It’s an amazing thing to have developed a following for these Juicy Tales, all behind the scenes in my wine country travels as a publicist and wine grape advocacy executive director for PS I Love You.
As we head into the season of Thanksgiving, I’m thinking about you, the reader of this blog. I’m grateful for your following, and it just occurred to me that I could do something about that.
I’m instituting my “First Annual Reader Appreciation Day.” It will fall on the second Monday of each November, so that whatever is the benefit that I give back to you will be something that you can also share for Thanksgiving, if you’d like to do that. Your call…
For the First Annual, I have a pair of PS I Love You ~ Masters of Petite Sirah glasses that are a collectors’ set. There were only 200 of these purchased from Riedel, from the Syrah Vinum series. The retail value of this pair of glasses, because they were also etched by California Etching with the Masters logo, is $70 + shipping.
I’ll very carefully package these glasses and have them shipped directly to you, but you must be within the United States and 21 years of age, please. Shipping abroad is too risky, as they’re quite fragile.
How to play?
Just place your name in the comment box at the end of this posting of First Annual Reader Appreciation Day.
I’ll give all of you five business days to post your name (Monday through Friday of this week), and you can do this once a day for these five days, increasing your chances to win.
At the end of five days, I’ll use Random.org’s Integer Generator, having given each submission a number as the names are generated in the comment box.
The glasses are gorgeous, and this coming Thanksgiving you will be able to enjoy them as you toast your own thankfulness for having won them.
The contest begins now…
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Tags: California, Holidays, Juicy Tales by Jo Diaz, Riedel, Thanksgiving, www.wine-blog.org
November 9th, 2009 at 8:13 am
Good morning Jo,
It’s a wonderful thing you are doing. It would be great to win, but win or lose I think all who have found your “juicy tales” have already won. You are an unbelievably talented and captivating writer, which would explain why you are in PR. Cheers
November 9th, 2009 at 8:25 am
Great idea ‘Reader Appreciation Day’, hope it works out and is a success. I would do one myself but as i’ve only recently started blogging and social media-ing I dont have the critical mass of readers (yet!).
PS I live in Europe so don’t count me in for the draw!
November 9th, 2009 at 8:50 am
Rob Bralow
November 9th, 2009 at 10:26 am
Clara Llosa
November 9th, 2009 at 10:46 am
Welcome back!
Lowell Jacobson
November 9th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Sonadora
November 9th, 2009 at 11:59 am
Awesome idea Jo.
Javier Manzano
November 9th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Christian Martin
November 9th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Terrific idea!
Alexandra Alznauer
November 9th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
Gorgeous glasses!
Cathy Gore
November 9th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
Great to see you all taking advantage of this. Remember, you can increase your chances by submitting once each day.
Roger… very kind words, thanks!
November 9th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
Great idea!
Kris Miller
November 9th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Welcome home, Enjoyed your tweets while you were abroad. Cheers!
November 9th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
Thanks, Victor. I had a new Blackberry toy, and took advantage of it.
November 9th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Great Idea, Jo!
Hope to see you at next year’s Dark & Delicious!!!
Mark Scholar
November 9th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
Here’s to the First Annual Readers Appreciation Day…. wouldn’t that sound nice with a “clink” from a pair of Riedel glasses?
Cheers!
Beth
November 10th, 2009 at 7:48 am
Good Morning Jo,
I am hoping I’ll be the first to enter today. I will be topping barrels most of the day and did not want to miss another chance to win those glasses!
Have a wonderful Day,
Victor
November 10th, 2009 at 7:58 am
I need more PS-PSpecfic stemware
Lowell Jacobson
November 10th, 2009 at 8:07 am
Day 2 and all is well. Go Jo!!!
Javier Manzano
November 10th, 2009 at 10:39 am
Woo hoo!
Katie Pizzuto
November 10th, 2009 at 10:43 am
Wow those look awesome!
Bill Eyer
November 10th, 2009 at 11:18 am
Would love to have a set of these beautiful glasses!
November 11th, 2009 at 12:21 am
Working in the office late. It is Wednesday morning already?
November 11th, 2009 at 5:05 am
Wednesday submission: Katie Pizzuto
November 11th, 2009 at 8:21 am
Wednesday submission — Lowell Jacobson
November 11th, 2009 at 10:24 am
Day 3 and everything’s still peachy.
Javier Manzano
November 11th, 2009 at 10:26 am
Very thoughtful of you for the holiday season!!
Constance Chamberlain
November 11th, 2009 at 10:26 am
What an awesome idea! I’ve got some great Pets in storage that would love to be partaken of in these glasses. Cheers, Kevin Glowacki.
November 11th, 2009 at 10:28 am
Wednesday
Richard Auffrey
November 11th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
Dang it! Missed yesterday!
But not today!!! 
November 12th, 2009 at 10:13 am
Sorry, sparky — you need to leave your name, not just comment.
But today’s my thursday entry.
– Lowell Jacobson
November 12th, 2009 at 10:49 am
And my Thursday…Katie Pizzuto!!
November 12th, 2009 at 11:03 am
Great guys… simply leave your name and/or comment, any day this week, on any of my blog entries… Getting down to the wire.
Wonder what I’ll have to do for the December holidaze…?
This seems to be such a hit.
November 12th, 2009 at 11:26 am
Thursday submission……..Victor
November 12th, 2009 at 11:32 am
Tried to make a Thursday submission, am not sure it was received?
I shall try again,
Victor
November 12th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
Victor, for some weird reason your first one went into my blog’s spam unit. I just cleared it through, so you could see that I also check my spam and authorize those, too. Today’s entry only counts for one, of course, but you’re in.
November 13th, 2009 at 5:29 am
Last one for Friday…Katie Pizzuto!
November 13th, 2009 at 7:25 am
Stupid crazy work making me forget to enter… Ah well, at least I’ll have 2 entries!
Looking forward to Dark & Delicious!
-Cathy Gore
November 13th, 2009 at 10:10 am
Can’t wait for D&D (will have to get there early this year!) … and hopefully to have these awesome wine glasses!
– Lowell Jacobson
November 13th, 2009 at 10:43 am
I’ve got a glorious bottle of Heretic waiting to be consumed from these glasses and today is Friday the 13th, so maybe I’ll have some good luck and win. If not, then congrats to whoever does win.
Happy Friday the 13th everyone.
November 13th, 2009 at 10:50 am
Fridays Submission…………Victor
November 13th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Here’s my Friday submission… hope it doesn’t go to your spam!
Beth