Peter Dow at Red Willow Vineyard, Yakima Valley Peter Dow, founder of Café Juanita in Kirkland, Washington as well as Cavatappi Winery and Cavatappi Distribuzione in Seattle, passed away December 22nd after a Read more...
Changes also appear to have impacted beer, spirits, and some non-alcohol related businesses Last week wine, beer, and spirits-related businesses received unwelcome news. Meta notified business owners that their pages would no longer be recommended Read more...
Here are the Top 10, most read articles at Northwest Wine Report in 2025 based on 127 articles published. Note that I did not include the article about The Top 60 Wines of 2024, Read more...
House of Smith Jet City Winery, Seattle, Washington The House of Smith Jet City Winery building in Seattle’s Georgetown neighborhood has been listed for sale. The facility serves as a production space and Read more...
Chateau Ste. Michelle by Richard Duval Below are additional quotes from Northwest Wine Report’s interview with Court Wyckoff, whose family purchased Ste. Michelle Wine Estates (SMWE) earlier this month, and David Bowman, co-CEO Read more...
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville by Richard Duval Winery now locally-owned for first time in over 50 years Washington’s Wyckoff family has purchased Ste. Michelle Wine Estates (SMWE). The deal closed Thursday, December 4th. Read more...
Evergreen Family the "largest family-owned grape-to-bottle wine company in Washington state" Evergreen Family Wines has purchased Luke Wines. The purchase includes the brand and all inventory. It adds to Evergreen’s portfolio, which includes Milbrandt Family, Read more...
Illustration of Bledsoe Family Winery tasting room, Walla Walla by Signum Architecture Tasting room expected to open in summer of 2026 Bledsoe Family Winery has broken ground on a new tasting room in Read more...
David Rosenthal, L'Ecole No. 41 Walla Walla Valley winery positions itself for the future L’Ecole No. 41, one of Washington’s flagship wineries, has named David Rosenthal director of winemaking. Rosenthal is among the Read more...
Aquilini Family Wines has discontinued production of its wine brands in Washington. The move came abruptly in the middle of harvest. Last month, Aquilini informed two custom crush facilities it works with that the company Read more...
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