Washington growing season summaries 2005-2023
Photograph by Richard Duval Over the next series of weeks, I will be rolling out a group of pages with growing season, vintage, and other information for Washington. I am starting today with Read more...
Simonit & Sirch partners with Conner Lee Vineyard, first Washington venture
Conner Lee Vineyard, copyright Richard Duval Simonit & Sirch, an international vine pruning and training consulting company, is now working with Washington’s Conner Lee Vineyard. This is the company’s first foray into Washington Read more...
20 must-try wines at Taste Washington
Photo copyright Suzi Pratt. Taste Washington, the nation’s largest, single region tasting event, is coming March 14th through 24th. Taste Washington is the event to attend if you are interested in or love Read more...
The Horse Heaven Hills is Washington Cabernet Heaven
Horse Heaven Hills copyright Richard Duval Wine Reviews March 6th 2024 (50+ wines reviewed below and in the database, including the latest from Betz Family, Capital Call, City Limits, Covington, Fidélitas, Gramercy, Quady Read more...
Serge Laville named winemaker at Reali Family Vineyard
Serge Laville (left) with Kristin and Ken Reali. Photograph by Kristina Reali. Reali Family Vineyard, a new project in Walla Walla Valley, has hired Serge Laville as the estate’s founding winemaker. Laville, one Read more...
Claire Jarreau named head winemaker at Brooks Winery
L to R: Janie Brooks Heuck, Chris Williams, Claire Jarreau, Brooks Winery. Photograph by Carolyn Wells-Kramer. Brooks Winery in Willamette Valley has promoted associate winemaker Claire Jarreau to head winemaker. Long-time winemaker Chris Read more...
Summary of Articles February 2024
Below is a summary of articles published in February. Enjoy! Summary of Articles January 2024 WA State Wine Commission pivots toward distributors in new strategic plan The pitch for Red Mountain (Wine Reviews February 5, Read more...
Renowned grower Ryan Johnson to manage Force Majeure Estate Vineyard
Ryan Johnson, far from the sagebrush of Red Mountain Ryan Johnson, who has been farming on Red Mountain for 25 years and is one of Washington’s most highly-regarded growers, will now be managing Read more...
The fox is in the hen house on wine reviews
In days long gone, a handful of powerful publications were the gatekeepers of wine reviews. They passed out scores, and wineries either benefitted from them or not. In today’s world, these magazines are no longer Read more...
Oregon sees warm ‘23 growing season, enjoys high quality wines
Oregon Wine Board. Photographer - Carolyn Wells-Kramer. Heat leads to compressed harvest in Willamette Valley During Oregon’s 2023 growing season, the April frost the year before was very much on everyone’s mind. However, Read more...
