Home Wine U The Buzz Wine Reviews Calendar Fun Stuff About Us Key Contacts Search FAQ Links		Frequently Asked Questions To submit a question, please write us at rwb@redwinebuzz.com. What is redwinebuzz.com? Is redwinebuzz.com only about red wine? Is redwinebuzz.com only about the Central Coast? Who writes your articles and reviews? Do you accept article submissions? Do you sell the wines you review? How do you select wines for review? Do you accept wine samples for review? Why can't I smell and taste all those things you describe in the wines you review? How does your rating scale work? So what is this website? Is it a blog? redwinebuzz.com is an independent Internet Publication. It is structured differently than a blog and adheres to more stringent principles. (read more)  Back to top The name of the site is redwinebuzz.com, are you only about red wine? We write about all types and colors of wine (white, red, rosé, sparkling, port and dessert) in a way designed to convey to the reader the most accurate depiction of the sensory aspects of the wine without interjecting preferences of style or variety.  Back to top Do you write only about Central Coast wines? We focus primarily on California's Central Coast. This is because we feel this region has historically been eclipsed by Napa (as well as France and other renown European wine producing regions) and has not received the deserved dedicated coverage. Our proximity to the region also allows us to visit its different areas several times a month. This allows us to bring you in-depth and up-to-date information about this very exciting region. However, there are great wines being made outside the Central Coast. We do not actively seek out those wines for review as that is not the intended format of our publication. Nonetheless, we are occasionally asked to offer an independent opinion of wines sourced and produced outside our "beat" and we are happy to give our impressions of those wines. More information.  Back to top Who writes your articles and reviews? All wines reviewed on redwinebuzz.com are evaluated only by the founder, Arthur Z Przebinda. Arthur also writes all editorial and commentary. He conducts and writes all interviews. He also oversees all redwinebuzz.com content and maintains editorial control. Clear and specific attribution is made when an article not written by Arthur is attributed specifically. Arthur is the chief editor of all redwinebuzz.com content. Some articles are not attributed to a single author and are result of collaboration between Arthur and Irene Gross. Arthur maintains editorial control in these instances. All other articles written by a sole author (other than Arthur) are clearly attributed. Arthur maintains editorial control in these instances.  Back to top Do you accept article submissions? redwinebuzz.com is willing to consider article submissions on a case-by-case basis. We cannot, however, offer remuneration at this time. In the event that an article will be accepted, redwinebuzz.com will retain editorial control over the piece and reserves the right to redact submissions to suit the tone, styling and formatting. Articles comprising a scheme intended to increase search engine rankings and to boost another site's traffic or advertising copy styled to look like an editorial or feature article will not be accepted. These are dubious practices, at best, and accepting such articles would compromise our principles and constitute a surrender of editorial control. Back to top. I'd like to buy a wine you have reviewed. Do you sell wines? The purpose of redwinebuzz.com, as an Internet Publication, is to be a conduit of wine information between wine lovers and Central Coast wines. To sell the wines we review would represent a conflict of interest and compromise impartiality. Each review has several hyperlinks to the winery's on-line store or to an establishment which sells the wine. You can click on the label image or on the link in the write up of the wine. We also recommend Wine Searcher.  Back to top How do you go about selecting wines to review? In keeping with the structure and mission of redwinebuzz.com as an Internet Publication, tasting notes and recommendations of wine constitute a large part of this site's content. To provide this content, we obtain wines through several avenues: We visit wine country, tasting and purchasing wines which we feel we can recommend. In addition, we visit stores in our area for wines to try and possibly review. Wineries also submit wines to us for review. Whether purchased in a store, through a tasting room or submitted as a media sample, all wines are subjected to the same critical analysis.  Back to top Do you accept wine samples for review? Yes, we do. If you would like to submit your wines for review, click here. Back to top I can't smell and taste all those things you describe in wines. Why is that? There is nothing wrong with you. Sensory assessment is like a foreign language. If you listen to people speak a language with which you are not familiar, you can't distinguish one word from another. Your brain, being unfamiliar with the sounds and their groupings, has no reference point and so it can't identify the words. Wine tasting is a similar experience when you are a novice. More often than not, it is unfamiliarity that limits one's full sensory experience of a wine. It comes down on learning smells, flavors and textures like a language and becoming an "Informed Sensory Observer". There are commercial kits of essential scents available to help one achieve this. One can also build their own reference aroma kit. Some may choose to skip this step and simply compare their sensory findings with tasting notes on a site like this one. The tasting environment can also have a great impact on your experience: smoking, strong perfumes and colognes, scented lotions, potpourri, incense or other air fresheners can overpower and overload the sense of smell. Read more about training your brain here. Back to top What's the deal with your rating scale? The redwinebuzz.com rating scale combines our founder's experience with wines and his belief that readers deserve consistent and clear wine description. Our rating system emphasizes complexity and balance rather than high extraction. For the purpose of numerical scoring, we had initially adopted a 100 point scale because it is both widely used and most easily understood by the public. However, since our system does not rate wine on a comparative basis or based on a subjective perception of quality or preference, we are moving away from a numerical system and towards a five-star system addressing the components assessed. The majority of the 100-point score (implemented by redwinebuzz.com in the past) is based on the merit of the component grapes and expected characteristics of a wine of a particular style. No numerical rating system is perfect. You are welcome to review our rating scale. Back to top. What is an Internet Publication? An Internet Publication is more formally structured than a blog. Blogs are on-line journals, usually written by enthusiasts but also by journalists from established, mass media venues and professionals from a field related to the topic of the blog. Blogs take a casual form and voice, reflecting the personality and personal feelings of its author, typically without the oversight of an editor, often with the intention of commenting or initiating discussion of different topics. An Internet Publication: Is structured to offer its content in multiple tiers: It features general content in the form of resources available to all visitors. This content is intended to inform and educate readers on the background of its topic of focus but is also comprised of archived, previously released material. An Internet Publication also regularly releases and distributes new content to its subscribers before making it available to the general public. Has an editorial direction and is obligated to follow a set of journalistic and ethical standards with the benefit of the reader as its guiding principle.   Has a responsibility to inform its readers and to address all aspects of a subject in an informative manner rather than embellishing the discussion of a subject with the author's opinion. Seeks to inform and commentate while adhering to journalistic standards of accuracy and veracity. The publishers and writers producing an Internet Publication have an obligation be informed and understand all aspects of the areas and subjects they cover. Goes beyond an enthusiast’s opinion and speaks responsibly, drawing its voice of authority from fairness and knowledge of and experience with the subject matter. In adhering to high journalistic standards, it should be free of relationships and entanglements which would cast doubt on its credibility and impartiality, ones which would serve or benefit parties other than its readers or relationships which would put the interests of other parties (sponsors, advertisers, affiliates, etc.) before those of their readers. Offers both factual and impartial writing along side of opinion but is obligated to distinguish and identify opinion and editorial writing as separate from factual reporting whereas a Blog commonly serves primarily as a platform or vehicle for its author's opinions. Does not exclude discussion. In fact, this format, while more formal in structure, embraces the spirit of Web 2.0. Bridging the gap between traditional publications and casual social discourse forums, an Internet Publication provides opportunities as well as a forum for discussion and interaction. 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