Tim Elliott is my friend
Is Tim Elliott is my friend? No, not really. I’ve never met the man.
Tim is famous as one of the original wine bloggers and podcasters with his WineCast site.
I have followed Tim’s WineCast regularly for months and sometimes that kind of familiarity can feel like true friendship. (You know, sorta like the lady who stalked David Letterman for years.) But in this case (don’t worry Tim), I really am Tim’s friend on a website called the OpenWine Consortium.
“What kind of site is OpenWine, John?” you might ask.
OpenWine Consortium is a global, non-profit wine industry association featuring the newest generation of emerging companies, wineries, publishers, services and a motivated community dedicated to changing the world of wine.
If you’re familiar with some of the other networking sites (like LinkedIn or FaceBook) you might recognize the features. Anyone can sign-up as a member and post information about themselves. Your information and the information about hundreds of other members are linked together in a way that helps everyone communicate in a meaningful way.
“Huh? What’s that mean?” would be a normal response right about now.
Think cocktail party, diary, phone book and Christmas card list all rolled into one. It’s pretty new (having just started in February 2008).
Wanna find and visit with other people that know about wine? Join the OpenWine Consortium.
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