The Definitive List of UK Wine Bloggers
Posted on April 23, 2010 by Andrew Barrow in Articles
The definitive list of UK wine bloggers – no ratings, rankings or popularity scores, just a simple list of those who blog predominately about wine in its various forms.
One non-UK based blog is intentionally in the list due to their growing influence and rapport with the UK wine trade, their marvellous work in promoting social media in the wine field and organising the European Wine Bloggers conference.
Just following half of those listed will give an excellent overview of the UK wine scene – what’s hot, what’s chilling, what’s good down the supermarket…
It would be great for a comment or email altering me to any I have missed, as I am certain to have done. The only criteria is that the blog must be predominantly about wine (sorry Douglas) and be based in the UK or write about the UK wine scene. Each authors twitter tag is also listed.
These are personal blogs only. I’ll look into compiling a list of retailer blogs and winery blogs if there is enough interest and people send me their details.
The UK’s Wine Bloggers:
- Andrew Jefford – sure you can work out who writes this one!
- Anthony Rose – guess who…
- Big Pinots – from David Lowe Twitter: bigpinots
- Catavino – from Gabriella and Ryan based in Spain, covering Iberian wines Twitter: catavino
- Cellar Fella – from Simon Burnton. Twitter: TheCellarFella
- ClueLessAboutWine – written by ‘Charlie’
- Confessions of a Wino – from Alastair Bathgate
- Drinking Outside the Box – from Simon Woods Twitter: Woods Wine
- FoodWineTravel – written by Sommelier Robert Ciorgione
- Graped Crusader – by Richard Saxton Twitter: @GrapedCrusader
- Grape Fan – penned by Colin Smith
- Intoxicating Prose – by dapper man-about-town Douglas Blyde Twitter: douglasblyde
- Jamie Goode’s Wine Blog – from Jamie Goode
- Jim’s Loire – from Jim Budd, focus is on news and wines from the Loire Twitter: JymBudd
- Liquid Assets – from Heather Dougherty and Heather Aitken
- Miss Bouquet – written by the lovely Miss Bouquet! Twitter: MissBouquet
- Oenotype – from David Derbyshire
- Old Parn – from Tom Parnell Twitter: billicatons
- Pinotage Club all things Pinotage from Peter May
- Quentin Sadler’s Wine Page – by Quentin Sadler
- Spittoon – thats this blog Twitter: wine_scribbler
- The Tasting Note – penned by Peter Wood
- The Wine Detective – from Sarah Ahmed
- The Wine Doctor – from Chris Kissack
- The Wine Maestro – by Brett Jones
- The Wine Sleuth – from Denise Madrano. Handy with the video camera is our Denise. Twitter: thewinesleuth
- The Wine Twit – from Jez Greespan. Twitter the_winetwit
- Thirst for Wine from Robert MacIntosh Twitter: thirstforwine
- Tim’s Wine Blog – from, umm, Tim, focusing on supermarket wine ranges
- Tipple Tattle – from Eleanor Read Twitter: @tippletattle (not active?)
- UKWinesOnline – from John Boutall, concentrating on the UK’s independent wine merchant scene
- Wine Food Other Pleasures – by Lucy Bridgers Twitter: lucybridgers
- Wine Gums – by Christopher Townend (not active?) Twitter Wine Gums
- Wine Passionista – Tara Devon Twitter: tara_devon
- Wine of the Week – by Gavin Williams Twitter: WineOfTheWeek
- The Wine Maestro – by Brett Jones Twitter: TheWineMaestro
- Wine Rant – by Richard Bray Twitter: RichardWHBray
- Wine The Gap – by Chris Bryant Twitter: TheChrisBryant
- Wine Tipster – by Neil Philips Twitter: thewinetipster
- Wines We Drink – written by Katrina Percy
- Wine Wire – no idea who writes this one
- Wine Woman and Song – by Juel Mahoney. Also Vinissima, specialising in Italian wine. Twitter: WineWomanSong
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Peter May says:
Post Author 23/04/2010 at 5:51 pmPinotage Club http://www.pinotage.org
by me, living in England, blogging about Pinotage
Peter May says:
Post Author 23/04/2010 at 5:58 pmNick Stephens — http://bordeaux-undiscovered.blogspot.com/ detailed interesting focusing about Bdx
I thought Robert McIntosh was at http://wineconversation.com/ – I didn’t know about thirstforwine. Busy boy
Andrew says:
Post Author 24/04/2010 at 3:53 amPeter, how on earth I could have missed you off the list! Sorry about that… and Nick’s blog will be first on the list of the retailers!
Thanks.
Colin Smith says:
Post Author 27/04/2010 at 9:46 pmI’d be happy for you to add me…………..
The Winesleuth says:
Post Author 01/05/2010 at 3:05 pmWhy, thank you Andrew! I feel honoured to be in such esteemed company AND there are a few other chick wine bloggers on the list. Great to see! Thanks for the comment on the videos, when are you going to feature in one of mine?
wine_scribbler says:
Post Author 01/05/2010 at 5:32 pmDidn’t someone once say you either have a face for radio or a voice for TV? I don’t have either
Douglas says:
Post Author 10/05/2010 at 12:09 pmI’ve just written a wine themed post. Does that mean I qualify, please?
