In 1971, David Adelsheim and his wife Ginny purchased a piece of property near Newberg, Oregon with the aim of planting a vineyard. As that site produced commercial fruit in 1978, Adelsheim Vineyard became the Read more...
Jessica Selander’s reasons for starting Jøyus, a Seattle-based alcohol-free wine company, were simple. She doesn’t drink alcohol, having been sober for 17 years.“Drinking is a huge part of our culture in the United States,” Selander says. Read more...
"It must have been something in the air in Brunswick, Maine," Foolhardy Vintners co-founder Jonathan Edelman wryly says of starting a winery. Edelman’s freshman year roommate at Brunswick’s Bowdoin College was Hugh Davies, now long-time president of Read more...
At the start of this year, I began reviewing Oregon wines for Wine Enthusiast magazine. (I had been covering Washington as a contributing editor since 2013.) I subsequently ended my tenure at the magazine in July.While I have Read more...
"It's somewhere between retirement and a job," Greg Peiker says starting his winery, Quiddity Wines, in Woodinville. Peiker worked at nearby Microsoft on the operations side of the software business for nearly 20 years. Realizing Read more...
The following article was written by Michael Fagin. Fagin is an operational meteorologist providing weather forecasts to clients in the Pacific Northwest and providing custom forecast for groups climbing Mt. Everest and other major peaks. Fagin Read more...
Last Thursday was Beaujolais Nouveau Day, celebrated the third Thursday in November. For me, Beaujolais Nouveau Day brings back memories of the early aughts. Seattle Cellars, which was located in downtown Seattle on 2nd Avenue, had Read more...
Last week, I detailed the first half of my Top 10 all-time cork taint stories. Today, I bring you numbers 5 to 1. Read more about what cork taint is here.5. Cork tainted bottle at a retail Read more...
Cork taint is a scourge on the wine industry. Despite great efforts to reduce or eliminate it, the issue continues. Cork taint is caused by a contaminant, most commonly trichloroanisole, that can at low levels mute Read more...
Allen Shoup, former president and CEO of Stimson Lane (now Ste Michelle Wine Estates) and founder of Walla Walla Valley’s Long Shadows winery, passed away November 7th at his home in Shoreline, Washington. He was 79 and died Read more...
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