This site is dedicated (mostly) to the wines of Washington state. Hi. I’m Paul Zitarelli. That’s me in the picture. I’m the one that’s neither female (my wife Kelli) nor feline (our cat Smoke Bomb). I am a native of the Philadelphia area who moved to Seattle in 2004 and quickly fell in love with the burgeoning wine industry in this state.
I am, for a short time longer, a 2nd-year student in the full-time MBA Program at the University of Washington. I am also the founder of Full Pull Wines, a startup retailer that will sell Washington state wines through an e-mailing list. If you’re interested in watching a wine-related startup grow, please follow me on Twitter.
Swordfern Wines was inspired by a number of other sites, most notably Sean Sullivan’s Washington Wine Report, Kori Voorhees & John Sosnowy’s Wine Peeps, and Catie McIntyre Walker’s Through The Walla Walla Grape Vine.
This site is dedicated (mostly) to the wines of Washington state. Hi. I'm Paul Zitarelli. That's me in the picture. I'm the one that's neither female (my wife Kelli) nor feline (our cat Smoke Bomb)... 
No photo credits for poor nicky.
I particularly like the Christmas tree in the background. As you know, probably all too well, your loves Christmas-tree ornaments. Do you know of any Christmas-tree decorations with a wine theme? How happy would your mother be to hang a decoration on her tree with a miniature bottle of “Pauley-Z” wine?