As I wrote yesterday, subscribers to Northwest Wine Report have access to a searchable database of wine reviews. This database is accessible through the Reviews-> Wine Search menu. The first type of search available Read more...
Fires briefly bring smoke to other eastern Washington growing regions A series of wildfires broke out Tuesday afternoon and evening in eastern Washington and northeastern Oregon. One of the fires came up to the edge Read more...
As promised when I rebranded this site to Northwest Wine Report last fall, effective today, Northwest Wine Report will be partially subscription-based. Specifically, two parts of the site are now paywalled. Access to all wine Read more...
David Rosenthal spent over 20 years working at Chateau Ste. Michelle, Washington’s largest winery, including seven as head white winemaker. Each year, Rosenthal made a staggering 3M cases of wine, more than almost all of Read more...
Over 12,000 pounds of glass collected on first day of "proof-of-concept" project Eastern Washington’s wine industry has long had an environmental conundrum. On the one hand, wineries and tasting rooms there generate thousands of empty Read more...
Sometimes it is hard to imagine just how far Washington's wine industry has come over the last 50+ years. One bottle I recently had – a 1969 Cabernet Sauvignon from Ste. Michelle Vineyards – provides Read more...
Below is a summary of articles from May 2023. Enjoy! Summary of Articles for April 2023 The evolution of Walla Walla Vintners How much cork taint comes from sources other than the cork? Wine Reviews Read more...
Many varieties have gotten their due in Washington. Grenache’s time has finally arrived, with the First Annual Grenache Festival coming to Walla Walla November 3rd. “Grenache is my favorite variety,” says Carrie Alexander, who founded Read more...
60+ wines reviewed below, including the latest from 14 Hands, Boomtown by Dusted Valley, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Columbia Crest, Eight Bells, Elentone, Foundation, H3, Intrinsic, Mongata, Noble Ridge, Northstar, Parejas, RoxyAnn, Spring Valley, Syncline, The Read more...
Bloom has begun in Columbia Valley. Brittany Komm, vineyard operations manager at Sagemoor Vineyards, saw bloom in Weinbau Vineyard Chardonnay on May 22nd. Komm also saw bloom in Sagemoor Chardonnay and Bacchus Cabernet Franc on Read more...
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