The following article appeared in Wine Enthusiast March 4, 2020. Walla Walla Valley is Washington State’s “reddest” appellation. A recent study shows the area is 95% planted to red wine varieties, with Cabernet Sauvignon and Read more...
Below are my Wine Enthusiast reviews for January 2020. Wines are listed alphabetically by winery. Read information on how I review wines here. Read about the Wine Enthusiast rating system here. Read about how to interpret my scores here. All of these reviews Read more...
2019 was an unusual growing season for Washington, though many growers and winemakers were enthused with the final results. Winter was warm in eastern Washington before snow arrived in February and subsequently remained in vineyards Read more...
The 2020 Washington State Wine Tour Guide is out! You can read a digital copy here. Order a copy here. This year I had the pleasure of writing an article called "20/20 Vision," looking at the evolution Read more...
I had the pleasure of doing a podcast with Dave and Sandi at Decanted along with Dr. Owen Bargreen of Washington Wine Blog. In the episode, Owen and I talk about how we got into wine, work/life balance, Read more...
Recently I wrote about the importance of smelling the cork when opening a bottle of wine. The argument goes that it gives another opportunity to pick up cork taint – a contaminant, such as trichloroanisole (TCA), that Read more...
The movie Sideways came out in 2004. Merlot has paid its penance. While Merlot has slipped from consumer consciousness over the past 15 years – though to be clear it remains among the most consumed Read more...
The following is excerpted from the Winter 2019/2020 issue of Washington Tasting Room Magazine. Pét-Nat wines, a record breaking number of wineries, and increased white wine production in Walla Walla Valley are among the trends impacting Read more...
I recently noted when I posted about how I taste wines for review at Wine Enthusiast that I take typicity into consideration. Typicity - in French, typicité - is a combination of varietal and, to some extent, Read more...
Below are my Wine Enthusiast reviews for December 2019. Wines are listed alphabetically by winery. Read information on how I review wines here. Read about the Wine Enthusiast rating system here. Read about how to interpret my scores here. All of these Read more...
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