Below is a summary of articles from March. Enjoy! Auction of Washington Wines gala moves to The Somm. Hotel & Spa Washington’s 2024 growing season one of “resilience” Making wine with Virtue (Wine Reviews March Read more...
60+ wines reviewed below and in the database, including the latest from Avennia, Broken Trust, Chehalem, Dunham, Flâneur, Illahe, L’Ecole No. 41, Liska, Ricochet, Ridgecrest, Rocky Pond, Sparkman, Trothe, Woodward Canyon, and Zenith. Pinot Noir Read more...
WHO acting unit lead Dr. Carina Ferreira-Borges (not really) “No amount” of alcohol is safe? Bullshit. The World Health Organization (WHO) made a big splash when it confidently stated “no level of alcohol Read more...
Taste Washington, the largest single-region wine event in the country, had record attendance earlier this month. Over 7,500 guests attended the Grand Tasting, which took place March 15th and March 16th at Lumen Field Event Read more...
Louis Skinner, Force Majeure Former winemaker Todd Alexander closing Atelier Freewater, relocating to France following January citation Walla Walla Valley’s Force Majeure Vineyards has hired Louis Skinner as winemaker. Skinner was previously winemaker Read more...
Kate Payne Brown, Argyle Winery Earlier this month, Willamette Valley’s Argyle Winery named Kate Payne Brown winemaker. Brown becomes the esteemed sparkling producer’s third winemaker in the last 38 years, following in the Read more...
Daniel Sogg (left) and Jonathan Edelman, Foolhardy Vintners Washington’s Foolhardy Vintners has opened its first tasting room. The tasting room is located in Walla Walla at 134 West Poplar Street in the historic Read more...
Jeremy Santo, pictured in 2021. Image by Richard Duval. Jeremy Santo, who spent more than 20 years working in the Washington wine industry, died March 12th. The cause was related to injuries sustained Read more...
Kevin White of Kevin White Winery in 2015 © Richard Duval. Kevin White Winery, one of Washington’s top producers of Rhône-style wines, has announced that the business will be winding down. The news Read more...
Taste Washington is coming up with a series of events March 13th through 17th. I'll highlight some of them here. Saturday the 15th starts off with The Seminars from 10:30-12 at the King Street Ballroom. Read more...
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