All right everyone, it’s that time of year. Time for a fall subscriber drive!
Since I launched the subscription side of Northwest Wine Report in 2023, I’ve been heartened by the response. As I wrote in June, I fully expected to have to shut this site down at some point in 2024.
Still, what I am trying to do is a hard go. Most of the content you find on the internet is provided at no cost because it relies on some combination of advertising, capturing your data and selling it to others, and paying the person who writes the content little to nothing. This has made it challenging to convince people to pay for content, which is part of the reason so many newspapers and magazines have gone out of business.
I am taking a path that relies solely on subscriptions, which is by definition swimming upstream. Additionally, given the niche nature of Northwest wine, that path will always be difficult.
How difficult? At present, I’m at risk of missing my subscriber goal for 2024. To be blunt, I quite literally can’t afford for that to happen. I need your help.
If you haven’t subscribed already, I urge you to consider doing so. Subscriptions are available on a monthly or an annual basis. With subscriptions, you get access to:
Subscriber-only articles
New wine reviews
A searchable database of over 17,000 Northwest wine reviews
Growing season summaries
Growing season markers
Appellation information
While some content at Northwest Wine Report remains freely available, understand that subscriptions allow for all of the content to be produced.
Northwest Wine Report is my main source of income. The site is 100% subscriber funded. I can only continue doing what I do if I have your support to do it.
So, if you find value here and haven’t already, please subscribe. It truly is the only way that the site will continue to exist.
If you are already a subscriber, thank you from the bottom of my heart. I ask for your continued support.
Sean, I find your report to be one of the best sources of information for me, and my staff, available. Although I recently retired from the day to day business of managing a wine marketing agency, I will continue to read, and subscribe. Thank you for the hard work.
Thank you so much for the kind words and for the support, Jim. I truly appreciate both!
Sean, as an East coaster who loves Washington wine, I find your wine report a fact based and fun read about Washington wine. Your report keeps me informed on the significant happenings in Washington wine as well as the latest scores. Thank you!