Veraison, the changing of color of the grapes, has started in the Columbia Valley. The picture here is of Carménère at Weinbau Vineyard, a Sagemoor Vineyards property on the Wahluke Slope, from July 16th. On the same date, Quilceda Read more...
Below are my Wine Enthusiast reviews for August 2018. Wines are listed alphabetically by winery. Read additional information on how I review wines here. All of these reviews are freely available on-line at the Wine Enthusiast Buying Guide. There is Read more...
Below are my Wine Enthusiast reviews for July 2018. Wines are listed alphabetically by winery. Read additional information on how I review wines here. All of these reviews are freely available on-line at the Wine Enthusiast Buying Guide. There is Read more...
The 2018 Washington State Wine Tour Guide was released earlier this year. The guide contains two articles from yours truly, one called "Pushing Boundaries" on the state's wine industry and a second on Walla Walla Valley. Read more...
The following article was published on-line at Wine Enthusiast on June 12, 2018. The majority of the wines you drink are blends, but why do winemakers blend and what does each variety bring to the Read more...
Below are my Wine Enthusiast reviews for June 2018. Wines are listed alphabetically by winery. Read additional information on how I review wines here. All of these reviews are freely available on-line at the Wine Enthusiast Buying Guide. There is Read more...
The following article was published in the June issue of Wine Enthusiast magazine. Despite Washington State’s relative youth as a wine-producing region, a number of its wineries have decades of history. Many of them not Read more...
Below are my Wine Enthusiast reviews for May 2018. Wines are listed alphabetically by winery. Read additional information on how I review wines here. All of these reviews are freely available on-line at the Wine Enthusiast Buying Guide. There is Read more...
Spring is in full gear throughout the vineyards of Washington. Contributing photographer Richard Duval recently traversed the state looking for iconic vineyard views. "Wenatchee's rich landscape is dotted with orchards and vineyards," he noted. "When Read more...
Bloom has begun in eastern Washington. Sagemoor Vineyards reports bloom occurring in their Chardonnay at Weinbau Vineyard on the Wahluke Slope and at Sagemoor Vineyard in the Columbia Valley’s to-be-approved White Bluffs appellation. Read Read more...
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