Fresh Sheet January 30th 2012
Today’s Fresh Sheet – new and recent releases – includes wines from Pamplin Family Winery, JB Neufeld, Nefarious Cellars, Covington Cellars, and Lobo Hills. Read more…
How to Return a Corked Bottle of Wine (and Why You Should)
January’s Virtual Tasting is tonight from 7-8pm Pacific. Read about how to participate here.The incidence of cork taint has been variously reported to be as little as 0.7% and as much as 10%. However, for Read more...
Five Wines Under $15 January 2012
January’s Virtual Tasting is Thursday January 26th from 7-8pm Pacific. Read about how to participate here.In tough times, we continue the search for good, inexpensive wines.We start off today with three wines from Forgeron Cellars’ Read more...
Rating System Display
As I wrote earlier this month, I have changed my rating system from a home grown, five point system to a traditional five star system. Please note that these ratings will be displayed in subsequent Read more...
Washington Wine Round-up January 15th-21st 2012
A round-up of stories on Washington wine from January 15th to 21st. Read previous round-ups here.From around the world…Edmonton Journal writes about the Kung Fu Girl Riesling (look at that Canadian tariff!).From around the country…Shanken Read more...
It’s hard to keep a good man down – Frank Magaña launches Chef Magaña Catering
One of the sadder stories in Washington wine from 2011 was the closing of Kennewick’s Picazo 7 Seventeen restaurant. However, to many, it seemed unlikely that owner Chef Frank Magaña would be gone for long. Read more...
Washington Wine Round-up January 8th-14th 2012
A round-up of stories on Washington wine from January 8th to 14th 2012. Read previous round-ups here.From around the country (and abundance of love this week)…Wines and Vines writes about Olympia trying to cut wine Read more...
Old school! Recent print articles
The January/February 2012 issue of Edible Seattle contains an article I wrote on EFESTĒ's Brennon Leighton. Check it out on newsstands now. See a directory of locations to find a copy here.Enjoy!
January Virtual Tasting – 2008 Januik Red Wine Columbia Valley
January's Virtual Tasting wine will be the Januik Winery Red Wine Columbia Valley 2008. This wine retails for $18 and is widely available. The tasting will take place Thursday January 26th from 7-8pm Pacific.What you Read more...
Plans for 2012
Well folks, I’m happy to be back after a brief staycation to clear the mind, focus on some other endeavors, and plan for the year ahead. As is my custom, I want to start 2012 Read more...
