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Happy Birthday Australian Wine Review

May 8, 2010
Happy Birthday Australian Wine Review
Forgive me for the self indulgence, but by my estimate this week marks the 2nd birthday of this website and I think this makes for a good excuse to celebrate.
2 years is hardly a long time in the world of wine, but it does give me a reason to look back at some of my original posts and have a laugh at my crap grammar and rash conclusions.
It also reminds me why I started this site in the first place, which was essentially to serve as a space where I could publish all my tasting notes before I forget/lost them and then access them easily. This was particularly important given my habit to scrawl tasting notes/random thoughts on whatever is handy – serviettes, order forms, a piece of bark, the envelope from a parking ticket (true) etc.

Fast forward 2 years and my tasting notes still live in scrappy notebooks and random bits of paper (until I am organised enough to transfer them online) but the whole setting and motivation has changed.

What has kept me going, and something I didn’t count on, was the discovery – through the intractions on here – of a whole tribe of wine wankers (just like me), professional or amateur, who similarly got home every night, opened a bottle of wine and then wrote about what happened next.

From an outsiders perspective, the whole idea of ‘blogging’ is still viewed as an outlet for vainglorious amateurs and one eyed fools (and there is plenty of both out there, some might even think I fit in there). Yet I can say with confidence that some of the best entertainment, information and interesting opinions can be found on blogs/blog style websites and (notably) the comments/interactions found on these ‘web-logs’

I can only hope that this little website is one of them….

(I use inklpay in lieu of a paywall. A small tip goes a long way to finally paying for hosting!)

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Woody
May 9, 2010 at 12:18 AM
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Congratulations on the milestone, many more to come I am sure.



Anonymous
May 9, 2010 at 1:31 AM
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Congrats and keep it up! Always appreciate your entertaining, informative look at a wide range of wines.

Dave



Anonymous
May 9, 2010 at 1:55 AM
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Keep up the good work!



AndyPat
May 9, 2010 at 9:02 AM
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many happy returns Oz Wine Review



Edward
May 9, 2010 at 9:22 AM
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Well done Andrew, I always look our for your posts on my RSS reader.



Andrew Graham
May 9, 2010 at 12:04 PM
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Thanks everyone for the kind words!



Anonymous
May 9, 2010 at 10:12 PM
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I am deeply offended at being called a "wine wanker" … even if it is true.

Congrats.

MichaelC



Jeremy Pringle
May 10, 2010 at 4:37 AM
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Belated happy birthday AG. Keep it coming, top stuff.



Chris Plummer
May 10, 2010 at 1:19 PM
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Happy Birthday AG! I'm already looking forward to your 21st, should be a good one eh?



KARRA YERTA WINES
May 12, 2010 at 4:04 PM
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Good work! All the best for the future, Andrew:)



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    At 18 I started working in a small suburban bottleshop, largely to buy cheap beer. It was my first year of university, doing a degree that I didn't really like, and a liquor shop seemed like fun. Needless to say I discovered wine, my uni degree morphed into something completely different and wine/beer took over my life.

    Almost twenty years later and I currently spend my days wearing many (wine) hats, mostly as a writer, presenter and marketer.

    While wearing my writer cap I write features for the likes of National Liquor News, Gourmet Traveller WINE and the RAS plus I'm a Lifestyle FOOD channel wine expert. Read more about me here or get in touch to book your next wine event with me here.

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