Crunchy Red Fruit merges with Seattle Wine Co.
Left, Fruit Wine Co. buyer & manager Mark Lowry. Right, co-owner, Jackson Rohrbaugh, M.S. Char Beck Photography. New business to be named Fruit Wine Co. Crunchy Red Fruit, a Seattle-based wine club, has merged Read more...
Valdemar to open Spanish restaurant in Woodinville
Pintxo by Valdemar, Woodinville. Courtesy Valdemar Family. Valdemar Estates, the Walla Walla-based winery of Rioja’s Valdemar Family, is opening a Spanish restaurant in downtown Woodinville. The restaurant is called Pintxo by Valdemar, pronounced Read more...
The Walls and Pášxa hire Sally Johnson Blum as executive winemaker
Sally Johnson Blum, The Walls and Páxša, Walla Walla Valley. Courtesy SJB. Walla Walla Valley’s The Walls and Pášxa wineries have hired Sally Johnson Blum as executive winemaker. Blum has already started at Read more...
Napa Valley’s Cakebread opens Mullan Road tasting room in Woodinville
Mullan Road tasting room, Woodinville, WA. Copyright Mullan Road. Sally Johnson Blum hired as Mullan Road winemaker Mullan Road, a Washington brand for Napa Valley’s Cakebread Cellars, has opened a tasting room in Read more...
Structure Cellars to open Tacoma tasting room
Brian Grasso & Brandee Slosar, Structure Cellars Seattle’s Structure Cellars will be opening a satellite tasting room in Tacoma. The tasting room is slated to open this fall. “The idea was to open Read more...
Brock Lindsay of Lake Chelan’s Succession and Alta wineries dies at 40
Brock Lindsay, winemaker and co-owner of Succession Wines and Alta Cellars in the Lake Chelan appellation, died August 26th due to traumatic injuries caused by a utility vehicle rollover accident. He was 40-years old. “It Read more...
Harvest begins in Washington
Harvest has begun in Columbia Valley. Walla Walla Vineyard Management reported plans to harvest Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from Myles Anderson Vineyard in Walla Walla Valley on August 16th. The grapes will be used for Read more...
Auction-packed week in Northwest raises over $4.6M
Photo copyright Carolyn Wells-Kramer Top auction events return to Washington and Willamette Valley Two of the Pacific Northwest’s premier auctions were held this past week. The Auction of Washington Wines, a consumer-centric series Read more...
Walla Walla Valley gets its own rideshare service: Wallaround
Move over Uber. Take a hike Lyft. Wallaround, a new, Walla Walla Valley-specific rideshare service, has come to town. “The main goal is to have an elevated rideshare experience,” says Wallaround founder and owner Chris Read more...
Danny Gordon named general manager at Sagemoor
Kent Waliser to stay on as brand ambassador Danny Gordon has been named general manager of Sagemoor Vineyards and Wines of Sagemoor. Gordon will oversee the company’s approximately 1,300-acres of vineyards and 5,000-case per year Read more...
Ste. Michelle informs growers of 40% decrease in grape need
In a meeting last month with its growers, Ste. Michelle Wine Estates (SMWE), the Northwest’s largest winery, informed growers that the company would be substantially reducing its fruit contracts. Specifically, SMWE plans to reduce its Read more...
Washington winemaker to take the mound vs. Red Sox
Chateau Ste. Michelle vice president of winemaking Katie Nelson (right) practicing with Columbia Crest senior director of winemaking Will Wiles. Tonight Chateau Ste. Michelle vice president of winemaking Katie Nelson will throw out Read more...
