Tom Wark
Tom Wark is an American wine blogger, a public relations professional in the California wine industry, and founder of the American Wine Blog Awards.{{Cite web|last= Glen |first= Ellen, Reuters- Business Wire| url= https://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS152843+18-Feb-2008+BW20080218 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080308063637/http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS152843+18-Feb-2008+BW20080218 | url-status= dead | archive-date= March 8, 2008 |title=American Wine Blog Awards Celebrate Growing Field of Citizen Wine Writers |website= Reuters| date= February 18, 2008 }}
Career
In 2011 Wark's blog was named Best Industry Wine Blog and Best Overall Wine Blog at the [http://wineblogawards.org/from-the-organizers/2011-wine-blog-award-winners-announced/ Wine Blog Awards] in Charlottesville, VA.{{cite web|last=Wright |first=Allan|title=2011 Wine Blog Award Winners Announced|url=http://wineblogawards.org/from-the-organizers/2011-wine-blog-award-winners-announced/|publisher=Wine Blog Awards|accessdate=7 December 2012}} In 2014 Wark's blog won Best Industry/Business Blog at the [http://wineblogawards.org/page/2/ Wine Blog Awards] held in Santa Barbara, California.
He has been described by Mike Steinberger as the wine world's first wine muckraker, using his blog "to expose the absurdity of america’s three-tiered distribution system and the money politics that perpetuates it".{{cite web |last= Steinberger |first= Mike, The World of Fine Wine |title= Everyone a Critic. The Future of Wine Writing |url= http://www.finewinemag.com/docs/SteinbergerWineWriting.pdf |date= March 2008 |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110519182406/http://www.finewinemag.com/docs/SteinbergerWineWriting.pdf |archivedate= 2011-05-19 }} His blogging may explore interstate wine shipping laws, restrictions on what is allowed to be labeled champagne or “old vines”, or feature interviews other wine bloggers,{{Cite web|last= Marcus |first= Lawrence, Food & Wine | url=http://www.foodandwine.com/articles/niche-wine-blogs |title=Niche Wine Blogs | year= 2008 }} though some find its appeal in its unpredictability.{{cite web|last= Heimoff |first= Steve, steveheimoff.com |title= Making wine blogging credible |url= http://steveheimoff.com/?p=66 | date= June 24, 2008}}
Wark is also executive director of the [http://www.nawr.org National Association of Wine Retailers] (NAWR), a role which has positioned him in a public dispute with the Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA) over the three-tier alcohol distribution system.{{cite web|last= Teichgraeber |first= Tim, Decanter.com |title= 'Storm' of negative pr as wine.com sneaks on rivals |url= http://www.decanter.com/news/174024.html |date= January 15, 2008 }}{{cite web|last= Arnold |first= Eric, Wine Spectator |title= Wine.com Conducts Sting Operation Against Other Retailers |url= http://www.winespectator.com/Wine/Features/0,1197,4203,00.html |date= January 8, 2008 }}
In 2013 Wark become one of the founders of the [http://www.wineconsumers.org American Wine Consumer Coalition], a national organization that advocates on behalf of the rights of wine consumers.
See also
References
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- [http://wine.appellationamerica.com/wine/writer/Tom_Wark.html Tom Wark bio] appellationamerica.com
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External links
- [http://fermentationwineblog.com/ Tom Wark's Fermentation: The Daily Wine Blog]
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