Starting in January I have been counting down to my 40th birthday in May by opening a special bottle of wine on the 23rd of each month. January was the Leonetti Cellars 2002 Cabernet (notes Read more...
The April Virtual Tasting tonight is the Columbia Crest 2006 Grand Estates Shiraz. Read more about this month's Virtual Tasting here. I will be updating this post with running notes as I taste the wine. Read more...
Last spring was my first attending the Quilceda Creek release party. Inspired by the new wines, after the event several friends and I opened the 2003 Columbia Valley Cabernet. We also tried the 2003 and Read more...
Quilceda Creek – named after a creek near the winery - is the standard bearer for excellence in Washington wine. The winery had its first commercial release in 1979. Since that time Quilceda’s success has Read more...
Corvus Cellars is a new venture by Stephen Lessard and Randall Hopkins. The winery focuses on small production wine - less than 300 cases total - from Red Mountain fruit. Winemaker Stephen Lessard also makes Read more...
A summary of articles from April 1st to 14th on Washington wine.For your Washington wine reading pleasure, the Spring issue of Wine Press Northwest is out as is the April/May issue of Wino Magazine. From Read more...
What pairs better than wine and charity? Wine, food, and charity.The 8th Annual Sexy Syrah event will be held at Salty’s on Alki on Wednesday April 15th. This event features over 40 Washington wineries along Read more...
Last month I travelled to Napa Valley and visited Darioush, Chappellet, Duckhorn, and Heitz. The trip to Napa was my first in several years and provided an interesting comparison to wine tasting and traveling in Read more...
Pepper Bridge is a family-owned winery located in Walla Walla, Washington. Managed by the McKibben, Goff, and Pellet families, Pepper Bridge produces a cabernet, a merlot, a reserve blend, and single vineyard cabernet and merlot. Read more...
Forgive the indulgence, but there is a moral to this story…Several weeks ago I went to West Seattle Cellars to taste through a lineup of wines that included a blind tasting of the 2007 Leonetti Read more...
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