EAT & DRINK in the Northwest
I am pleased to announce a new, monthly series on Washington Wine Report called EAT & DRINK in the Northwest. Posts in this series will be written by Melissa Peterman and Marcus Pape, authors of Read more...
Wine Bar Review: Purple Café Bellevue
Tuesday October 6th marked the launch of Purple Café and Wine Bar in Bellevue. The first Purple Café opened in Woodinville in 2001. Since that time, owners Larry and Tabitha Kurofsky have also opened locations Read more...
October Virtual Tasting – Owen Roe Sinister Hand 2008
In honor of Halloween, this month’s Virtual Tasting will be the 2008 Owen Roe Sinister Hand. This wine is a blend of Grenache, Syrah, and Mourvedre and retails for $24. A list of on-line retailers Read more...
Washington Wine Round-up: October 1st to 7th
A round-up of stories on Washington wine from October 1st to 7th.Sad news this week of the passing of winemaker David Lake. See Andy Perdue’s obituary, Paul Gregutt’s remembrance, JancisRobinson.com’s article with a comment by Read more...
Retrospective – Cougar Crest 2003 Vintage
Cougar Crest Winery was founded by Deborah and David Hansen in 2001. Natives of the Northwest, the Hansens had been living in San Francisco for twenty years when they began purchasing farms and apple orchards Read more...
Former Columbia Winery winemaker David Lake passes away
David Lake, former Columbia Winery winemaker and Washington wine industry pioneer, passed away at his home yesterday. Mr. Lake’s death was confirmed by Ascentia Wine Estates who purchased Woodinville’s Columbia Winery in 2008. Lake was Read more...
Amavi Cellars 2007 Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon
Amavi Cellars is located in downtown Walla Walla in a reconstructed, late eighteen hundreds building. Pronounced AH-mah-vee, the name name comes from a combination of the Latin root words for love (“am”) and life (“vi”). Read more...
Washington Wine Round-up: September 22nd to 30th
A round-up of stories on Washington wine from September 21st to 30th. From around the country Asimov writes in the New York Times about the rise of US Rieslings with callouts to a number of Read more...
Focus – Full Pull Wines
Monday, October 5th marks the launch of Full Pull Wines. Full Pull is a new Washington wine-dedicated retailer that aims to hand-select Washington wines and provide them to consumers at competitive prices. Full Pull is Read more...
Virtual Tasting – Novelty Hill Cabernet 2006
September's Virtual Tasting will take place tonight! The wine is Novelty Hill's Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2006. As usual, I will be opening the bottle about 7pm and posting my comments and tweets (@wawinereport) along Read more...
