
Because the wine industry needs muckrakers too—By Tom Wark
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Can credentialing be more than proof a person can complete a course of study?
It has been my view for a very long time that obtaining a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college in a reasonable amount of time doesn’t mean much more than...
A question of integrity and why it matters
As far as I can tell, only one set of awards for wine writing and communication is currently running: The 67 Pall Mall Global Wine Communicator Awards. I’m not sure the genre deserves more than on...
Even as Natural Wine enthusiasts, producers, and champions argued over the role of sulfur in wine, whether some subtle filtration is ok, and whether certain characteristics that conventional winemakers consider faults are actually ok in a w...
What can be done to preserve the viability of human-generate wine writing?
If you are a wine writer with aspirations for building a large, loyal audience that doesn’t just hang on your words and recommendations, but interacts with you and...
Medical Institutions and the media work hand in glove against wine...for money
Media coverage is starting to accelerate around the publication of a new study out of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicinethat has been published a...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
Tom Wark is a media and public relations professional in the wine industry. Since 2004 he has published FERMENTATION, a source of commentary on the wine industry. Tom is a father, husband, brother, and friend. He lives in Salem, Oregon.
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