Enjoying an 08 Gifford Hirlinger Stateline Red. Great up and coming winery with all kinds of Gonzaga/Gonzaga Prep/Spokane ties. #

"There is so much contained in a glass of good wine. It is a gift of nature that tastes of man's foibles…. #
… his sense of the beautiful, his idealism and virtuosity. " ~ Kermit Lynch. #

is Charles Smith a brilliant marketer, in addition to be a great winemaker, or is someone else pulling these strings ? http://bit.ly/9PKMDZ #
The wine industry is all over social marketing but are there any example of folks driving their business through search advertising as well? #

do videos with overly intimidating descriptors really move wine? http://bit.ly/9Pc7YE #

Argentina has been well known for their Malbec and Steaks, but what they must have something to wash down all their delicious fish.
Enter Torrontes, the white wine that Argentina has begun to hang their hats on.  It has some of the light crisp characteristics of Albarino’s and Sauv. Blanc’s, but is very much its own [...]