Veraison, the changing of color of the grapes, has commenced in the Columbia Valley. Precept Wine vineyard manager Brittany Komm-Sanders noted veraison in Cabernet Sauvignon and Dolcetto at the winery's Skyfall Vineyard in Yakima Valley on Read more...
Chuck Reininger of Reininger Winery was not always destined for a life of wine. “My dream was to start a brewery,” Reininger recalls. However, fate soon took him in a different direction. Having grown up in Bellevue, Read more...
Many wine lovers have epiphanies in their wine journeys. For Mark McNeilly, founder of Woodinville’s Mark Ryan Winery, his “kick in the head” from Washington Merlot came early. “I was working for Unique Wine Company [and] Read more...
Bloom has begun in the Columbia Valley, with vineyard manager Brittany Komm-Sanders of Precept Wine seeing it in Chardonnay at Skyfall Vineyard in Yakima Valley on May 21st. Komm-Sanders noted bloom began in this same block on Read more...
Merriam Webster Dictionary defines North Star as “the star of the northern hemisphere toward which the axis of the earth points.” So the axis of Washington wine once pointed strongly toward the singularity of the Read more...
The following article appeared in Wine Enthusiast on-line April 28, 2020. When people think of Washington State, they often think of ever-soggy Seattle. In fact, most of Washington’s winegrowing regions are east of the Cascade Read more...
Bud break is beginning in eastern Washington. James Mantone, owner and winemaker at Syncline Winery, noted bud break in Gamay Noir, pictured here, at the winery's Steep Creek Ranch Vineyard in the Columbia Gorge appellation on March Read more...
Below are my Wine Enthusiast reviews for April 2020. Wines are listed alphabetically by winery. Read information on how I review wines here. Read about the Wine Enthusiast rating system here. Read about how to interpret my scores here. All of these reviews Read more...
Washington’s grape production was down dramatically in 2019, with the state crushing 201,000 grapes – a 23% decrease from the prior year – according to numbers released Thursday by the Washington State Wine Commission. The cause Read more...
Below are my Wine Enthusiast reviews for March 2020. Wines are listed alphabetically by winery. Read information on how I review wines here. Read about the Wine Enthusiast rating system here. Read about how to interpret my scores here. All of these reviews Read more...
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