Do you know what Klout is? And... Do you have Klout?

 

If you are involved with social media (twitter, facebook, linkedin, etc) you most likely have heard what Klout is... but, in case you haven't, here are a few links that will help you to have a better understanding of the concept. I hope you can also find out for yourself if it really matters.

“What is Klout?“

If you are in the wine industry (or... if you are a #winelover), you probably want to check who are the top influencers in the wine industry:

 My list of #winelover-s with top Klout scores (revised 09/17/2013)

And this list with MWs that are using social media and their klout scores:

http://thewinehub.com/home/2013/09/19/a-list-with-all-mws-that-are-using-social-media-and-their-klouts/

Cheers,
Luiz Alberto, #winelover

Are you on twitter? Do you like wine? You gotta follow the Masters of Wine...

Below is a list of Masters of Wine that I found in the "twittersphere". I have included a link to their twitter page, their bio (and respective picture), the number of followers they have, and their Klout score (09/09/11).

BampWine - Richard Bampfield  Followers: 152 / KS: 19 "Dabbler" (+ 5 since the original creation of this list)
BirdsWithBottle - Melanie Jones  Followers: 243 / KS:31 "Conversationalist"
CanterburyWine - Christy Canterbury  Followers: 811 / KS:47 "Specialist" (+ 1)
CaroMaurer - Caro Maurer Followers: 43 / KS: 10 "Observer"  ChoosingWine - Beverly Blanning  Followers: 318 / KS:10 "Observer"
ChrisCreeMW - Chris Cree  Followers: 243 / KS:24 "Explorer"
CliveBarlow - Clive Barlow  Followers: 94 / KS:10 "Observer"
CurtisMW - Charles Curtis  Followers: 150 / KS: 25 "Explorer"  DavidLemire - David Lemire  Followers: 1,225 / KS: 27 "Conversationalist"
DavidRoundMW - David Round Followers: 31 / KS: 14 "Observer"
DebraMeiburgMW - Debra Meiburg  Followers: 21,458 / KS: 60 "Broadcaster"  DiplomaIreland - Dermot Nolan  Followers: 502 / KS: 24 "Explorer" Escoces_Volante - Norrell Robertson Followers: 145 / KS:38 "Socializer" (+1)
EssiAvellan - Essi Avellan Followers: 649 / KS: 28 "Conversationalist" (+3)  VIFWein - Frank Roeder  Followers: 82 / KS: 10"Observer"  GilesCooke - Giles Cooke  Followers: 177 / KS: 35 "Socializer"
Gormanmcadams - Mary Gorman-Mcadams Followers: 325 / KS: 42 "Networker" (+2)  IsabelleLegeron - Isabelle Legeron  Followers: 870 / KS: 36 "Socializer"  JamesCluer - James Cluer  Followers: 1,025 / KS:23 "Explorer"
JancisRobinson - Jancis Robinson  Followers: 108,690 / KS: 62 "Broadcaster" (+1)
JaneSkiltonMW - Jane Skilton Followers: 847 / KS: 43 "Networker" (-1)
JeannieChoLee - Jeannie Cho Lee Followers: 4,438 / KS: 48 "Specialist" (+1)
JediWineMaster - Jennifer Simonetti-Bryan Followers: 1,438 / KS: 52 "Specialist"  JKTheDemon - Justin Knock  Followers: 66 / KS:13 "Observer"  JulieTBJ - Juliet Bruce-Jones  Followers: 127 / KS: 15 "Observer" JustJasper - Jasper Morris Followers: 1,479 / KS: 10 "Observer"  KateandPX - Kate McIntyre  Followers: 334 / KS: 20 "Explorer" (+1)
Lazarakis - Konstantino Lazarakis Followers: 848 / KS: 33 "Socializer" (+1)  MarciaWatersMW - Marcia Waters  Followers: 190 / KS:19 "Dabbler"
