About

The first American Wine Blog Awards were given in 2007 for the 2006 calendar year. Created by Tom Wark and hosted on his blog Fermention, the awards quickly became the leading means of identifying excellence in wine blogging.

Wine blogs are nominated for awards by the general public and the top finalists for each awards category are selected by a panel of judges. Awards are given based on a combination of the judges’ opinions and a public vote.

In 2010, the Wine Blog Awards are undergoing changes and will be administered by the folks at the North American Wine Bloggers Conference, primarily Allan Wright from Zephyr Adventures and Joel Vincent from OpenWine Consortium, via this new website. The awards will be presented at the North American Wine Bloggers Conference – live for the first time.