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Regional Wine Week 2009: More wines than we could have imagined

After five days, almost 50 bloggers and writers, some 75 posts, and 50 percent more visitors than last year, Regional Wine Week 2009 is over. And it exceeded our expectations.

We would have been happy to duplicate last year's success, when we had about half as many bloggers and posts. That's because several of our Mainstream Media contributers, faced with what has happened in the newspaper and magazine business over the past 12 months, weren't able to participate. And the economy silenced a number of blogs that sent us links last year. And, frankly, our organizing efforts this year weren't as focused as they were in 2008.

So this year's output was as welcome as it was unexpected. But it shouldn't have been. We, more than anyone, should know that regional wine is an accepted, full-fledged member of the wine community. That people -- a lot of people -- want to write about it should not be surprising.

So we'll keep doing what we're doing, and Regional Wine Week will return in 2010 (tentatively set for Oct. 9-16). And we're already planning our second DrinkLocalWine.com conference and should have announcement about that soon.

Thanks to everyone who participated. And if you write a post abut regional wine and if it's not regional wine week, send us a link and we'll use it on the blog. And if you'd like to be included in the DrinkLocalWine.com blogroll, send us a link as well.

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Regional Wine Week 2009: Day 5

The fifth  day of Regional Wine Week featured more wines, wineries and wine news around North America -- and these are just the highlights:

· Howard Hewitt of Grape Sense on Indiana's Turtle Run Winery.

· Mike Wangbickler of Caveman Wines on Midwestern wine -- not bad for a Californian.

· DrinkLocalWine' honcho Dave McIntyre on Hawaiian wine. Hey, we keep insisting that wine is made in all 50 states.

And we're still happy to take blog posts and articles from anyone who writes about local wine on their blogs -- and local is anywhere that that isn't in California, Oregon, or Washington state. Send us the link. Mention DrinkLocalWine.com and Regional Wine Week and link to the site, and you're done. It's as easy as that.

Welcome to Regional Wine Week 2009

We're in full swing, with the first reports from the more than three dozen bloggers and writers who are participating. The links to their posts are here.

And the best part? We're still getting emails from people who want to participate. All are welcome, and you don't have to be a wine geek to participate. All you need to do is write about your local wine on your blog -- and local is anywhere that that isn't in California, Oregon, or Washington state -- and send us the link. Mention DrinkLocalWine.com and Regional Wine Week and link to the site, and you're done. It's as easy as that.

Second annual regional wine week is set

This is the event that got us started last fall –- a bunch of people blogging about local wine and posting links to their posts on the old, much loved DrinkLocalWine.com Web site. We’re going to do regional wine week again, Oct. 11-17. Details are here.

If anyone wants to participate, send us an email. All you need is a blog or Web site where you can post, and a passion for local wine, wherever local happens to be.

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