Below is a summary of articles from September 2023. Enjoy! Summary of articles August 2023 Structure Cellars to open Tacoma tasting room A look at Quilceda Creek’s new winemaking team and beyond Napa Valley’s Cakebread Read more...
This is the third in a three-part series on Washington wine. Read part I. Read part II. There has been a great deal of handwringing and soul searching in the Washington wine industry since Ste. Read more...
This is the second in a three-part series on Washington wine. Read part I. There has been a great deal of handwringing and soul searching in the Washington wine industry since Ste. Michelle Wine Estates Read more...
There has been a great deal of handwringing and soul searching in the Washington wine industry since Ste. Michelle Wine Estates told growers it was canceling 40% of the company’s fruit contracts this summer. Much Read more...
Left, Fruit Wine Co. buyer & manager Mark Lowry. Right, co-owner, Jackson Rohrbaugh, M.S. Char Beck Photography. New business to be named Fruit Wine Co. Crunchy Red Fruit, a Seattle-based wine club, has merged Read more...
60+ wines reviewed below, including the latest from Alta, Cinder, Coeur de Terre, Force Majeure, Gramercy, Holocene, Laissez Faire, Lange, Liminal, Parabellum, Rocky Pond, Succession, and WeatherEye. Winemaker Brock Lindsay, owner of Succession and Alta Read more...
The following article was written by Michael Fagin. Fagin is an operational meteorologist providing weather forecasts to clients in the Pacific Northwest and providing custom forecast for groups climbing Mt. Everest and other major peaks. Fagin Read more...
Pintxo by Valdemar, Woodinville. Courtesy Valdemar Family. Valdemar Estates, the Walla Walla-based winery of Rioja’s Valdemar Family, is opening a Spanish restaurant in downtown Woodinville. The restaurant is called Pintxo by Valdemar, pronounced Read more...
Sally Johnson Blum, The Walls and Páxša, Walla Walla Valley. Courtesy SJB. Walla Walla Valley’s The Walls and Pášxa wineries have hired Sally Johnson Blum as executive winemaker. Blum has already started at Read more...
Mullan Road tasting room, Woodinville, WA. Copyright Mullan Road. Sally Johnson Blum hired as Mullan Road winemaker Mullan Road, a Washington brand for Napa Valley’s Cakebread Cellars, has opened a tasting room in Read more...
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