Washington gained its 15th appellation September 2nd, with the approval of the Royal Slope, the U.S.’s latest American Viticultural Area (AVA). “I personally think it’s the best overall appellation in the state,” says Aryn Morell, who Read more...
Pictured here, the last burst of summer sun pushes Whidbey Island Winery's vineyard toward harvest. “Greg Osenbach has been steadily creating wines from the island for 30 years,” noted contributing photographer Richard Duval. “His lovingly maintained vineyard Read more...
Harvest has begun in the Columbia Valley. Fidélitas on Red Mountain started things off on August 19th, picking Sauvignon Blanc from Klipsun Vineyard. Others quickly followed suit, with DeLille Cellars and L’Ecole No 41 also picking Sauvignon Blanc from Klipsun on Read more...
L’Ecole No. 41 is one of Washington’s most influential wineries, having a longer history and reach than most wineries in the state. The winery not only promotes Walla Walla and Washington across the country and around Read more...
As wineries and tasting rooms started to work amidst pandemic restrictions, contributing photographer Richard Duval began his long-delayed travels around the Washington wine community. Keeping to all precautions and staying within the restrictions of the regions, Read more...
Veraison, the changing of color of the grapes, has commenced in the Columbia Valley. Precept Wine vineyard manager Brittany Komm-Sanders noted veraison in Cabernet Sauvignon and Dolcetto at the winery's Skyfall Vineyard in Yakima Valley on Read more...
Chuck Reininger of Reininger Winery was not always destined for a life of wine. “My dream was to start a brewery,” Reininger recalls. However, fate soon took him in a different direction. Having grown up in Bellevue, Read more...
Many wine lovers have epiphanies in their wine journeys. For Mark McNeilly, founder of Woodinville’s Mark Ryan Winery, his “kick in the head” from Washington Merlot came early. “I was working for Unique Wine Company [and] Read more...
Bloom has begun in the Columbia Valley, with vineyard manager Brittany Komm-Sanders of Precept Wine seeing it in Chardonnay at Skyfall Vineyard in Yakima Valley on May 21st. Komm-Sanders noted bloom began in this same block on Read more...
Merriam Webster Dictionary defines North Star as “the star of the northern hemisphere toward which the axis of the earth points.” So the axis of Washington wine once pointed strongly toward the singularity of the Read more...
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