William Pollard Jr | aka: Wild 4 Washington Wine

The February Virtual Tasting Featured this month was the Saviah Cellars 2012 The Jack Cabernet Sauvignon Columbia Valley. This wine retails for $18 and is widely available. The tasting took place on twitter, Thursday, February 26th, from 7-8 pm Pacific. What you needed to participate in this virtual tasting: 1. Buy this month’s wine from the winery or a local retailer 2. Tweet your comments about the wine on Twitter between 7 and 8 pm Pacific on the specified date using the hashtag #saviah. For those on Twitter, follow @wawinereport. Check Washington Wine Report for future virtual tastings. We discussed aromas, flavors, label design, price, availability and general thoughts. Most participants rated this wine a "BUY" after an hour of tasting and tweeting, especially at the price. Tasting Notes 2012 Saviah Cellars THE JACK Color : Ruby purple. Nose : Cherry, sharpened pencil. Palate : Fruit, dark plum, cherry, brambly, coffee, smooooth, only a little tin...

June 2014 Virtual Wine Tasting Monday 30 June 2014 was the monthly Virtual Tasting on twitter hosted by Sean Sullivan of Washington Wine Report . The featured wine was the A to Z Wineworks 2012 Oregon Chardonnay. We used #AtoZwine for our tweets. Yes, Oregon makes more than Pinot Noir. This wine was well received by all Virtual Tasting participants. I'm eager to try more A to Z wines. “We’ve grown to become Oregon’s largest winery while following economically and environmentally sound and sustainable practices,” said Deb Hatcher, founder and chief marketing and sales officer at A to Z Wineworks /Rex Hill, in a release. Source: Portland Business Journal, "A to Z Wineworks becomes first winery to achieve top green honors" by Andy Giegerich, June 19, 2014 Tasting Notes A to Z 2012 Oregon Chardonnay Color: Straw, green highlights Nose: Delicate honeysuckle, mineral, summer morning rain on slate patio, lime. After 25 minutes pineapple and banana appear...

Thursday 20 February at 5 PM PST/8 PM EST Join us Thursday, February 20th at 8:00 pm EST/5:00 pm PST for our virtual tasting podcast. Grab a bottle of this wine and compare palates while we learn about Argentina Malbec. If you miss the live show, you can always listen to the recorded show. In partnership with Minstrel and Muse Audio Art Magazine - we will conduct live virtual wine tastings on the Third Thursday of each month at 5 PM PST. These wine tastings are hosted by Linda Rez of Minstrel and Muse Audio Art Magazine  and co-hosted by William Pollard of Wild 4 Washington Wine .

Taste Along with Linda and William. Join us Thursday, February 6th at 8:00 pm EST/5:00 pm PST for our first virtual tasting podcast of the Terra Blanca Arch Terrace Red Mountain 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon.   Taste with us live - here's the link to the show. In partnership with Minstrel and Muse Audio Art Magazine - we are hosting a live virtual wine tasting. This will be the first of many wine tastings hosted by Minstrel and Muse. Grab a bottle of the featured wine and taste along with Linda of Minstrel and Muse and William of Wild 4 Washington Wine . If you cannot join us for the live tasting, you can always taste along with our recorded podcast show. Taste this wine online with us on February 6th.

Tuesday evening was the November 2013 Virtual Tasting. Washington Wine Report  (Sean Sullivan) hosts these monthly virtual tastings. This months Virtual Tasting wine was the 2012 Boom Boom! Syrah . The tasting took place on Tuesday November 26th from 7-8 pm Pacific. We used the hashtag  #CharlesSmith for our tweets. "Go buy this one before it is all gone." William Pollard, Wild 4 Washington Wine

*Updated 16 November 2013 with notes and photos. Notes from the 2013 Finger Lakes Wine Virtual Tasting Series Wednesday, November 13, 2013 We used Twitter hashtag: #FLXWineVT If you are interested in reading the Twitter conversation you can access that here:  http://storify.com/StephJarvis/flwa-virtual-tasting-series-featuring-sparkling-de .  If you are interested in watching and sharing  the recorded footage of the winemakers speaking about and tasting these wines, you can access it here:  http://youtu.be/dRVVOa_7TRg "...six more reasons to visit Finger Lakes Wine Country."

