Josh Wade is the creator of NectarWineBlog.com and the owner of  Nectar Wine and Beer in Kendall Yards, Nectar Catering and Events, and Nectar Media Consulting. Josh used social media tools like blogging, Facebook, and Twitter to launch a brand and create an awareness and following before opening a brick and mortar location. Josh’s commitment to content built a loyal following of nearly 12,000 unique monthly blog readers and made his wine blog one of the top read wine blogs in the country.

Brand building helped launch Nectar Tasting Room in January of 2011. Opening with zero dollars spent in traditional marketing, the wine tasting room has been wildly successful with year over year growth in the first three years. Nectar Tasting Room was named Spokane’s best business start up in 2011.

Josh used the blog platform to bring a greater awareness to his regional wine scene and has now expanded his efforts with a wine and beer retail shop, catering and events company and has plans for additional growth in the future.

In addition to the wine and food related businesses, Josh’s experience and expertise with social media tools have put him in high demand for teaching, consulting, and business conference engagements. In previous careers as a pastor and an executive in marketing at Bank of America, Josh learned the skills to engage an audience and help businesses create a strategy for successful integration of online and offline relationships.

In 2011, Josh was named one of the top 20 under 40 business people in Spokane by Inland Catalyst Magazine and has twice been nominated for a Greater Spokane Incorporated Agora Award.