Earlier this month, Ste. Michelle Wine Estates (SMWE) submitted the first step of a site plan review for its Chateau Ste. Michelle property to the city of Woodinville. Here, in the first part of a Read more...
Artist rendering, Eight Bells Lake City exterior Eight Bells Winery, which has been in Seattle’s Roosevelt/Ravenna neighborhood since 2009, is relocating. The winery will move its tasting room and production facility to Seattle’s Read more...
Seattle-based Ackley Brands continued its aggressive growth in Washington with the purchase of Charles Smith Wines from The Wine Group. The purchase closed on August 8th and included the brand and inventory. The sale was Read more...
The Auction of Washington Wines, Washington’s longest-running charity wine auction, raised $4.25M at a series of events this past week. (Full disclosure: My wife contracts with the Auction.) Money raised will support viticulture and enology Read more...
Moonbase Estate Vineyard, Walla Walla Valley Moonbase Cellars, a small, family-owned winery in Walla Walla Valley, has purchased a vineyard in the valley. The site will provide estate fruit and will eventually be Read more...
Okanagan Valley vineyard in Osoyoos, British Columbia, Nalida Sukprasert In a memo dated July 25th, the Liquor Distribution Branch (LDB) outlined a relief plan for British Columbia (B.C.) wineries impacted by the January Read more...
Colter's Creek Winery fire Colter’s Creek Winery, located in Juliaetta, Idaho, was destroyed by fire July 25th. The entire inventory of the winery was also consumed by the blaze. “The winery is gone,” Read more...
Jessica Munnell (right), Tom Merkle, Rachel Mercer, Wautoma Springs. Image copyright Richard Duval. UPDATE: Wautoma Springs announced in June of 2025 that the winery would be closing its Woodinville tasting room. Wautoma Springs, Read more...
Artist rendering of DeLille's University Village main dining room. Winery’s first expansion to Seattle DeLille Cellars, one of Woodinville’s founding wineries, will open a restaurant and tasting room in Seattle’s University Village. The Read more...
Veraison in Merlot at Weinbau Vineyard, courtesy Brittany Komm Veraison, the changing of color of the grapes, has begun in the Columbia Valley. Brittany Komm, vineyard operations manager at Sagemoor Vineyards, reported seeing Read more...
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