Carrie Alexander, Atelier Freewater by Richard Duval. Building will be shared tasting room and event space for Todd Alexander’s wines, others Todd and Carrie Alexander are opening Atelier Freewater in Milton-Freewater, a town Read more...
Changes are afoot at Woodinville’s Force Majeure. Earlier this year the winery hired Todd Alexander (pictured left) as winemaker and general manager. Alexander previously served as winemaker at the cult Napa Valley winery Bryant Family. Read more...
The great dream – now an unstoppable force – goes on at Force Majeure (formerly Grand Rêve Vintners) with the winery naming an estate winemaker and also adding its seventh Collaboration Series winemaker. For the estate wines, Read more...
It is simply not possible to talk with Paul McBride and Ryan Johnson of Force Majeure, taste the winery’s offerings, and not come away exhilarated about Washington wine and its future.Formerly known as Grand Rêve, Read more...
It seems you can’t name anything in this country without tripping over someone who has something obliquely similar and whose lawyers threaten trouble (US Olympic Committee versus Olympic Cellars anyone?). I mean seriously folks, stop Read more...
Today’s Fresh Sheet – new and recent Washington wine releases – includes wines from Grand Rêve Vintners, Maison Bleue, Waters Winery, Rulo Winery, and Kaella Winery. Read more…
What follows is a Focus report on Grand Rêve. Download a .pdf version of this report here. Read previous Focus reports here. Grand Rêve – the name of a new winery in Washington State – Read more...
Grand Rêve, French for “great dream,” was founded in 2004 by Paul McBride and Ryan Johnson. Grand Rêve takes a unique approach to making wine, pairing top Washington winemakers with fruit from one of the Read more...
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