Leaving for Walla Walla in a couple hours for Spring Release weekend. Spring Release is one of the main event weekends in Walla Walla when almost all of the wineries open their doors and pour their latest releases. I will be visiting a number of wineries over the course of the weekend, trying to mix Read more...
ontinuing a look a wineries in the Lake Chelan area in tribute to the new Lake Chelan AVA… Tildio Winery is located in Manson, Washington near Lake Chelan. The name Tildio comes from the Spanish name for the Killdeer bird which frequents the winery’s vineyards. The winery is owned by Milum and Katy Perry. The Read more...
Nefarious Cellars is located on the south shore of Lake Chelan within the new Lake Chelan AVA. Its owners state “We are a chick, two guys, and a dog striving to blow your mind…” Before you get any ideas, one of the two guys is baby George. The others are the husband and wife team Read more...
Washington added a new AVA today, its second in 2009, as the Lake Chelan AVA received approval. The boundaries of the AVA, which include the city of Chelan, more or less follow the lines of the land surrounding the lake. The new AVA is wholly contained within the larger Columbia Valley AVA.Lake Chelan - the Read more...
Owen Roe, named after a 17th century Irish patriot, produces wines from both Washington and Oregon fruit. David O’Reilly, who serves as winemaker, is also a co-founder of Sineann Winery along with Jerry Owen. O’Reilly recently created a new winery, Corvidae, which focuses on value-priced wine. Wines: Score Name Notes $ * Owen Roe Riesling Read more...
In tough times, we continue the search for inexpensive wines. More Five Under Fifteen here.Townshend Cellars is located in Spokane. The winery produced its first vintage in 1998. The winery is a family affair run by father Don Townshend and sons Michael, and BrendonKyra Wines is the work of Kyra and Bruce Baerlocher. The Baerlocher’s Read more...
Starting in January I have been counting down to my 40th birthday in May by opening a special bottle of wine on the 23rd of each month. January was the Leonetti Cellars 2002 Cabernet (notes deliquent); February was the Betz 2002 Pere de Famille; March was Leonetti Cellars 2007 Merlot. With Quilceda Creek recently consumed Read more...
The April Virtual Tasting tonight is the Columbia Crest 2006 Grand Estates Shiraz. Read more about this month's Virtual Tasting here. I will be updating this post with running notes as I taste the wine. Look for the first update a little after 7pm. I encourage you to post your comments along the way as Read more...
Last spring was my first attending the Quilceda Creek release party. Inspired by the new wines, after the event several friends and I opened the 2003 Columbia Valley Cabernet. We also tried the 2003 and 2004 Columbia Valley Red Wines. This year we decided to make the After Party a tradition and, after the release Read more...
Quilceda Creek – named after a creek near the winery - is the standard bearer for excellence in Washington wine. The winery had its first commercial release in 1979. Since that time Quilceda’s success has been unparalleled with three of the last four vintages receiving perfect 100 point scores from Wine Advocate (the 2004 was Read more...
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