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January Virtual Tasting and Congratulations to Sean Sullivan

Washington Wine Report (Sean Sullivan) hosts the monthly virtual tastings.

The January Virtual Tasting wine is the Stonecap 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon Columbia Valley. This wine retails for $8 and is widely available. The tasting will take place on Wednesday January 30th from 7-8pm Pacific. What you need to do to participate is:

1. Buy this month’s wine from a local retailer or direct from the winery.

2. Have a twitter account.

3. Tweet your comments about the wine on Twitter between 7 and 8pm Pacific on the specified date using the hashtag #stonecap. For those on Twitter, follow @wawinereport.

I began attending these virtual tastings last year. Truly a lot of fun and another way to connect with like minded souls. Good sensory and palate exercise too. For my tweets, follow @wild4wawine.

photo: Sean Sullivan

 Well deserved congratulations to Sean Sullivan!

Sean Sullivan of Washington Wine Report has accepted a Contributing Editor position at Wine Enthusiast. Congratulations Sean. Sean will be reviewing wines from the following areas:

Washington – Wines labeled with the following AVAs or regional designations as well as all Precept Wines: Ancient Lakes, Columbia Gorge, Horse Heaven Hills, Lake Chelan, Naches Heights, Rattlesnake Hills, Snipes Mountain, Wahluke Slope.

Oregon – Wines labeled with the following AVA designations: Columbia Gorge, Southern Oregon, Applegate Valley, Red Hill Douglas County, Rogue Valley, Umpqua Valley.

Canada – All regions

Idaho – All regions

Sean will be working along with noted author and wine expert, Paul Gregutt, to cover the wines of the Northwest. It is simply no longer possible for one person to cover this region. There's a lot of great juice produced in the Northwest. I value and look forward to Sean's opinions and reviews.

Visit Washington Wine Report and read more about this announcement and share your congratulations.

Cheers!
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