One Saturday morning, November 12, 2006 to be exact, I said to Matt "I think I'm going to start a wine blog. I've been reading all these great wine blogs, Vinography, Wine Waves, Good Wine Under $20, El Bloggo Torcido, and I think I can do it. We drink a really different selection of wines, I think I can add something to the conversation."
388 blog posts, about 20 vineyard visits, over 230 bottles of wine, and 365 days later I am amazingly still at it. I've made lots of friends through this blog and even had the opportunity to meet some of them, Farley, Ken, Leah, for starts, and still hope to catch up with many more on my travels.
What amazed me most was that people started reading (besides those who knew me before and whom I badgered into coming here, thanks Jenny, Kelli, Ebs, Cfimac, etc.) and then started linking to me (many thanks to my friend Sarah, Dr.Debs, Edward, David, Alex, and John who were among the very first to link to me) and left comments.
I've spent much time this year learning from my fellow wine bloggers whose preferences swing to wines outside my norm (Marcus, Neil, Joe to name a few), joining communities (WineQ, Wine Life Today, Domaine547 for starters), meeting new bloggers along the way (Russ, David McDuff, Deb, Nate, and Foodette have been new friends in recent months), and finding many VA wine bloggers who always have a local suggestion for me (John, Dezel, Allan, Wine With Dinner).
I'm looking forward to the second year of WannabeWino, to continued friendships, and to new ones yet to come. Thanks for reading!
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Hey congrats on reaching 1 years old!
With a title like Wannabe Wino I can't believe I only just found your blog. I am not only obliged but delighted to link to you from my "Confessions".
11/12/07, 11:49 AM
Happy Birthday/Anniversary to one of the freshest voices out there! Keep up the great work, and I hope that there are some bubbles in your plans for this evening!
11/12/07, 12:20 PM
Wow, one year already! I cannot believe how fast time goes by. Congrats on your successful year!
11/12/07, 1:31 PM
Yay for you. Keep up the good work and keep on drinking!
11/12/07, 3:08 PM
Congrats - what an accomplishment! Reading your blog has been a big part of my entry into the blog-o-sphere a few months ago, and I have gotten some great wine recs from you. Keep up the good work!
11/12/07, 3:25 PM
Now the real fun starts, Megan! Woo-hoo for you!!
11/12/07, 3:33 PM
yay! that's quite an achievement. and only 20 more years until your blog is legal!
11/12/07, 6:03 PM
Congrats on your achievement! Keep up the good work.
11/12/07, 6:11 PM
Sonadora,
Even though you missed WBW33 -- not because it was out of your normal preference range but because of scheduling -- it's great to know you are learning from my blog. I'm definitely learning from yours.
Cheers,
Marcus
11/12/07, 6:11 PM
Happy Birthday Wannabe Wino
Congrats Sonadora on 1 year!
John
:)
11/12/07, 6:54 PM
Happy Birthday! One year already? Wow! It really didn't seem that long ago that you started (or that I saw your first few) posts.
Congratulations and keep up the great blogging (and drinking!).
Cheers!
11/12/07, 8:59 PM
Many congratulations, Sonadora! 388 blog posts in a year is very impressive. Hope you continue this for many more years.
Even though I am an insider in high-tech industry for over two decades, I can't help but marvel at the power of the Internet in letting us connect from around the world.
11/13/07, 6:16 AM
Congrats Sonadora!
Keep up the good work. 388 posts in a year sets the scale rather high for the rest of us. Thanks for the inspiration.
cheers,
David
11/13/07, 8:09 AM
Thanks all!! I really appreciate the congrats and support!!
11/13/07, 9:14 PM
natal tidings!
11/14/07, 6:24 AM
Belated birthday wishes! Good luck as you enter the terrible twos :)
11/15/07, 2:52 AM
Hello Sonadora,
Happy Birthday! Keep up the great writing and wine tasting. For your first year you have logged a lot of entries…that may be a wine blog record :)
Happy Sipping!
Dezel
11/15/07, 9:10 PM
Congratulations!
You're only one month older than WineQ! :)
Here's to several more years of tasting and sharing wines together! :)
11/17/07, 3:45 AM
Happy b-day!
11/27/07, 12:03 AM