Reading »

A Twitter tasting frenzy on Day 1 gets morale up. Continue Reading »

With less than two months to go, the 2009 Wine Bloggers’ Conference is right around the corner and already has 180 participants signed up and preparing their palates for a truly exceptional weekend of all things new wine media.

The Mutineers are sponsoring and will be there in full force to connect with bloggers, cover the action, and hopefully have a showdown between us and Steve Heimoff and his non-existent entourage of irrelevant writers. Heimoff was a speaker at last years WBC, forcing me to choose between challenging him to a duel or actually learning something in another seminar being held at the same time. I chose the latter, and the wily Heimoff snuck out the back before I could call him out. Like Captain Ahab and Moby Dick, Batman and Joker, and Energyologist Jeff Dorenbush and non-caffeinated beverages, all arch-nemesis’s must eventually meet… Continue Reading »

In Mutineer Magazine Issue 3 we highlight twelve blogs that were represented at the Wine Bloggers Conference. Here is the fourth of twelve full interviews from the conference.

Site: www.farmsteadwines.com
Blogger: Anthony Nicolo
Location: Vancouver, Canada & Washington DC
Launched: November 2007

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In Mutineer Magazine Issue 3 we highlight twelve blogs that were represented at the Wine Bloggers Conference. Here is the third of twelve full interviews from the conference.

Site: www.cheapwineratings.com
Blogger: Tim Lemke
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Launched: June 2007

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