I was interested to see over at Robert Mackintosh's site a wine related search facility I had not come across before. Able Grape is not simply a facility for finding someone who sells a particular wine like Wine Searcher. They describe themselves as "We're a wine search engine — not for comparison shopping, but for learning and research. We aim to be the world's most comprehensive, up-to-date, and authoritative source for online wine information."
I gave it a try and typed in Grapefan and was amazed to find in amongst the (painfully few) results a review of a wine I had done early on in my days of blogging. The review had been used by the producer in Israel, Yarden Wines, for a magazine they had produced. I felt quite honoured! It also reminded me how anything you put up on the web is fair game for others to use.
I'm going to add a button to this blog to access Able Grape directly from this site when I have the time to work out how to do it.
Robert's site also now has a list of UK blogs. I've asked him to add this site to his list in a bid to get a few more readers and some valuable input.
Saturday, 19 April 2008
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Actually, anything you put on the web is most certainly NOT fair game for others. Any original content is copyright the author.
I notice that the Yarden Wines newsletter does actually credit both you and "Grapefan's Wine Adventures" (shame they didn't include your URL though). If I were you I'd drop them an email and say that while you were delighted that they used your piece, if they'd let you know they were using it you could have provided a link to the newsletter from your site.
Done!
Thanks for the support
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