Capital Call Vintners to open tasting room in Walla Walla
Steve and Nikki Bruere with Alan Busacca (right) of Capital Call Vintners Winery has also purchased the Barons brand Capital Call Vintners, founded by Steve and Nikki Bruere along with Alan Busacca, is Read more...
Harvest begins in Washington
Chardonnay harvest at French Creek Vineyard courtesy of Damon Lalonde Harvest has begun in Washington’s Columbia Valley. Charles Auclair of Woodinville’s Auclair Winery kicked things off Saturday August 24th, picking Sauvignon Blanc from Read more...
Update from Ste. Michelle Wine Estates: Part II
David Bowman, Ste. Michelle Wine Estates This is the second in a two-part interview with David Bowman, Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) at Ste. Michelle Wine Estates (SMWE). In Part I, Bowman discussed potential Read more...
Update from Ste. Michelle Wine Estates: Part I
Earlier this month, Ste. Michelle Wine Estates (SMWE) submitted the first step of a site plan review for its Chateau Ste. Michelle property to the city of Woodinville. Here, in the first part of a Read more...
Seattle’s Eight Bells Winery to move to Lake City neighborhood
Artist rendering, Eight Bells Lake City exterior Eight Bells Winery, which has been in Seattle’s Roosevelt/Ravenna neighborhood since 2009, is relocating. The winery will move its tasting room and production facility to Seattle’s Read more...
The Year of Ackley Brands continues with Charles Smith Wines acquisition
Seattle-based Ackley Brands continued its aggressive growth in Washington with the purchase of Charles Smith Wines from The Wine Group. The purchase closed on August 8th and included the brand and inventory. The sale was Read more...
Auction of Washington Wines raises $4.25M for charitable causes
The Auction of Washington Wines, Washington’s longest-running charity wine auction, raised $4.25M at a series of events this past week. (Full disclosure: My wife contracts with the Auction.) Money raised will support viticulture and enology Read more...
Moonbase Cellars purchases Walla Walla Valley vineyard
Moonbase Estate Vineyard, Walla Walla Valley Moonbase Cellars, a small, family-owned winery in Walla Walla Valley, has purchased a vineyard in the valley. The site will provide estate fruit and will eventually be Read more...
B.C. government outlines initial relief plan for local wineries
Okanagan Valley vineyard in Osoyoos, British Columbia, Nalida Sukprasert In a memo dated July 25th, the Liquor Distribution Branch (LDB) outlined a relief plan for British Columbia (B.C.) wineries impacted by the January Read more...
Idaho’s Colter’s Creek Winery destroyed by fire
Colter's Creek Winery fire Colter’s Creek Winery, located in Juliaetta, Idaho, was destroyed by fire July 25th. The entire inventory of the winery was also consumed by the blaze. “The winery is gone,” Read more...
Wautoma Springs to open tasting room in Woodinville
Jessica Munnell (right), Tom Merkle, Rachel Mercer, Wautoma Springs. Image copyright Richard Duval. Wautoma Springs, based out of Prosser, will open a satellite tasting room in Woodinville. The tasting room will be located Read more...
DeLille to open restaurant, tasting room in Seattle’s University Village
Artist rendering of DeLille's University Village main dining room. Winery’s first expansion to Seattle DeLille Cellars, one of Woodinville’s founding wineries, will open a restaurant and tasting room in Seattle’s University Village. The Read more...
