Cayuse Vineyards gets its name from the Cayuse tribe who live in the Walla Walla Valley. French-Canadian fur traders who came to the area in the 1800's called the Native Americans the ‘Cailloux', plural for Read more...
Winemaker John Abbott founded Abeja with Ken Harrison in 2002. Prior to starting Abeja, Abbott had served as winemaker at Canoe Ridge. Located in Walla Walla, Abeja focuses on Cabernet Sauvignon along with limited bottlings Read more...
A summary of articles from August 22nd to 31st on Washington wine. The Scoop The big story this week is Washington wine sales in the U.S. outpacing the competition based on Nielsen data. See a Read more...
In tough times, we continue the search for good, inexpensive wines.In the waning days of summer, we focus on white wines including three Rieslings. Washington is the largest producer of Riesling in the U.S with Read more...
What follows is a Focus report on Col Solare. Special thanks to Gracie Doyle at Chateau Ste. Michelle for her assistance with materials included in this report. Photos courtesy of Kevin Cruff. This report is Read more...
For those in the Seattle area, you have heard me sing their praises before, now you have a chance to see for yourself. Walla Walla's Forgeron Cellars will be pouring at West Seattle Cellars tonight. Read more...
The August Virtual Tasting is tonight! The wine is the 2007 Barnard Griffin Cabernet Sauvignon. This wine retails for $17 and can frequently be found in super-markets in the Washington area. As usual, I will Read more...
Tom and Ann-Marie Hedges started Hedges Cellars in 1987. In 1991, they planted an estate vineyard on Red Mountain. Although vineyards had been established on Red Mountain for more than fifteen years and fruit from Read more...
A summary of articles from August 8th to 21st on Washington wine.For your reading pleasure, the August/September edition of WINO magazine is out. From around the country… Wine Library TV does a blind tasting of Read more...
Grand Rêve, French for “great dream,” was founded in 2004 by Paul McBride and Ryan Johnson. Grand Rêve takes a unique approach to making wine, pairing top Washington winemakers with fruit from one of the Read more...
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