Wikipedia:WikiProject Food and drink/Wines task force/Newsletter



Greetings! Welcome to the Wine Project Newsletter Page! This is the home base for putting together our bi-weekly newsletter that is sent automatically to the Participants listed on the wine project page. If you no longer wish to receive the newsletter, please edit your name on the Participant list with the comment Decline Newsletter.

Purpose
The purpose of this newsletter is to facilitate the growth of the Wine Project and to help foster a sense of community among its members. While the focus will be primarily on Wikipedia wine related news and article updates, we will also interview Wine Project members and ask them about their wine interest and what they are drinking lately. In every edition we will have a "Wine article improvement" drive with a nominated wine grape, region or style that we will encourage Wine Project members to work on and improve. While we are improving that article, we will also encourage Wine Project members to seek out a relevant bottle of wine and include in this newsletter their own personal thoughts and review of that wine. While we want to keep our wine articles NPOV and remember that Wikipedia is not a wine guide, it's always nice to share a good bottle with friends. So enjoy! Comments and suggestions are always welcomed on the talk page. Contributions are also welcome. Feel free to contact the current editor Agne if you want to chip in.

Archives
Past editions of the newsletter
 * February 18th, 2007
 * March 4th, 2007
 * March 18th, 2007
 * April 1st, 2007
 * April 15th, 2007
 * May 6th, 2007
 * December 8th, 2007
 * December 22nd, 2007
 * January 7th, 2008
 * January 31st, 2008

Format and Newsletter

 * News and Notes - Updates on the Project overall including new articles listed as being of Top Level Importance, articles under Peer Review, achieving Good Article or Featured Article status, wine related Did you Know? or Featured Pictures that have appeared on the Main Page, as well as updates on membership and general announcements. If you have a News and Note tip, please drop a line at the WikiProject Wine/Newsletter/Tip Room.
 * Sub-projects update - Sub-projects are articles of particular interest for some of Wine project members that they have taken under their wing to help facilitate their improvement such as Steve.Moulding with Bordeaux wine related articles and mikaul with the Penedès region. Anyone can have a sub-project and anyone can work on this articles. If you are interested in including an update on your sub-project, drop a note on the WikiProject Wine/Newsletter/Sub-projects.
 * Wine Improvement Drive - Every issue we will have a new wine related article to improve relating to a particular varietal, wine region or wine style. In addition to charting the improvement of the article, we will encourage Wine Project members to seek out a related bottle of wine to enjoy in their own time and include a comment or review that will be published in the newsletter. The purpose of this feature will be to share our enjoyment of great wine and to encourage members to try new things in a forum that will help keep POV separate and out of the article. Also in each issue will be an announcement of the next selection in the Wine Improvement Drive. To include a nominee please see the WikiProject Wine/Newsletter/Wine Improvement Drive page.
 * Wiki-Winos - This is a fun section where each issue we will get to know a fellow Wikipedia Wine Project member. Questions will be geared towards their interest in wine, wine related articles they have edit as well as other Wikipedia interest. Participation is purely voluntarily with members open to answer any and all questions that are posted on the WikiProject Wine/Newsletter/Wiki-Winos page. A special invitation might be dropped on members talk page encouraging them to participant and a selection of their answers will posted in the newsletter.