In a meeting last month with its growers, Ste. Michelle Wine Estates (SMWE), the Northwest’s largest winery, informed growers that the company would be substantially reducing its fruit contracts. Specifically, SMWE plans to reduce its Read more...
Below is a summary of articles from July 2023. Enjoy! Last Man Standing: Charles Sleicher of Associated Vintners Joseph Czarny named winemaker at Canvasback and Greenwing, Brian Rudin to Echolands Amos Rome sets the bar Read more...
Chateau Ste. Michelle vice president of winemaking Katie Nelson (right) practicing with Columbia Crest senior director of winemaking Will Wiles. Tonight Chateau Ste. Michelle vice president of winemaking Katie Nelson will throw out Read more...
60+ wines reviewed below, including the latest from 10,000 Hours, Andrew Januik, Aquilini, Chasing Rain, Chehalem, Chemistry, Covale, DeLille, Dixie & Bass, Januik, Johan, Kerloo, Métier by DeLille, Novelty Hill, Seven Hills, Soléna, Sparkman, and Read more...
Christophe Baron, Hors Catégorie Vineyard © Andréa Johnson Photography “I've reached the pinnacle of my career in America,” says Christophe Baron. Baron, founder and vigneron at Bionic Wines, which includes Cayuse Vineyards, No Read more...
In 2019, something unusual happened. In August of that year, I didn’t open a single bottle of cork tainted wine for review. (Cork taint is a contaminant in wine most commonly caused by trichloroanisole.) To Read more...
“I’m afraid that all this time we’ve been growing grapes in a low desert.” One of the biggest misunderstanding about Washington as a grape growing region comes from the western half of the Read more...
In the last five years, the usage of alternative closures in the Washington wine industry has increased dramatically. In 2016, fewer than one quarter of the wines I tasted for review from Washington used an Read more...
Growers in Washington are seeing the start of veraison, the changing of color of the grapes. Brittany Komm, vineyard operations manager at Sagemoor Vineyards, noted veraison beginning in Cabernet Sauvignon in Block 303 at Sagemoor Read more...
50+ wines reviewed below, including the latest from Adelsheim, Aubaine, Avennia, Baer, Foundry, Garageland, J. Christopher, Le Doubblé Troubblé, Love & Squalor, Lu & Oly, Lytle-Barnett, Nicolas-Jay, Planet Oregon, Renegade Wine Co., Soter, and VanArnam. Read more...
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