Interest in wine festival in Seattle?

[Bucko]

I'd love to see it but doubt that it will ever get off of the ground. The WA wine industry just does not seem interested in promoting itself from my experience. I've tried firing them up in "Best of WA" wine articles in the newspaper and web and get a pitiful response. The WA Wine Commission tries, but again, they seem to turn a deaf ear to the trade and press. An example is Taste WA. They allow one hour for trade and press to try wines before the public throng invades. I've tried to get them to extend the press portion to just two hours (ZAP in CA gives 3 hours). Nada, zilch. It is frustrating to beat your head on the wall after a while. It is hard to help those who have no interest in helping themselves. I guess when the wine glut finally catches up with WA they will change their tune???

Rant over. That said, I'd be happy to help out in any way that I can, including press in the Tacoma News Tribune, judging, whatever.