EXALTED RATIONS

Hey Chaz-

Thanks for the comments…I must admit that you are the first commentor I’ve had write in MANY months – sure, folks tend not to write to blogs that seems to be dead, but even when I was posting frequently, the number of hits and comments were VERY low…I wrote a LONG blog at the WINE LIBRARY for quite a while – you can access all of those posts here: http://terroir.winelibrary.com/ If you like what I do here, you should enjoy the TERROIR blog just as much…let me know what you think (here, not there – I think all of the interactive functions have been disabled since I left WL)

As far as continuing, I don’t know…there is such a MASSIVE glut of food and wine blogs on the ‘net, it can be a bit discouraging…Getting traffic to the site requires being a bit of message board/link whore, and/or fairly computer/’net savvy…and unfortunately (or fortunately), I’m neither… self-promotion is just not my long suit. If you’re well-versed in this sort of thing, I’d appreciate any advice you might offer…Drop me a line at pipistrello7@comcast.net

In any event, yes, wines like Irouleguy and Bombino Bianco are VERY cool wines, and it’s nice to hear that others out there actually persue these new experiences rather than pedestrian fruit punch plonk, or “the emperor’s new clothes” cult wines that cost $100 and are worth $20.

Chaz- Thanks so much again for the kind words, and give me a shout either here or at the e-mail address above if you’re so inclined…

Tom Ciocco