11-18 FB Wine Promo

 I keep getting e-mails and press releases from the executive director of the Idaho Wine commission, Moya Shatz. She is a tireless promoter of Idaho wines. I wondered where I was. It is Nampa or is it Napa? I think it is that the wineries are really starting to come into their own. They are learning very quickly. Winepress Northwest just came into town and did the Idaho Wine competition and I was really surprised by who some of the winners were. It is so great to see that these wineries are honing their skills. I knew it was just a matter of time because coming from the Washington wine industry you bang your head on the wall and try and convince people that the wine is actually very good. Eventually if you do it enough they will hear you. You have to put in your time and so Idaho has been putting in their time. It is now starting to pay off. Are the wineries starting to learn how to make wine or is that the executive director of the Idaho Wine commission has been yelling from the mountain tops? I think it’s both.