Portugual of corse hehe👊

Doug really? No one stand out? What in the world had you drink?

Do you think South African wine is enough of a niche? That's my focus :)

Thanks, all. Wine is niche, so it's unlikely to see massive numbers anyway. WAAAY smaller numbers than food, or toys (which explains why you can build a following by filming the unwrapping of rarer toys and collectibles).

Glad I found this- was getting disheartened that my KZbin wine channel isn't at 1million views yet :p when it comes to content... there are so many youtubers who have millions of subscribers and all they talk about is themselves- that makes me perplexed!

Awesome interview with the legend.

From the wine pros: tooth care is important!

Great to hear Gary talk about marketing and wine!

Good information. I think it will help me improve my blog allot.

Thanks for posting this Joe

Fantastic... Kind regards Victor Marques

The better independent retailers are talking to those 'Costco people' every day. Everyday of the last decade I've tried to pull up those people in a P2P way. Online i try to speak to the geeks. The brands that can inspire the indie retailers can make a real difference in the USA wine landscape.

Austin - I've got a different view. Because ratings have subjective and contextual elements to them, they can only really tell you where one person sees that wine on a continuum of worst to best in the world. That doesn't help you as a consumer in terms of whether or not you'd actually like it, which is far more important. So the rating only makes sense for you if already know that critic tends to favorably rate wines that you enjoy.

...helping the market understand which wines to purchase. And youtube needs a comment edit button for when you accidentally hit done.

So is a rating more objective or should they be graded on a curve? Should the rating reflect the quality vs its peers? If the rating is worth anything, it is worth

Far right, in the small percentage trying to do something serious with this stuff. Whether I'm successful at that is another matter!

Where would you place yourself in your bell curve?

Hello, the list can be found on winesofportugal (dot) info in the news section.

thanks

Great video dude. You are so right here.

Where is Doug's list dude?

:) Thanks, Julio!

Good to see you here Joe. I must admit you had me tricked for a second with the fireplace and the home Tuscany...LOL I was looking for the blonde hair. Thanks for sharing. Cheers Julio @JulioArmas

Thanks - dont have more vids from there I'm afraid, but more coverage (written/photos/etc.) hopefully coming son!

Thanks. I'd love to see more of the Crete videos to get a feel for the place.

Yeah, man - they're actually bugs. And I wanted them dead! :)

Wow those birds are relentless. Nice piece, I enjoyed it

Nick - well, in hindsight some of those ratings would get adjusted up/down based more on my experience level now, so in a certain context (ah ha! :) they are "wrong"...

"I'm happy to be wrong." I'd put it this way--nah, you weren't wrong. The thing is, you were JUST as right then as you are now. It's a context thing. -Nick

Nice! (I especially thought the camera-work in the open sequence was award-worthy!) I think this needs to be an annual event for the Top Wine Bloggers -- hey, maybe we can get Jancis and Bobby to join in!

You make some great points, said things which needed to be said, lots of head nodding here and like you say if you build it [a genuine wine-blog] the "samples" will come. Cheers!

sorry Fred deserves better presentation. So much background noise, commotion, hard to hear

Joe, It is too bad that someone would think that they are "all that and a bag of chips" to demand wine. In the year that I have been video blogging I have never asked for wine. I have a spot on my site that lets people how to send wine if they want, but I don't ask. You are right.. I am just myself and if they find value in me reviewing their wines they will just send them. I look forward to chatting with you in Portland!

At 5:20 you talk about the need to own a very small niche in order to build a motivated audience. While that's probably a fair point, there's also value to breadth because real people have a big breadth. All great writers and leaders have breadth. It may be that this over-specialization is a limiting factor on the audience potential. Think about "Juliet Naked" by Nick Hornby and your advice to get even more niche-y. Being passionate about small shiz maybe "internet cool" but it's lame IRL.

Nicely done. I learned something about Chile.

DUDES!

that was so kool!! u got boxed beeeatch!! lol

Hey Man. Just stumbled upon your vids. Nice work. Maybe we can do a video tag team tasting.

Great episode! Another great choco-wine pairing is Banyuls and dark chocolate.

Nice. I use a chiller similar to yours, but mine has a velcro closure so you adjust it. I never use it to actually chill wine though, I didn't know it would do it. I use it to prolong the coldness of already chilled wine, especially bubbly. Never saw the Torkscrew before, but I noticed they get iffy reviews for durability on Amazon. Looks like yours has held up.

Awesome bro! Les Claypool is by far the most down to earth extraterestrial musician wine man! Met him, Chad and his family up in Sebastopol Ca. Best damn wine, cerviche and pork belly risotto I ever had! Les served us all himself! The Fancy Blend is my Favorite!!

Good stuff dude! Join the #fortifiedfrdiday next week.

Can't hear a word you're saying. Can you get a mic next time?

Zork looks like a marital aid device! I love it, I was thinking the same thing!

But will **I** survive this? lol

Hope to visit there someday. Thank you for the teaser :)

I'm a Photodude that love California wine country. Nice to know there's a Winedude!!!