A couple of years ago I shifted my newsletter from Mailchimp to the emerging platform of Substack.
What’s Substack? That’s what you are reading now.
But substack is more than a newsletter publisher. It is rapidly evolving into a space for like-minded people to form communities around their shared interests.
We are now a community
Not a billionaire in sight!
In a way it’s like our own Social Network, BUT we don’t have Elon Musk or any other billionaire controlling what we read or who gets to read it. We are in charge.
As a writer I can be confident my writing is not just fodder for some algorithm for someone else’s marketing.
So if we are not just a newsletter and a bunch of readers what are we?
The key difference is that we can now have discussions and chats. In the past your comments came just to me, now they are shared, unleashing the power of our collective knowledge.
When you comment by clicking a button like that below everyone else can see it. So keep it nice.
I am also using Substack to invite people to my occasional taste and talk sessions, details in this footnote1
How can I join the Vinodiversity Community?
If you were a subscriber to my newsletter then you are automatically a member. Just keep opening the emails.
Most of our community are free subscribers. That’s great. My aim is to spread the word about alternative varieties and I know my readers develop enthusiasms and talk about them. Free members get all of the content of the newsletter and invitations to the Taste and Talk sessions.
A few members have become paid subscribers. They choose to support my work in this community and on the Vinodiversity.com website. Thank you to my paid subscribers who help to defray my costs.
The revenue from paid subscribers is split 90% for the creator and 10% for the platform. With this model the platform does not need to run annoying advertisements or sell your data to marketing companies.
Map Clearance Sale Continues
…but when they’re gone they’re gone.
I still have some maps of France and the Wine Grape Varietal table available but be quick. Details in footnote2
Cheers
Darby
Next Taste and Talk
Montie is big and robust styles more like our Shiraz. Negroamaro is a bit more versatile, better for lighter styles.
Darby and others, what is your take on the current situation with the state of play with Aussie Prosecco? Or will it simply be a case of the lawyers getting richer?