The AI is, generally speaking, either largely correct or flat out wrong, with a troubling tendency to bullshit ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence chatbots have dominated the news recently. Last weekend, I asked ChatGPT a Read more...
Bud break, the unofficial start of the growing season, has begun in Washington. Walla Walla Vineyard Management saw bud break on Cabernet Franc at Wagon Wrench Vineyard in Walla Walla Valley on April 20th. They Read more...
60+ wines reviewed below, including the latest from Airfield, Anacréon, Array, Block Wines, Devison, Esja, Full Pull & Friends, Gramercy, Grosgrain, Lange, Lone Birch, Love That Red, Mount Si, Ocelli, Prospice, Revelation by Goose Ridge, Read more...
Wine competitions have long been a dubious side of the industry. Wineries submit wines along with a healthy submission fee; competitions send back shiny medals that have a strong whiff of pay-to-play, particularly as most Read more...
What follows is an excerpt from an article in the inaugural issue of Full Pour magazine about Woodinville’s Warehouse District. Full Pour is a new drinks magazine. “Whether it be wine or beer, a spirited Read more...
Komm replaces Lacey Lybeck, who will now be grape sales manager Brittany Komm has been named vineyard operations manager at Washington’s Sagemoor Vineyards, one of the state’s premier vineyard groups. Komm takes the reigns from Read more...
Last Labor Day weekend, winemaker Ross Mickel of Woodinville’s Ross Andrew Winery died in a seaplane crash near Whidbey Island. His pregnant wife, Lauren Hilty, and the couple’s 22-month old son, Remy, were also killed Read more...
Long-time winemaker Serge Laville laid off as part of Ste. Michelle Wine Estates February workforce reduction Katherine "Kate" Derby, whose family founded Spring Valley Vineyard in 1993, has been promoted to winemaker. Derby, a sixth Read more...
Get ready Walla Walla. T-Post Tavern is coming. “The general idea is just a kick-ass, old-school country bar,” says owner Dan Thiessen, founder and managing partner at Denim Hospitality. Thiessen is also a managing partner Read more...
There are a variety of closure types in the wine industry. The most common closures are natural corks, closures made from ground-up natural corks (such as agglomerated and micro-agglomerated closures), screwcaps, and synthetics. (See explanations Read more...
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