Our June Virtual Tasting is tonight from 7-8pm Pacific Time! The wine will be the 2008 Saviah Cellars The Jack.What you need to do to participate is:1. Buy this month’s wine from a local retailer or from the winery2. Post your comments/tweets on the wine that night between 7 and 8pm. For those on Twitter, Read more...
Reminder June’s Virtual Tasting will take place on Wednesday June 30th at 7pm. Read more about it here. This past weekend I had the opportunity to participate in a panel discussion on the Washington wine industry at the 2010 Wine Bloggers Conference in Walla Walla. In an all-too-short forty minutes, co-panelists Paul Gregutt (Wine Enthusiast, Read more...
Heading home today from Walla Walla after a long weekend in town for the 2010 Wine Bloggers Conference.On every trip to the area, I am struck by the sheer physical beauty of the Walla Walla Valley. Today, just a few pictures from a visit to Spofford Station. Click on the pictures for larger versions. Read more...
Off to Walla Walla for the Wine Bloggers Conference. This conference, which has previously taken place in Napa and Sonoma, is now in its third year. Look for updates on Twitter and here over the course of the conference. Looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting new ones. See the conference agenda here.
A round-up of stories on Washington wine from June 15th to 21st. From around the country…Wine Spectator writes about Washington wineries cutting back (see a related post from Paul Gregutt below).The New York Times writes about American Gewürztraminer with a brief mention of Washington. Las Vegas Review-Journal writes about Washington Syrah.The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette writes about Read more...
Recently I wrote a post about Ten Myths About Wineries, Social Media, and Their Interaction. Today, I continue with a series of questions for wineries to ask before becoming involved in Social Media. While I write this in the context of wineries, it applies to other industries as well. I say wineries should consider these Read more...
Pardon the interruption. Back to our regularly scheduled Washington wine program.Our June Virtual Tasting will be the 2008 Saviah Cellars The Jack. This wine retails for $18 and is widely available. The tasting will take place on Wednesday, June 30th from 7-8pm Pacific Time.What you need to do to participate is:1. Buy this month’s wine Read more...
Among the accomplishments of Washington as a wine region has not just been the ability to produce world-class wine but also the ability to grow a wide variety of grapes very well. The list of grapes that have succeeded in Washington includes Merlot, Riesling, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, and Cabernet Franc to name just a few. Read more...
A round-up of stories on Washington wine from June 8th to 14th.From around the country…Wines & Vines writes about a lecture in Italy from Whitman’s Dr. Kevin Pogue.The Memphis Daily News writes about Lemberger with a brief mention of Washington.From the blogosphere…Paul Gregutt writes about #WARose. He also writes about Viento.Under the Grape Tree writes Read more...
With the economy still in the doldrums and wineries in Washington and elsewhere feeling the effects, many are looking for creative ways to generate revenue. This is especially true for wineries with limited offerings under the $25 mark consumers are currently focused on. So it was that two ‘mystery wine’ offers from Washington recently showed Read more...
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