Tonight! June Virtual Tasting from 7-8pm. Read about how to participate here. Tenor Wines is one of the more intriguing new wineries to come along in Washington recently.The winery takes a unique approach in its offerings. While most wineries in Washington and elsewhere focus on making a particular lineup of wines each year – say Read more...
Doubleback was unquestionably one of 2010’s most exciting new wineries. On the cusp of its second release, the winery shows every sign of establishing itself as one of Washington’s best.Doubleback was founded by former NFL quarterback and Walla Walla native Drew Bledsoe and his wife Maura. Critical to the winery’s success, Chris Figgins from Figgins Read more...
Last week Senator Jim DeMint, Republican from South Carolina, took issue with a grant from the Economic Development Association to Prosser’s Walter Clore Wine and Culinary Center. In an editorial in the Wall Street Journal, DeMint asks, “Why Are Taxpayers Paying for Wine Tasting?” To this I ask Senator DeMint, “What’s wrong with wine tasting? Read more...
In tough times, we continue the search for good, inexpensive wines. Read more…
Earlier this month the winners of the 2011 Seattle Wine Awards were announced. This program was founded by Executive Director Christopher Chan in 2006 to recognize the state's best wines.This year saw an unprecedented 909 submissions. Tasting panels (see a list of panel participants here) evaluated wines blind based on color, aroma, flavor & palate, Read more...
A round-up of stories on Washington wine from June 15th to 21st. See previous round-ups here.From around the world…The Manila Standard writes about Washington Riesling.From around the country…The San Santonio Current writes about Charles Smith. Read more…
In a tough economy there is nothing like finding a wine that drinks like a more expensive bottle. Here are a few that have stood out recently. While you won’t find any of these wines in the value bin – see next week’s monthly Five Under $15 for that – each of these wines drinks Read more...
Catching up, a round-up of stories on Washington wine from June 8th to 14th. See previous round-ups here.From around the country…Wines & Vines writes about the latest proposed AVAs.The Wall Street Journal writes about the road to China with thoughs from Butch Milbrandt.Wine Spectator writes about the aftermath of the November freeze. Read Read more...
Since the beginning of the year I have been keeping track of the number of corked bottles of wine I have had versus the number of wines I have tasted. As I have done this I have wondered, what percentage of corked wines is okay?From the beginning of the year to the end of May Read more...
Folks, apologies for going dark. After suffering through April allergies - in June - and the loss of my closest family friend, I arrived back in Seattle last weekend and promptly set out to catch up on wine tasting and blogging. It was not to be. My computer imbibed a bottle of Riesling - not Read more...
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