80+ wines reviewed below and in the database, including the latest from Airfield, Amos Rome, Bighorn, Björnson, Foolhardy, Furioso, Gård, Lone Birch, Phelps Creek, Prospice, The Miscreant Project, TruthTeller, Walla Walla Vintners, and Willow Wine.

A few quick hit thoughts on some of the wines in this review set.

Lone Birch is quietly establishing itself as a go-to value Washington wine brand. The wines are extremely well-priced for the quality, are varietally correct, and reflect the region where they are grown (Yakima Valley). The wines are also estate fruit. It’s hard to ask for more at $12-13.

Moving up a tier in the same portfolio, Airfield Estates offers a number of wines reviewed below that punch well above their weight class. Several of them are Value Picks.

I’ve written about Foolhardy Vintners previously. I can’t recommend Foolhardy’s wines highly enough. The wines are all distinctive, they have a voice, and they focus on purity and freshness without sacrificing intensity and flavor. These are wines that consumers (and winemakers) should pay attention to.

People who accepted the 2024 Northwest Wine Challenge, seek out The Miscreant Project 2022 Gobsmack’d Miscreant Affirmation #32 reviewed below. It’s rare to find that level of quality in a Rhône-style blend at that price.

Willamette Valley’s Furioso Vineyards has a strong set of wines below. The winery is well worth exploring.

What fun it is to see such diversity coming out of the Willamette Valley. Reviewed below are high quality examples of Gamay, Mondeuse, Trousseau, and Pinot Meunier, with a number of them from Abbey Road Farm. Pinot Noir will always be the valley’s red variety calling card, and rightfully so. But the valley is about much more than that.

On to the wines.

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