We are approaching the one-year anniversary of lockdown, when in mid-March 2020 we retreated to our homes.. and stayed there much longer than we’d anticipated. Those of us who could work at home or weren’t essential workers stayed home in quarantine, suddenly working at home, cooking more meals than we’re used to, homeschooling or virtual schooling our kids, and not ...

Is your winery’s social media manager a member of our networking group over on Facebook? We share social media and wine marketing tips for wine bloggers, wineries and local wine industry-connected restaurants in the Greater Seattle area. (Other Washington wine regions are ok to join too; just keep in mind that our in-person networking events, currently outside and socially distanced, ...

If you run the social media accounts for a Seattle-based winery (or a Washington State winery) you might be interested in our free Instagram tips webinar, Tuesday February 2 from 1 pm to 2 pm PST. The topic is “The Instagram Features Your Winery Isn’t Using and Should Be.” Joining me on screen is Jill Perillo Clark, Wine Studies Program ...

I happen to have a fairly ugly kitchen. My house near Woodinville was built in the mid 1980s; and the kitchen has been redone once but with boring and cheap faux oak brown cupboards. Yuck. Luckily, after two kitchen fires and a kitchen flood, I finally have an excuse to not only stop cooking and eat takeout from restaurants way ...

How is it possible that Christmas is only one week away? Have you planned you holiday menus and wine purchases yet? These 5 Seattle-area food and wine bloggers have some serious follow-worthy accounts that we know you will love as much as we do. We think you will find some great holiday planning tips from their feeds! so @PNW Wine ...

I’ve only been part of the wine blogging scene for three and a half years, but I’ve been on social media since the days of MySpace and Friendster.. and I’ve been on the Internet (or early versions of it) since – wait for it – the 1980s. (Yes, I’m old!) I’ve been running websites since the early 1990s, and building ...

We’re approaching our four year anniversary writing about wine in Woodinville, Washington; Lake Chelan, Washington; and Washington state wine in general, on our occasional field trips to Prosser, Walla Walla and the Tri-Cities area. (Spokane and Vancouver, we hope to visit your wineries next spring!) Boy have we learned a lot along the way on our wine tasting journeys and ...

It’s been a minute since we wrote a fun Follow Friday post, and what more perfect time to jump back into it, than Thanksgiving week? These 5 Seattle-area food and wine bloggers have some serious follow-worthy accounts that we know you will love as much as we do so we wanted to give thanks to them and share with you. ...

Today we wanted to invite you to follow several of your favorite Woodinville wineries and tasting rooms on Instagram – if you aren’t already! We also were curious to see which wineries had the largest amount of followers, and were shocked to find a few who don’t even maintain an IG presence! By the way, number of followers isn’t related ...