Wednesday March 3rd at 6pm you can follow our tweetchat on wines and the younger wine drinking generation. How do they make choices? What amounts are they willing to spend? How does a winery use social media to connect to them? And we will take your questions as well, at least until our hour is through. Our guest fits right in the middle of this demographic and has great insight into this topic, if your a winery, a wine drinker or someone who wants to market to this generation, join us and have some fun!

Our guest, Stephen Hartley is a long-time wine lover and new owner of Palatebomb.com, a wine blog with the mantra “Raise your glass, not your nose!”. At an early age, his father began educating him on the finer points of wine. And growing up in the Tri-Cities, there was quite a bit of wine around to savor.  “I’ve always enjoyed trying various wines to experience the combination of different flavors that each offers,” he states. “Each bottle brings new sensations to the palate. That’s what I love about wine.”

Living in the heart of Washington’s wine country, Stephen finds our regional wine culture a familiar and fun atmosphere. While not afraid to journey across the sea (or the wine isle of the local supermarket) for tastes from places like France and Argentina, he does admit to having a soft spot for Washington wines, commenting that his palate finds that our local wines are strong competitors against the traditional national  leader, California.

When he isn’t out and about savoring the fruits of the local wineries, Stephen can be found around the Tri-Cities producing events as Fenix Sound & Vision, a local DJ company.

What is #socialwine you ask?