About Doug Wilder

Doug Wilder - Founder, Wine Reviewer

doug@wildernapavalley.com

As a native of Northern California who regularly took trips to the vineyards of Napa and Sonoma during the 1960’s with my parents for Sunday drives, visiting the wineries introduced me to the sights and smells that helped fuel my passion for wines to this day. I always had an inquisitive nose for aromas and many years later realized that all of the training I had subjected it to prepared me pretty well for a career in wine. After starting in the business in 1990 I began writing about what I found in wine for the benefit of my clients. Over the last ten years I worked with two of the most influential domestic wine companies in the country based in the middle of Napa Valley where I continued to evolve the discipline of tasting, writing and reviewing.

The purely domestic wine blog is a unique source of consumer information as it is the only independently written blog dedicated to reviewing domestic wines produced in California, Oregon and Washington. The focus on emerging, cutting-edge producers who likely have not hit the mainstream press yet, brought to you from the local perspective. Thank you for taking the time to read it regularly.

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About Lulu Roberts

Lulu Roberts - Executive Coordinator, Writer/SF

lulu@wildernapavalley.com

Lulu joined the purely domestic wine blog in Spring 2009 shortly after arriving from London. Her enthusiasm for all things food and wine oriented and the fact that she lives in San Francisco led me to appoint her in November 2009 as my official eyes, ears and ‘pen’ for essentially all urban activities related to this website. 

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    Nov152009

    Thanks for the love on Alawine, whatever it all means

    Just recently I came across a listing at Alawine.com that showed my blog ranked #20 in the list of networked blogs. I was surprised and happy to just be on the list. And then a funny thing happened after I posted about it on Facebook, I started moving up the rankings, getting as high as #8. Within a few days though the site reset the rankings to zero and after a few weeks now find the blog ranked a pretty solid #5.

    The whole concept of “voting” for a particular blog is a mystery that escapes me as how to do it. A few mouse clicks are all it takes. Try it out if you have the time. 

     

    Reader Comments (1)

    Doug,

    I am similarly mystified as to how "votes" happen, or even "visits", but I am pleased to be on the same list with you.

    John
    John on wine, food, and living in wine country

    January 3, 2010 | Unregistered CommenterJohn Cesano

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