In a year full of challenges, winemakers are happy with the resultsWinemaker Jason Gorski at DeLille Cellars gives a succinct summation of the 2020 growing season in Washington, saying “Yields were down. The quality was Read more...
Washington’s harvest was down 11% in 2020, with a total of 178,500 tons produced. Cabernet Sauvignon was the state’s most produced grape variety at 52,000 tons, or 29% of total production. This was followed by Read more...
Harvest has begun in the Columbia Valley. Fidélitas on Red Mountain started things off on August 19th, picking Sauvignon Blanc from Klipsun Vineyard. Others quickly followed suit, with DeLille Cellars and L’Ecole No 41 also picking Sauvignon Blanc from Klipsun on Read more...
Veraison, the changing of color of the grapes, has commenced in the Columbia Valley. Precept Wine vineyard manager Brittany Komm-Sanders noted veraison in Cabernet Sauvignon and Dolcetto at the winery's Skyfall Vineyard in Yakima Valley on Read more...
Bloom has begun in the Columbia Valley, with vineyard manager Brittany Komm-Sanders of Precept Wine seeing it in Chardonnay at Skyfall Vineyard in Yakima Valley on May 21st. Komm-Sanders noted bloom began in this same block on Read more...
Bud break is beginning in eastern Washington. James Mantone, owner and winemaker at Syncline Winery, noted bud break in Gamay Noir, pictured here, at the winery's Steep Creek Ranch Vineyard in the Columbia Gorge appellation on March Read more...
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