Reminder that this month's Virtual Tasting will take place this Thursday. As usual, I will be opening the wine - the 2007 Hedges CMS Red - about 7pm and looking to get my notes up Read more...
In tough times, we continue the search for inexpensive wines.The previous vintage of Sagelands’ Freddie’s Blend was one of my favorite value wines from last year. The name Freddie's Blend refers to Federique Spencer, Sagelands’ Read more...
Adams Bench is the work of Tim and Erica Blue. The winery is named after the school bench where students were sent as punishment when Tim was a boy in Indiana (The bench now resides Read more...
Liberty Bay Cellars is located in Poulsbo, Washington. Winemaker and founder Dave Prigmore produces about 1,000 cases per year. The winery sources fruit from Conner Lee, Stillwater Creek, Elephant Mountain, and Sugarloaf vineyards. Wines: Score Read more...
Solesce – Latin for “sun” and “essence” - is Brian Carter’s flagship wine, a Bordeaux-style blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Malbec.Brian Carter began making wine in Washington in 1980 for Read more...
In terms of quality and value (Quality to Price Ratio or QPR in wine parlance), Woodinville’s Novelty Hill consistently ranks toward the top. The wines are always excellent to exceptional at reasonable price points and Read more...
Doug at Wino Magazine put a blog post up earlier in the week about the effects of the economic downturn on small wineries. One of his suggestions is to buy directly from the winery. I Read more...
The Jack is back!The Jack is Saviah Cellars’ red table wine. This merlot dominant blend started about six years back as a non-vintage offering and is now in its fourth vintage.The 2007 Jack continues Saviah’s Read more...
Darby is a Woodinville, Washington winery. Wines: Score Name Notes $ + Darby Syrah Destiny Ridge Vineyard Horse Heaven Hills 2006 Spice and light campfire with a little alcohol showing through. Opens up but has Read more...
A summary of articles from February 1st to 7th on Washington wine. Our feature article this week comes from Gourmet magazine which writes an article on Walla Walla. From around the country… MSNBC writes about Read more...
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