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...
Two thousand and nine marks the twentieth year since Andrew Will Winery was founded by Chris Camarda. The winery, located on Vashon Island, is named after Camarda’s son Will and nephew Andrew. Camarda currently focuses Read more...
Walter Dacon Wines was one of the wineries that stood out at last weekend’s Taste of Washington. Located in Shelton on the Olympic penninsula, the winery focuses predominantly on Rhône-style wines. Lloyd Anderson, owner and Read more...
A summary of articles from March 22nd to March 31st on Washington wine. From around the country… No love this week. From the blogosphere… Paul at Swordfern Wines writes about Mountain Dome’s 2000 Brut and Read more...
Below is a list of things that I thought worked well and didn’t at this year’s Taste of Washington. I enjoyed this year’s event as much if not more than any I have attended in Read more...
The Taste of Washington, which took place over last weekend, is Washington biggest wine event and includes representatives from over one third of the state’s 600+ wineries. Waking up the day after always reminds me Read more...
Based on last month's reader survey, April's Virtual Tasting will be Columbia Crest’s 2006 Grand Estates Shiraz. The tasting will take place on Wednesday April 22nd.At over 1.7 million cases per year, Columbia Crest is Read more...
What follows is a Focus report on Gramercy Cellars. This report is available as a .pdf here.In a very short time, Gramercy Cellars has evolved from a start-up winery with its inaugural release in 2007 Read more...
Speaking of wines under $15, I would be remiss if I did not mention this exceptional value-priced Bordeaux I tried this evening. Côtes de Castillon is one of many appellations east of St-Emilion which share Read more...
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