Alternative closure use surges in Washington
In the last five years, the usage of alternative closures in the Washington wine industry has increased dramatically. In 2016, fewer than one quarter of the wines I tasted for review from Washington used an Read more...
Veraison begins in Columbia Valley
Growers in Washington are seeing the start of veraison, the changing of color of the grapes. Brittany Komm, vineyard operations manager at Sagemoor Vineyards, noted veraison beginning in Cabernet Sauvignon in Block 303 at Sagemoor Read more...
Hospice du Rhône coming to Walla Walla
Hospice du Rhône (HdR), a Rhône variety organization based in San Luis Obispo, California, will hold its next flagship event in Walla Walla, Washington. The still-in-development event will take place April 25-27, 2024. "Thirty years Read more...
Ryan Pennington named COO at Washington’s L’Ecole No. 41
Ryan Pennington, former vice president of communications and corporate affairs at Ste. Michelle Wine Estates (SMWE), has been named chief operating officer (COO) at L’Ecole No. 41 in Walla Walla Valley. Pennington starts today, July Read more...
Joseph Czarny named winemaker at Canvasback and Greenwing, Brian Rudin to Echolands
Joseph Czarny courtesy Canvasback Joseph Czarny has been named winemaker at Canvasback and Greenwing, two Washington brands of Napa Valley’s Duckhorn Vineyards. Czarny, who previously worked as assistant winemaker at Canvasback, takes over Read more...
Woodinville’s Avennia to open tasting room in Walla Walla
Avennia in Woodinville has announced plans to open a satellite tasting room in Walla Walla. The tasting room is expected to open later this summer. “It’s an exciting opportunity for us to be a participant Read more...
Shane Collins named winemaker at Chelan’s Fielding Hills
Shane Collins, Fielding Hills Long-time Washington grower and winemaker Shane Collins has been named winemaker at Fielding Hills Winery in Chelan, Washington. Collins will start the position June 26th. “We’re thrilled,” says Karen Read more...
Two founding Washington wineries are now off the beaten path
Dry Creek exits on new section of highway U.S. 12. What happens when the highway moves: Part II. Read Part I. “I've been anticipating this for a long time,” says L’Ecole No. 41’s Read more...
Benton Complex Fire touches edge of Red Mountain appellation
Fires briefly bring smoke to other eastern Washington growing regions A series of wildfires broke out Tuesday afternoon and evening in eastern Washington and northeastern Oregon. One of the fires came up to the edge Read more...
Walla Walla and Red Mountain test cases for eastern Washington glass recycling
Over 12,000 pounds of glass collected on first day of "proof-of-concept" project Eastern Washington’s wine industry has long had an environmental conundrum. On the one hand, wineries and tasting rooms there generate thousands of empty Read more...
First Annual Grenache Festival coming to Walla Walla Valley
Many varieties have gotten their due in Washington. Grenache’s time has finally arrived, with the First Annual Grenache Festival coming to Walla Walla November 3rd. “Grenache is my favorite variety,” says Carrie Alexander, who founded Read more...
Washington makes up ground, as bloom begins in Columbia Valley
Bloom has begun in Columbia Valley. Brittany Komm, vineyard operations manager at Sagemoor Vineyards, saw bloom in Weinbau Vineyard Chardonnay on May 22nd. Komm also saw bloom in Sagemoor Chardonnay and Bacchus Cabernet Franc on Read more...
