Below is a summary of posts for February 2013. SUMMARY OF POSTS FOR JANUARY 2013 WASHINGTON PRODUCES RECORD GRAPE CROP IN 2012 WASHINGTON WINE ROUND-UP JANUARY 22ND TO 31ST 2013 FRESH SHEET FEBRUARY 5TH 2013 Read more...
The February Virtual Tasting wine is tonight! The wine is the Dusted Valley Vintners 2010 Boomtown Chardonnay. This wine retails for $15 and is reasonably widely available. The tasting will take place from 7-8pm Pacific. What you Read more...
In this month’s Five Wines Under $15, we take a look at Dusted Valley Vintners’ Boomtown wines. “A throwback to the energetic Roaring 20s, Boomtown embodies the essence of celebration and our booming Washington wine industry.” So reads Read more...
Today’s Fresh Sheet – new and recent releases – includes wines from Betz Family Winery, Long Shadows, :Nota Bene Cellars, Buried Cane Wines, Columbia Winery, and Auclair Winery. Read more…
A round-up of stories on Washington wine from February 15th to 21st. Read previous round-ups here. From around the country… No love this week. From the blogosphere… Jameson Fink writes about Whidbey Island Winery. Read more...
As wine reviewers, there is an understanding (hopefully) that we are reviewing each wine at a particular moment in time. It is a snapshot. There is an expectation, though, that we can project that snapshot Read more...
As many of you know, Initiative 1183, which privatized spirits sales in Washington among a number of other changes, prohibited stores under 10,000 square feet from selling spirits. This was ostensibly done to keep spirits Read more...
The February Virtual Tasting wine is the Dusted Valley Vintners 2010 Boomtown Chardonnay. This wine retails for $15 and is reasonably widely available. The tasting will take place on Thursday February 28th from 7-8pm Pacific. What you Read more...
What follows is a Focus Report on The Rocks of Milton-Freewater. Download a .pdf copy here. Read previous Focus Reports here. NB: The appellation name was subsequently changed to The Rocks District of Milton-Freewater. For years, winemakers Read more...
A round-up of stories on Washington wine from February 8th to 14th 2013. Read previous round-ups here. From around the country… Shanken Daily News writes about controversy with privatization. The LA Times writes about a bill in Washington Read more...
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