MarkdeVere - Mark de Vere Followers: 1,259 / KS: 35 "Socializer"
MEMMW - Mary Ewing-Mulligan Followers: 2,035 / KS: 42"Explorer"
MicheleActivate - Michele Anderson Followers: 761 / KS:23 "Explorer" (+4)
MWJoel - Joel Butler  Followers: 359 / KS: 18 "Dabbler" (+1) WineDocMW - Patrick Farrell Followers: 106 / KS:
PaulTudor - Paul Tudor  Followers: 457 / KS:42 "Explorer" (+1)
PeterKoffMW - Peter Koff Followers: 125 / KS: 10 "Observer"  PeterMcCombie - Peter McCombie  Followers: 1,051 / KS:31 "Conversationalist" (+6)  PMarksMW - Peter Marks  Followers: 429 / KS:19 "Dabbler"  PeterScud - Peter Scudamore-Smith  Followers: 2,403 / KS: 45 "Networker" (+1)
PhilGoodbandMW - Philip Goodband Followers: 560 / KS: 29 "Conversationalist" RedNedWine - Ned Goodwin Followers: 1,958 / KS: 48 "Specialist"  SallyEastonMW - Sally Easton Followers: 723 / KS:31 "Conversationalist" (+1)  SamCaporn - Samantha Caporn  Followers: 55 / KS: 10 "Observer"  SarahAbbottMW - Sarah Abbott  Followers: 2,727 / KS: 42 "Explorer" (-1)
SherriffMW - Lynne Sherriff Followers: 220 / KS:16 "Dabbler"  SimonwmThorpe - Simon Thorpe  Followers: 307 / KS: 21 "Explorer"
SJEvansMW - Sarah Jane Evans  Followers: 415 / KS: 43 "Networker" (+1)  SPSkelton - Stephen Skelton  Followers: 146 / KS:16 "Dabbler"
SSMMW - Sheryl Sauter Morano Followers: 653 / KS: 43 "Networker" (+1)  SusanHulmeMW - Susan Hulme  Followers: 24 / KS: 25 "Explorer"  VinoNZ - Bob Campbell  Followers: 424 / KS: 30 "Conversationalist"  WineRepublic - Martin Moran  Followers: 1,082 / KS: 43 "Networker"
TimAtkin - Tim Atkin  Followers: 9,378 / KS: 54 "Thought Leader"  TimHanni - Tim Hanni  Followers: 2,030 / KS:42 "Networker" (+1)
TuomasMW - Tomas Meriluoto Followers: 1,554 / KS: 46 "Networker"  UlfSJodin - Ulf Sjödin  Followers: 64 / KS: 10 "Observer"  WineDogBoy - Doug Frost  Followers: 1,915 / KS: 41 "Networker"  WineMastr - Rob Gueddes  Followers: 1,250 / KS: 23 "Explorer"    WinePlus - Rhys Pender  Followers: 2,281 / KS:45 "Specialist" WineSchools - Peter Richards Followers: 1,939 / KS: 42 "Networker" (-1)  WineTec_LTD - Tim Wildman  Followers: 227 / KS:19 "Dabbler" Top 5 by followers: JancisRobinson - Jancis Robinson - Followers: 108,690 DebraMeiburgMW - Debra Meiburg - Followers: 21,458 TimAtkin - Tim Atkin Followers: - 9,378 JeannieChoLee - Jeannie Cho Lee - Followers: 4,438  SarahAbbottMW - Sarah Abbott - Followers: 2,727 Top 5 by Klout: JancisRobinson - Jancis Robinson - KS: 62 (+1) DebraMeiburgMW - Debra Meiburg - KS: 60 TimAtkin - Tim Atkin - KS: 54 JediWineMaster - Jennifer Simonetti-Bryan - KS: 52 RedNedWine - Ned Goodwin - KS: 48 JeannieChoLee - Jeannie Cho Lee - KS: 48 (+1) PanchoCampoMW - Pancho Campo - KS: 48 (+1) You can also find this list on twitter. From there you can easily follow all the MWs: http://twitter.com/#!/thewinehub/masters-of-wine/members I will update this list regularly. Please let me know if there are other MWs who are on twitter. Cheers, LA @thewinehub http://www.thewinehub.com/ One of the pillars of TheWineHub is Wine Tourism.  Whether you are a wine maker, or a wine drinker, we all enjoy having discoveries... TheWineHub exists to help you with that.  .