January's Virtual Tasting will be the 2008 Waterbrook Melange Noir. Thanks to reader Jim Scolastico for the suggestion. This wine retails for $15 and is widely available. The tasting will take place on Thursday January Read more...
The following post is written by Carrie Simon. Simon is the founder of Washington Wine 9, a custom trip planning service to travelers for Washington State’s wine country.In 1998, Steve Brooks came across an article Read more...
A round-up of stories on Washington wine from January 1st to 7th. See previous round-ups here.From around the country…The big story this week was the sale of Pacific Rim. Wine Business.com writes about it as Read more...
Last year I wrote a series of posts about corked wines - wines that have been tainted by 2,4,6-trichloroanisole (TCA). In the first, I wrote about how I came to believe in screwcaps and other Read more...
Yesterday I wrote about the Washington State Liquor Control Board (LCB) ending the ‘corkage free zone’ in Yakima. This popular program allowed consumers to buy wine from local wineries and drink the wine at local Read more...
Wineries and restaurants in the Yakima area have been informed by the Washington State Liquor Control Board (LCB) that they can no longer permit same day purchases at local wineries to be consumed ‘corkage free’ Read more...
A round-up of stories on Washington Wine from December 22nd to 31st. See previous round-ups here.From around the country…Wines & Vines writes about stopping vineyard grinches.The Atlantic writes about domestic sparkling wine with a callout Read more...
Today, a look back at some of my personal favorites from the blog from each month last year.January’s was a story about misrepresenting price and points on the shelves.February’s was a Focus Report on Kiona Read more...
Below is a summary of posts from 2010. January 2010About Washington Wine ReportGoals for the New YearWashington Wine Report Rating SystemTasting Note DatabaseWashington Wine Round-up December 22nd to 31st Read more…
Below is a running list of publications and awards, as well as radio, TV, and speaking appearances (last updated October 1, 2019). Email me at [email protected] for reprints of any articles that do not currently Read more...
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