In honor of summer, the July Virtual Tasting wine will be our first white wine - the Charles Smith 2008 Kung Fu Girl Riesling. This wine is widely available and retails for $12. In addition Read more...
Last month Paul Gregutt wrote about why Washington Syrah doesn’t sell particularly well. One of the hypotheses is that there are price issues. The issues are that 1) there are few quality Washington Syrah less Read more...
Boudreaux Cellars is located in Icicle Creek Canyon in Leavenworth, Washington – one of the state’s most picturesque locations. Winemaker Rob Newsom learned winemaking by picking the brains of some of Washington’s finest, including Gary Read more...
A summary of articles from June 22nd to June 30th on Washington wine.From around the country… The New Jersey Star Ledger writes about Washington Riesling.South Carolina’s The State recommends Gordon Brother’s 2006 Cabernet. MSNBC writes Read more...
Cadaretta Wines is located in Walla Walla. Virginie Bourgue, a native of France, serves as winemaker. Cadaretta currently has an estate vineyard in development in the Walla Walla Valley. 2007 SBS, from vineyards in the Read more...
What follows is an excerpt from the 2009 Walla Walla Spring Release Weekend Report. Download the full report here (Note: Opens .pdf).Tasting Summary3 days, 21 wineries, over 110 wines sampled.Spring Release is one of the Read more...
Back in April Seattle-based CellarTracker celebrated its five year anniversary. Over that time what started as a personal project has blossomed into the premier tool for tracking cellar information and posting user-written tasting notes.The story Read more...
Chaleur Estate is one of the flagship wines of Delille Cellars, a Woodinville, Washington winery. This wine is a cabernet-focused Bordeaux blend with the majority of its fruit coming from Ciel du Cheval Vineyard on Read more...
It is uncommon for me to bring attention to individual winery events. However, in this case, I am making an exception. Steve Brooks, owner and winemaker at Walla Walla's Trust Cellars, will be pouring tonight Read more...
The good news. The 2005 Chateau Ste. Michelle-Dr. Loosen Riesling Columbia Valley Eroica Single Berry Select has received a 98 point rating from Wine Spectator. This score was published in the June 24th edition of Read more...
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