William Pollard Jr - writes for the Wild 4 Washington Wine blog. This month marks the 5th anniversary of my wine blog. In 2006, after much reflection, I decided to start blogging about wine . My decision was predicated on the experiences I had gleaned from my first year of working at Barnard Griffin winery . While I no longer work for a winery, I have made many friends within the Washington wine industry. What’s changed in the last five years? My position on screw caps has changed ; I now like screw caps and find it satisfying to crack open a bottle with a screw cap. It’s so easy to open and gain access to the wine in the bottle. And most importantly, I know the wine will taste as intended. Every time I pull a real cork out of a bottle, I worry about the wine being corked. It may not happen often, but it happens often enough that I worry that cork is going to ruin my bottle of wine. It happened last night, the bottle was corked. My nose is just too demanding. Last year ...
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