www.aroundmelbourne.com.au needs a wine reviewer

aroundthecity · Post by **aroundthecity** » Mon May 12, 2008 8:36 pm

Hello,

We are in pre launch/ development of our latest website

Our site is an Online Guide to Melbourne and regional Victoria and offers information on bars,cafes,restaurants and service available in Victoria.

We have decided to include a Wine review section and are interested in obtaining wine review input from interested parties,
The process is updated entirely online and will provide valuable information to a broad user base.
In return, interested parties will be permitted to promote their services within the author section. Additionally, an ad will be included on the wine review page highlighting your companyÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s product and services.

If you are interested or require additional information please contact us to discuss.

Regards

AL

TORB · Post by **TORB** » Tue May 13, 2008 7:59 am

Good luck. :roll:

aroundthecity · Post by **aroundthecity** » Thu May 15, 2008 8:11 pm

Thanks mate.

I had a look at your website.
Quite a bit of wine industry cloke and dagger stuff.

And i thought it was all about drinking the sauce.

regards
AL

Craig(NZ) · Post by **Craig(NZ)** » Fri May 16, 2008 5:58 am

Quite a bit of wine industry cloke and dagger stuff.

Yeah bring back Serge I say :lol:

TORB · Post by **TORB** » Fri May 16, 2008 6:40 am

aroundthecity wrote:Thanks mate.

I had a look at your website.
Quite a bit of wine industry cloke and dagger stuff.

And i thought it was all about drinking the sauce.

I guess the 3,800 tasting notes and thousands of pages of Tour Diaries don't qualify in your eyes. :roll:

My site is free to all wine lovers, contains no advertising and generates no revenue and is completely independent. Its a labour of love and is designed to assist wine lovers, not make money. (Other than your site being free,) can you say any of that about your site?

...... and please tell us, have you had anyone take you up on the offer you made here and on Winestar?

Daniel Jess · Post by **Daniel Jess** » Fri May 16, 2008 12:18 pm

lol that's a bit rough. Give the chap a chance, they're just starting out.
Mind you, the site looks in the very early stages.

I would post wine reviews there but this forum and my own blog would definitely take precedence.

It's hard to start anything new on the internet these days.. TORBWine is brilliant, AL - you should definitely check it out and see what others are doing.

Craig(NZ) · Post by **Craig(NZ)** » Fri May 16, 2008 1:08 pm

AL

TORB isnt that bad usually you prob just got him before he took his medication. Old folks get cranky sometimes

C

Gavin Trott · Post by **Gavin Trott** » Fri May 16, 2008 1:43 pm

Craig(NZ) wrote:AL

TORB isnt that bad usually you prob just got him before he took his medication. Old folks get cranky sometimes

C

immature_grape · Post by **immature_grape** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 9:47 pm

TORB I'm curious why you don't put some adverting on your site to generate a bit of passive income?

TORB · Post by **TORB** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 6:04 am

Its a matter of philosophical principle. My site is not about making money, its about the love of wine and sharing that love freely. It will never contain advertising or cost anything.

For a long time I have felt the world would be a better place is there was less greed and people were not driven by an "I want more" attitude, - so I am just practising what I feel.

Everything doesn't have to be about making money.

Most people would think that's a crazy attitude but that's fine, I am happy doing what I am doing.

Wayno · Post by **Wayno** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 9:02 am

Good man.

Craig(NZ) · Post by **Craig(NZ)** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 9:49 am

Its a matter of philosophical principle. My site is not about making money, its about the love of wine and sharing that love freely. It will never contain advertising or cost anything.

For a long time I have felt the world would be a better place is there was less greed and people were not driven by an "I want more" attitude, - so I am just practising what I feel.

Everything doesn't have to be about making money.

