BoozeMonkey Update (31st March 2009)

Can you believe March is over? I blinked and it was gone!

And what a week we had last week. Busy? My feet didn't touch the ground. We had an amazing run of new winery signups, bringing our total to just shy of 200 for the month!

Our request for stories about vintage hasn't gone unheeded by the wineries: some are stories of success whereas others are stories of disappointment and great sadness in those areas hit by smoke-damage from the Victoria bushfires, but all of them bring us a little closer to understanding what goes into the making of our favourite wines : http://www.boozemonkey.com/forum.php?c=topic&op=index&cid=5&tid=30

And we have a winner for our Friday Monkey wine competition! I have been asked not to give out her name (she's worried her friends will turn up and drink it all), but I spoke to her earlier today and she is delighted with her prize. Aas well she might be: it's not every day you win a $240 case of wine. So congratulations and we look forward to reading the reviews. Next week I will give you the details of our NEW competition.

Here are a few more interesting links for you:

* Richard Randall (aka The Wine Connoisseur) is based in France and he will be blogging about his experiences there for us from time to time. He has an idyllic lifestyle in Corbieres and has a very novel way of uncorking bottles. Check out his blog and the link to his website : http://www.boozemonkey.com/profile.php?user=aude11360

* And if you want to read a some fantastic reviews from a man who lives and breathes wine (and who catches some ENORMOUS fish), then do yourself a favour and take a look at Roscoe Halligan's blog -- he usually has me in stitches and always has me reaching for the corkscrew : http://www.boozemonkey.com/profile.php?user=Roscoe1

As always, we are very grateful to you all for your support and for introducing your friends, helping us to make BoozeMonkey THE social network for Aussie & New Zealand wine-lovers: as you know, our aim is to create the most comprehensive wine information resource on the internet, and to bring you closer to your favourite wineries. And with your help, we're doing it.

That's all from me -- have a great week.

Cheers!

Matt
http://www.boozemonkey.com/