Tom Campbell, Paul
Vandenberg, Gail Puryear, Paul Portteus
When you read the press about Washington grapes and wine,
the same old tired stories get retold over and over. People must think the
industry is very small and very new to have so few stories.
In one picture we
have over 140 years of Washington winemaking history - thousands of stories
that have never been told because the Wine Commission doesn't know them. Do
they care? Probably not. They are holed up in Seattle in their ivory towers.
When a writer comes looking for a story, they get the same old press kit.
Each winemaker in the picture started in the industry in the
1970s. It reminds me of that old Jimmy Buffet tune, "All the stories they
could tell, if it all blows up and goes to hell."
It's nice to know you can be successful in the Washington
wine industry in spite of the Washington Wine Omission.
