Well, it's true that as Bill lives in Vancouver, he was particularly awake
to your postings! As for ruffling feathers, that's not _quite_ what
happened, let's just say that you were a little over-enthusiastic in hoping
to use this group - perhaps - for commercial reasons.

Ken's site is quite well constructed, although a bit full of self praise
("Vancouver's premier source for wine information" seems a bit premature....)
and a lot short on information about who he is and what his qualifications are
- the same things that he found caused a less than receptive attitude here.

He seems interested in feedback, though, and if he is intent on making his site
more than one of those exercises in website building that slowly goes stale,
this group could be a useful learning experience.

Hang around, Ken and share some wine experiences.

And yes, John - I am alert to any new Vancouver area wine presence on the net.
One of the minor quibbles about Ken's site is the lack of contact info about
who runs it and when I tried to contact him offline, it just bounced back. I
asked Tony Gismondi and he had never heard of it.

So with no apparent credentials (at least none revealed on the site) and an
approach to this group that left an aura of spam in the air, I certainly did
wonder what the agenda was.

I always welcome sincere interest in wine, though, so I look forward to Ken's
notes and discussions on this group.