Hello, all!

The Internet never ceases to amaze me.

As some of you may know I still have a day job as we get the winery going as new owners, and that job is in Information Technology. I have been working with computers for many years, long enough that I have grown up with the Internet and feel pretty comfortable with how it works.

Imagine my surprise when the Google news search I have setup points me to http://blog.winerywebsitereport.com/2008/04/new-winery-blog.html and I see the following article (excerpt attached):
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New Winery Blog: Wyandotte Winery
Owned by Robin and Valerie Coolidge, Wyandotte Winery is located in Columbus, OH. It has an interesting history, dating back to the construction of the original winery by Amish builders in 1977.

Less than two weeks old, the Wyandotte Winery blog has a great deal less history behind it. And one never knows how these brand-new winery blogs are going to work out, since many are started “because we oughta.”
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Wow. Amazing. I put up some blogging software to do some experimenting. I want to see what it is all about, what it entails, how it works. Just a “sandbox” to play in. No links to it, I think no one will see it. The next thing I know a link is posted on a site about winery websites, and it is public. Did I say amazing?

Before I go on, I would like to thank the gentleman from Winery Website Report who wrote that article. I appreciate the information, agree 100%, and will work hard to implement the suggestions.

The main points, I think, were “write interesting stuff” and “keep it updated”. Updated we can do. The obvious question becomes “what is interesting?” If you happen to get to this blog and have some ideas, let us know. In the mean time, we will do our best to come up with our own ideas. If we decide the blog is not a good idea, we will not allow it to get stale, we will remove it.

Thanks!

Hello, friends!

Well, Valerie recently attended a conference on wine marketing, and during the conference she learned that many of you enjoy reading blogs.  Never the ones to deny our customer’s wants and needs, introducing the Wyandotte Winery Blog!

I am not sure what we will be discussing here.  I am thinking about writing about the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s) that I get when people come into the winery.  I am sure Valerie has plenty of ideas too.  In any case, check back often, or subscribe to the RSS feed, and let’s see how this works!

As always, thank you for being a friend of Wyandotte!

Robin