Ian Griffith says:
Post Author 27/05/2010 at 10:54 pmYou might include Peter Wood at thetastingnote.com for some flavor north of the border.
Robert McIntosh (@thirstforwine) says:
Post Author 28/05/2010 at 2:00 pmThanks Andrew. Came across this post on Miss Bouquet’s blog.
I’ve been trying to keep a “comprehensive” list of UK blogs up to date for a while on my site. I’ve got over 70 now (quite a shock when I counted them) covering lots of different categories. If you come across any new ones do let me know
http://wineconversation.com/wine-blogs/
Quentin Sadler says:
Post Author 29/05/2010 at 11:34 pmHi
I am disappointed that you missed me out! I am proud of my content and work hard at it and am not selling anything – care to set the record straight?
Thanks, Quentin Sadler
quentinsadler.wordpress.com
Katrina Percy says:
Post Author 30/05/2010 at 1:15 amI’m new so please go easy on me, my blog is simply a diary of my learning.
Thanks
David Derbyshire says:
Post Author 30/05/2010 at 12:41 pmHi Andrew
I would love to be included in your list. I’m a UK wine blogger – perhaps not the most regular, but I am passionate about the subject and keen to get more into it. I’m even thinking of going to Vienna in October for EWBC (if I can get a psss from the OH!)
Cheers and keep up the great work – always enjoy your posts.
David
wine_scribbler says:
Post Author 30/05/2010 at 3:05 pmHappy to add you David. See you in Vienna!
Anthony Rose says:
Post Author 01/06/2010 at 1:04 amI hope you will consider my blog for any future such lists. Thanks. Anthony
sarah ahmed says:
Post Author 01/06/2010 at 8:48 amHi Andrew
I picked up on this in the blog at http://www.vinography.com and agree that there’s been an ambivalence towards being defined as a blogger among the UK wine writing community. Myself included until last summer! I was persuaded to blog after I met Ryan and Gabriella Opaz of Catavino and revamped my long overdue for a revamp static 10 page website at http://www.thewinedetective.co.uk. And I’m enjoying the creativity of blogging so much that I’m about to revamp it again to make the blog more prominent, which is why you may have missed it! (My website is also home to in depth regional reports pages on my areas of focus: Australia, the Loire, Portugal & S Africa). Sarah Ahmed, The Wine Detective
Andrew says:
Post Author 01/06/2010 at 6:09 pmSarah and Anthony – a pleasure to add you both; those Catavino fellas have a lot to answer for
Gavino says:
Post Author 02/06/2010 at 7:08 pmThanks Andrew
I’ve just launched a new version of my blog – it’s still full of irreverent wine nonsense but it looks a whole lot nicer.
Cheers!!
Wineoftheweek
Neil "Monty"Phillips says:
Post Author 04/06/2010 at 5:18 pmHi Andrew,
Great stuff and thank you very much. By the way Monty is my nickname, which I have had since I was ten.
I recently took part in an interview on Radio Oxford about my journey from punk to pinot!I’m a huge music fan.
People are tracking the whole blogging community at increasing rates and your list has been widely circulated.
Cheers Neil Phillips a.k.a. Monty Phillips The Wine Tipster.
wine_scribbler says:
Post Author 05/06/2010 at 4:56 amThe list is a work in progress, a couple have been deleted (due to moving over seas or having not been updated for a few months) and several have been added. I’m sure there must be a few more to add…
Glad people have found it useful.
vinosambiz says:
Post Author 11/06/2010 at 10:08 pmHi, I’ve been blogging about the day-to-day activities related to my wine project for over a year now (organic vineyard, winery, etc). The only thing is, is that I’m based in Spain!!! but I’m a British citizen, dammit! so please include me in your list
Jim Budd says:
Post Author 17/10/2010 at 10:14 pmCan’t see Tim Atkin on the list:
http://blog.timatkin.com/
but then Tim is quiet, unassuming but I think may well have talent if encouraged…
Apologies if he is there and I’ve missed him.
Richard Saxton says:
Post Author 31/03/2011 at 11:47 amHi, thanks for including me! Could you please make the link my shiny new website: http://www.thegrapedcrusader.co.uk
Thanks
The Sediment Blog says:
Post Author 20/05/2011 at 5:04 pmOver a year on, but… if you update the list, we hope we’ve earnt a place!
Tom Lewis says:
Post Author 13/06/2011 at 9:01 amWant to add in Cambridge Wine Blogger ?
http://cambridgewineblogger.blogspot.com/
@CambWineBlogger
Cheers, Tom
Charles Saunders says:
Post Author 25/08/2011 at 5:35 pmHi would you please consider my blog for inclusion on your list? Thanks Charles
Charles Saunders Tel: +44 (0)7824 415797
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