Sometimes my e-mail inbox once I cut out the junk leads me to good leads and discoveries.
It just happened this morning with WineCOW…a new breed for Washington wine lovers.
By Washington I do not mean the Capitol but Washington State.
WineCOW stands for Wine Connection of Washington and is the brainchild of
Josh Clark & Marcus Pape.
Check their Wine Myths Busted section, fun to read and you might even learn a thing or two.
The Local Section offers practical bits on Washington State wines including its 9 American Viticultural Areas (AVA’s), the latest addition (March 2006) being Rattlesnake Hills.
The Label Art pages are worth a visit mixing big names and little houses, not all from the state mind you.
I decided to use the sober label for Naked Riesling from Snoqualmie Vineyards
in Prosser as an illustration.
Need help picking a wine for the week-end, dinner or a special occasion their Wine Guide offers an Under $15 section and on the Party Planning side unusual takes such as a Poker and Wine pairing.
As you can see, these guys are not wine snobs. Their site is accessible without being condescending.
Only suggestion I would have for them is to refresh the Home Page which is still Summery.
What is the connection with my e-mail inbox you might wonder?
Well, I found WineCOW thanks to an e-mail newsletter from WineCHATr a networking and recommendation site for Wine Lovers which I might cover in another piece.
One of the occasions when I wrote about Washington State wines was for Wine Blogging Wednesday.
Other Washington and Wine stories: No ‘Walla Walla’ Dance, Ex Libris, A Washington Cabernet from the Library and No Baseball, No Vocal Prowess…Pitch…A Cabernet
Serge-
Thanks for the WineCOW.com shout-out! I’m glad you appreciate the site. Our goal is to help people gain their own appreciation for wine, on any level, while promoting the Washington Wine industry and it’s great wines.
Unfortunately we haven’t figured out how to make any money yet, so we still have day jobs. Hence the outdated homepage and infrequent content additions. But we’ll get there!
WineCHATr.com, which you mention, has actually been a lot of help in that regards. It’s just starting up, but already it’s allowed us to post quick content and comments gaining further exposure to Washington wine. CHEERS!
–MP