Owen Roe Winery
Owen Roe, named after a 17th century Irish patriot, produces wines from both Washington and Oregon fruit. David O’Reilly, who serves as winemaker, is also a co-founder of Sineann Winery along with Jerry Owen. O’Reilly Read more...
Five Under Fifteen – April
In tough times, we continue the search for inexpensive wines. More Five Under Fifteen here.Townshend Cellars is located in Spokane. The winery produced its first vintage in 1998. The winery is a family affair run Read more...
Retrospective – Cayuse 2002 Flying Pig and 2004 Syrah Cailloux Vineyard
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...
Final Update – April Virtual Tasting Columbia Crest 2006 Grand Estates Shiraz
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...
2nd Annual Quilceda Creek Pick-up After Party
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 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon Columbia Valley and 2006 Red Wine
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 Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 (Taste of Washington 2009)
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...
Washington Wine Round-up – April 1st to 14th
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’s wrong with being Sexy? Sexy Syrah comes to Salty’s on Alki
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...
Off-topic: Chappellet (Napa Valley March 2009)
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...