The April Virtual Tasting wine was the Renegade Wine Company 2012 Rose. The tasting took place on Wednesday April 24th from 7-8 pm PST. Virtual Tastings are held monthly and hosted by Sean Sullivan of Washington Wine Report . What you need to participate: 1. Buy the current 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, as each participant opens their bottle and shares comments about the wine between 7 and 8pm PST, follow @wawinereport.

Tonight is the January Virtual Wine Tasting. Ready for Virtual Tasting. My tasting notes and feedback from the virtual tasting. I encourage you to join us when you can. The January Virtual Tasting wine was the Stonecap 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon Columbia Valley . This wine retails for around $10 and is widely available in Washington. The tasting took place on Wednesday January 30th from 7-8 pm PST. Tasting Notes: In general, my fellow tweeters and virtual tasters were no big fans of the label, except that it was easy to spot on the shelf (there's value in that).  Someone tweeted that the 2011 label is better. At first, some herbal notes on the nose, menthol in background, pencil shavings, cherry, bit earthy/mushroom. After 30 minutes, some lovely big, Bing cherry on the finish. Not too dry, not too  bright, with a medium finish. Bit of espresso vapor appeared too, and some green tea and mushroom in that palate. After 45 minutes, a hole opened mid-p...

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 . Congratul...

April Virtual Tasting Notes Last night was the monthly Virtual Tasting. These tastings are arrranged and moderated by Sean Sullivan of Washington Wine Report . The wine he selected for April was the 2009 Charles Smith, Chateau Smith Cabernet Sauvignon. For an hour we tasted and tweeted about this wine. It was a lot of fun and I have new twitter friends I am following and a few new followers myself. Check Sean's website for details on the May Virtual Tasting, consider yourself invited. Following are my condensed notes from the twitter tasting. We followed @wawinereport on twitter and used the hashtag #charlessmith for this tasting. Almost ready to open my bottle of 2009 Chateau Smith. I opened my bottle at 6:55pm, swirled the wine around, stuck my nose in the glass and was greeted by a cloud of taffy and wine barrel dust. I waited until 7:00pm to taste the wine, distinct cherry flavor, it was dry. We then proceeded to tweet about the screw cap closure and the label ...

Chateau Smith Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 - Selected for the April Virtual Tasting. Sean Sullivan of Washington Wine Report has arranged another virtual tasting . This month it is on Tuesday 24 April, 2012. The wine will be the 2009 Charles Smith Wines Chateau Smith Cabernet Sauvignon . This wine retails for $20, I found it on sale locally and paid $14. What you need to do to participate: 1. Have a twitter account - a great reason for using twitter. 2. Buy this month’s wine from a local retailer or from the winery. ( If you cannot find this specific vintage/varietal, try to find another Charles Smith red wine ). 3. Tweet your comments about the wine on Twitter between 7pm - 8pm PST/10pm - 11pm EST, using the hashtag #charlessmith and follow Washington Wine Report @wawinereport on twitter, you can follow me too @wild4wawine on twitter. You don’t have to be a total wine geek to join – just have a thirst to learn and chat about wine! This will be my third Virtual Tasting. ...

This morning Dave Mathews song “So Much to Say” is on my mind. Feeling the need to press on and share this weeks wine chats. Time to finish some reviews too. #winechat: Santa Rita, Medalla Real, Cabernet Sauvignon, 2008, from the Maipo Valley. Last nights #winechat featured two wines from Chile. For me, it was an eye opening experience. Chile is producing some spectacular wines. In particular, the featured Santa Rita, Medalla Real, Cabernet Sauvignon, 2008, from the Maipo Valley, blew me away. The #winechat crowd was exuberant in their response too. It is an impressive Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon, especially once you consider the retail price of US $18. Santa Rita, Medalla Real Gran Reserva, Cabernet Sauvignon 2008 D.O. Maipo Valley, Chile. Ripe and round, dark color, dark fruit, the concentrated palate grows into and expansive finish at the 2 hour mark. Gorgeous wine. You could drink this wine with food, but why bother? Decant this wine for an hour or two, then kick ba...