The Seattle Wine Awards Grand Tasting is the penultimate event of the year to enjoy and celebrate our state’s spectacular and growing wine industry. This was an opportunity to taste the new releases of my favorite wineries as well a chance to try many wines from those vintners that I have yet to visit. In [...]
Read moreWine Rocks joined in the national #WAWine event on June 3rd in its own inimitable style. Hosted by Tera Shimada & Jess Affolter of Sixth Avenue Wine Sellers, this tweet up featured some of the outstanding winners of the Seattle Wine Awards. I was lucky to try a few of these wines. One that I [...]
Read moreThe Seattle Wine Awards are fast approaching! On Sunday, June 13th, you will have a chance to taste some of the best Northwest wines. This truly is an exceptional event for the wine consumer, as all the wines poured are award winners selected from over 800 entries. While all the winning wines won’t be officially announced until [...]
Read moreTwitter has proven itself as a powerful means to disperse information, news and reviews in the beer and wine world. A number of Washington wineries have been very successful in building and maintaining customer enthusiasm and loyalty via utilizing Twitter. Walter Dacon Wines started their Twitter account just days before they were nominated in our [...]
Read moreMay 8th, 2010 is the official date to celebrate the fifth anniversary of The Wine Century Club, an organization dedicated to seeking out and tasting as many different grape varietals as possible. Once you have tasted and documented 100 different varietals you apply to become a member of the club. Approximately one year ago I [...]
Read moreThe Local Vine is pleased to announce TWO great Washington wine tasting opportunities on Thursday night, 3/25/10. Please join us as we taste wines with Chad Johnson, wine maker from Winery of the Year Dusted Valley Vintners and participate in the national Tweetup for Washington Merlot! Washington Merlot Tweetup: 5-7pm In collaboration with Sean Sullivan, Washington [...]
Read moreHospice du Rhone is hosting the third and final part of their Ready, Set, Syrah series on 3/24/10. This time it is all about Washington state Syrah, just in time for Washington Wine Month! Previous Ready, Set, Syrah events explored California, French, Australia and South African Syrahs. On March 24, 5pm PST, wine lovers around [...]
Read moreIn January, Walter Dacon Wines jumped on the Twitter bandwagon, just about the same time that they were nominated as having the best tasting room in Washington state. Walter Dacon leveraged their new social media skills, with the enthusiasm of their loyal customers, to win the Washington Tasting Room Poll, garnering over 40% of the [...]
Read moreSometimes you have to read between the lines to find what you are looking for. Are you a wine lover looking for a fun event that you and your beer buddies can all enjoy? The Seattle Food and Wine Experience on February 28 is really a BEVERAGE and food experience providing opportunities to sample beer, [...]
Read moreEl Gaucho- Seattle, was the amazing host for the Washington Wine Commission’s Taste Washington media preview last night. Taste Washington is a premier Washington Wine event, providing opportunities to interact with wine makers, attend wine education seminars,and sample exquisite wines from all over the state during the grand tasting. In addition, you can savor delicious [...]
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