The evolution of Walla Walla Vintners
Walla Walla Vintners was founded in 1995 – 28 years ago – by Myles Anderson and Gordy Venneri, two long-time home winemakers. (Read an article about the winery from 2010.) As hard as it is Read more...
Summary of Articles for April 2023
Below is summary of articles from April. Enjoy! Summary of articles for March 2023 Which wine closures are sustainable and recyclable (and is that even the right question to ask)? A “kick-ass, old-school country bar” Read more...
An auspicious start for Walla Walla’s Prospice
Prospice Wines’ origin story sounds much like the beginning of a joke. A lawyer and an architect walk into a vineyard. The winery’s website even notes as such. If so, the punchline is that together Read more...
What ChatGPT gets right – and wrong – about Washington wine
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 begins in Columbia Valley
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...
Wine Reviews April 21st 2023
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 jumped the shark
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...
Woodinville’s Warehouse Garagistes
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...
Brittany Komm named vineyard operations manager at Sagemoor Vineyards
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...
Washington wine industry rallies to aid family of late winemaker Ross Mickel
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...
