This month marks the beginning of the third year of Northwest Wine Report as a subscription-based site. I started formally taking subscriptions June 14th 2023.

So today I want to take a moment to thank all of the people who have subscribed. I particularly want to thank those of you who subscribed at the beginning and who took the leap of faith with me.

As I have written previously, when making the transition from freelance writing to earning my income from a subscription-based site, I gave it very little chance of success. I fully expected that in short order I would have to close the site down and move on to other things.

So I just want to say how grateful I am for your support. This site quite literally would not exist without each and every person who has subscribed. It would not exist without you.

Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart. I can’t really find words to say how much it means to me.

To those who have not yet subscribed, I urge you to do so. The continuation of this site is by no means assured. By going from freelancing to a subscription-based site, I went from a hunter-gatherer existence to subsistence living. It is easier, but it is by no means easy.

This site is also subject to the same forces that are impacting the broader wine industry and the country. That presents serious challenges for what is a very small business. I can only keep this site going if I have enough financial support through subscriptions.

So, if you haven’t already, please subscribe now. It really is the only way that this site will be able to continue.