The following article was written by Ryan Messer. Messer lives in the Yakima Valley and writes about travel and wine tourism in the valley and throughout the state. Read additional background here. I am a Read more...
Watch my segment on wine and chocolate pairing on Seattle’s Q13 News here. We love to talk about pairing wine and chocolate, but most wine lovers and chocoholics would agree that the pairing is often Read more...
This is the first in a series of posts on some of the founding wineries and individuals in the Oregon wine industry. Going on 30 years of winemaking – nearly ten at one of Oregon’s Read more...
I have written in the past (at length) about corked wines, specifically, those wines affected by TCA. TCA causes off aromas and flavors that are variously described as damp basement, wet newspaper, or wet dog among Read more...
A round-up of stories on Washington wine from February 1st to 7th. Read previous round-ups here. From around the country… Wines & Vines writes about the Washington Wine Commission implementing its new strategy. Good Fruit Grower writes Read more...
Pic of the Vine is a monthly image taken by contributor Richard Duval. See previous Pic of the Vine images here. Now that the infamous Washington winter-without-color phase is here, many of us turn to hunting for Read more...
The 2013 Washington State Wine Tour Guide has been released! As in previous years, the guide is divided into eight wine touring regions: Seattle & Puget Sound, Woodinville, Yakima Valley, Tri-Cities, Walla Walla Valley, Spokane Read more...
Today’s Fresh Sheet – new and recent releases – includes wines from Avennia, Kerloo Cellars, Kaella Winery, Cadaretta, Sweet Valley Wines, and Pamplin Family Winery. Read more…
A round-up of stories on Washington wine from January 22nd to 31st. Read previous round-ups here. From around the country… Wine Business Monthly names Milbrandt Vineyards one of its hot brands of 2012. The San Francisco Examiner writes Read more...
Washington produced a record crop of 188,000 tons of wine grapes in 2012 according to numbers released today by the USDA. This represents a 32% increase from the previous year. The prior record was 160,000 Read more...
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