Winexpression

Thanks to a security hole in an older version of wordpress, and a hosting company that is slow to provide approved updates, a malicious script installed harmful links in a hidden part of this website. I was able to completely delete all of the malware, and upgrade the site. Just goes to show how important [...]

I don’t know why I do this, it’s just ingrained in me for some reason. I guess I just don’t like how Wine Spectator, in an effort to control searches for wine, allows Google to index deep into it’s site, only to taunt users who click on those results with the solicitation to sign up [...]

To celebrate 10 years online, Wine Spectator is offering free access to it’s website until the end of the month. When signing up, they require an email address to send a link to (a smart way to get some new subscribers if you ask me). Since I’m not a fan of mailing lists, I signed [...]

Over the next week or so, everyone will be keenly interested in how the 2005 vintage of Bordeaux is going to turn out. Many are claiming this to be a great year for the region. To keep you up to date on the goings on in that part of the world, Wine Spectator has commissioned [...]

It’s back! I know Wine Spectator will get wind of it soon and fix it, but for now, access to Wine Spectators paid content is available.
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The power of Google’s cache strikes again!
This time instead of using Google News, we use Google’s Cache through search. Here’s how it works.

Go to Wine Spectator’s site.
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Over 2 years ago, in August of 2003, I got an idea. This new medium called blogging would be great for information on wine. Unfortunately, I wasn’t the first to get this idea (there was one other guy I knew about [at the time]), but I figured I would dabble here and there for a [...]

Winerybound.com aims to make it easy to find the wineries you want to visit by integrating Google maps. Google released it’s API, or code if you will, for it’s map service so people could integrate it onto their site. A few mixes that I like: www.housingmaps.com (uses craigslist housing listings for rentals and for sale [...]

As the population continues to grow, and more and more people become interested in wine, it is becoming more difficult to buy the wine you want. One of the best ways to be assured you’ll receive wine from your favorite producers is to sign up and wait on their mailing list. If you sign up [...]

It was fun while it lasted (I never should have posted about it, I’m sure that’s how they found out). The Wine Spectator hack with Google News is gone! The last of the articles you can read are from September 15th and previous. I checked the other News aggregation sites, Yahoo, MSN, and it appears [...]

You know both websites, most likely you’ve used both at one time or another. But you got tired of paying for a subscription to Wine Specator online, or maybe you just didn’t want to. Now you are missing all the good stories.
It’s amazing what a little dilligence will do for you. I don’t have a [...]