Wines of the Month – April 2016
This past month I tasted strong sets of new releases from Ardor Cellars, Baer Winery, EFESTE, and Kerloo Cellars to name just a few. Below are some highlights from these wineries and others. Read more…
Fresh Sheet February 26th 2014
Today’s Fresh Sheet – new and recent releases – includes wines from Mark Ryan Winery, Kerloo Cellars, EFESTE, Eight Bells Winery, Auclair Winery, Buty Winery, and Robert Ramsay Cellars. Read more…
Change is in the air at EFESTĒ
Change is in the air at Woodinville’s EFESTĒ with former winemaker Brennon Leighton heading to Charles Smith Wines earlier this year (more on this in a future post) and Peter Devison, who was previously making wine at Precept Wine, Read more...
Fresh Sheet April 4th 2012
Today’s Fresh Sheet – new and recent releases – includes wines from Betz Family Winery, EFESTĒ, Angel Vine, Auclair Winery, Wines of Substance, and Tamarack Cellars. Read more…
Old school! Recent print articles
The January/February 2012 issue of Edible Seattle contains an article I wrote on EFESTĒ's Brennon Leighton. Check it out on newsstands now. See a directory of locations to find a copy here.Enjoy!
March of the 2010s – A Strong Vintage for Washington Whites
While the cool temperatures of 2010 caused a great deal of consternation among Washington growers and winemakers, the results so far for white wines have been impressive. In fact, 2010 looks to be one of Read more...
Fresh Sheet November 17th 2011
Today’s Fresh Sheet – new and recent Washington wine releases – includes wines from Efeste, Rasa Vineyards, Tenor Wines, Matthews Estate, and Long Shadows. Read more…
Watch out world. Here comes EFESTĒ
EFESTĒ winemaker Brennon Leighton is a force of nature. As passionate and opinionated as he is talented, Leighton is poised to make a huge impression on the Washington wine scene in the decades to come. Read more...
Columbia Crest ’05 Cabernet Spectator ‘Wine of the Year’
This morning Wine Spectator published its Top 100 Wines for 2009. The list was published to subscribers and will be generally available Wednesday. Spectator publishes this list each year with what it considers the year’s Read more...
Washington Wine Report Reader Survey 2009 Wine to Watch
In our 2008 Reader Survey Washington Wine of the Year, two wines not yet released distinguished themselves by receiving an extraordinary number of votes. In fact, one of these wines – the 2006 William Church Read more...
