Five things you might not know about me
By definition, Northwest Wine Report is focused on the wines and wineries of the Pacific Northwest. It has never been my goal to make myself a central part of this site, except when doing so Read more...
Wine Reviews November 21st 2025
55+ wines reviewed below and in the database, including the latest from Andrew Januik, Cimento, Cloudlift, Dahlman, Dusted Valley, Ethos, Idilico, Januik, La Biblioteca, Long Shadows, LucidWild. North Valley, Novelty Hill, Pomum, Real Wine, Samā, Read more...
Fall Subscriber Drive continues
Northwest Wine Report’s Fall Subscriber Drive continues! This site needs additional subscribers before December 31st in order to continue next year. Barring that, publication of Northwest Wine Report will cease in 2026. Northwest Wine Report Read more...
Bledsoe Family Winery breaks ground on new Walla Walla tasting room
Illustration of Bledsoe Family Winery tasting room, Walla Walla by Signum Architecture Tasting room expected to open in summer of 2026 Bledsoe Family Winery has broken ground on a new tasting room in Read more...
David Rosenthal named director of winemaking at L’Ecole No. 41
David Rosenthal, L'Ecole No. 41 Walla Walla Valley winery positions itself for the future L’Ecole No. 41, one of Washington’s flagship wineries, has named David Rosenthal director of winemaking. Rosenthal is among the Read more...
British Columbia wineries show resilience after freezes
Image courtesy of Wine Growers British Columbia. From replanting to changing what is planted where and working on cold mitigation, B.C. wineries are bouncing back British Columbia wineries faced enormous challenges after back-to-back Read more...
The 10 best Northwest wine values right now
Did you ever notice that on-line and print publications always use right now in their article titles? They aren’t worried about yesterday. They aren’t concerned about tomorrow or next week. It’s all Read more...
Jed Steele, Lemberger, and the power of wine
Winemaker Jed Steele Winemaker Jed Steele passed away this week. Steele’s contributions to the Lake County and California wine industries have been well-documented. Here, I want to touch on Steele’s Washington connections and Read more...
Aquilini ceases wine production
Aquilini Family Wines has discontinued production of its wine brands in Washington. The move came abruptly in the middle of harvest. Last month, Aquilini informed two custom crush facilities it works with that the company Read more...
Seattle’s Fatcork still sparkling 15 years in
“There have been two pillars of Fatcork,” says Bryan Maletis, founder of Fatcork in Seattle. “The best quality sparkling wine in the world and the best customer service we can offer.” Fatcork has delivered both. Read more...