Most people would think that's a crazy attitude but that's fine, I am happy doing what I am doing.
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agree with the ol fulla here, hobbies dont have to be about money and the other thing is you can be a bit of an ass on your own website occassioanlly without having to answer to advertisers indirect pressure or pressure on yourself to be a certain someway for people. Money relieves you of the luxury of 'not caring less' and perhaps also makes it more difficult to be completely honest

For the same reasons I never look for samples from anyone and in fact look to avoid it. I wanna pay my own way, owe no one anything and they owe nothing to me.

dlo · Post by **dlo** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 4:23 pm

aroundthecity wrote:Thanks mate.

I had a look at your website.
Quite a bit of wine industry cloke and dagger stuff.

And I thought it was all about drinking the sauce.

regards
AL

Well, you thought 'it' a little wrong, AL.

Being ITB (any business for that matter) can mean you're loathe to speak your mind, you say nice things when they're not true, you duckshove, you overpoint, you brown-nose, you connive, you back-stab ..... because you want to go places or get a little more of this or a lot more of that ..... pffffftttt!

I can count on one hand the very few fiercely independent wine writer's in this country, who, at whatever personal expense, are prepared to expose both the good and the bad of the industry for the common good of the passionate wine drinker and, just as importantly, for the good of the industry as a whole. Ric's propensity to expose some of the "bad" things, without fear or favour, is a bloody good thing. If TORB attached "commercial interest" to his site, in order to attract the "dollar" perhaps the content might just have to be somewhat different. Knowing the bloke, I'm glad it's just the way it is and hope it stays that way.

Michael McNally · Post by **Michael McNally** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 10:04 am

aroundthecity wrote:Quite a bit of wine industry cloke and dagger stuff.

I thought the misspelling of cloak was a kind of subtle, ironic homage to TORB :wink:

Bert Werden · Post by **Bert Werden** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 4:16 pm

dlo wrote:Being ITB (any business for that matter) can mean you're loathe to speak your mind, you say nice things when they're not true, you duckshove, you overpoint, you brown-nose, you connive, you back-stab ..... because you want to go places or get a little more of this or a lot more of that ..... pffffftttt!.

...and that's just what goes down on Mondays! :shock:

Gavin Trott · Post by **Gavin Trott** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 4:23 pm

Bert Werden wrote:
dlo wrote:Being ITB (any business for that matter) can mean you're loathe to speak your mind, you say nice things when they're not true, you duckshove, you overpoint, you brown-nose, you connive, you back-stab ..... because you want to go places or get a little more of this or a lot more of that ..... pffffftttt!.

...and that's just what goes down on Mondays!

Bert Who???

:oops:

GraemeG · Post by **GraemeG** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 4:51 pm

TORB wrote:For a long time I have felt the world would be a better place is there was less greed and people were not driven by an "I want more" attitude, - so I am just practising what I feel.

Everything doesn't have to be about making money.

Jeez, no wonder they kicked you off eBob... :wink:

cheers,
Graeme

Craig(NZ) · Post by **Craig(NZ)** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 7:25 pm

Jeez, no wonder they kicked you off eBob...

even i havent been kicked off ebob!!!

oh hang on, i never joined either :lol:

dlo · Post by **dlo** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 9:01 am

Craig(NZ) wrote:
Jeez, no wonder they kicked you off eBob...

even i havent been kicked off ebob!!!

oh hang on, i never joined either

I thought TORB only leaves these establishments of his own accord ...... :wink:

dlo · Post by **dlo** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 9:07 am

Gavin Trott wrote:
Bert Werden wrote:
dlo wrote:Being ITB (any business for that matter) can mean you're loathe to speak your mind, you say nice things when they're not true, you duckshove, you overpoint, you brown-nose, you connive, you back-stab ..... because you want to go places or get a little more of this or a lot more of that ..... pffffftttt!.

...and that's just what goes down on Mondays!

Bert Who???

Werden, Gavin ...... Werden, the surname in the upper left hand corner! Although, after looking at the bloke I'd reckon there's somethin' pretty fishy about that name. Depol? :wink: