Wine Reviews December 21st 2022
50+ wines reviewed below, including the latest from DeLille, Dusted Valley, Amos Rome, Luke, Gramercy, Lemelson, Soter, and more. At Northwest Wine Report, all scores come from blind tastings in varietal/style sets. Read more about this site’s process Read more...
Starting a winery is Foolhardy
"It must have been something in the air in Brunswick, Maine," Foolhardy Vintners co-founder Jonathan Edelman wryly says of starting a winery. Edelman’s freshman year roommate at Brunswick’s Bowdoin College was Hugh Davies, now long-time president of Read more...
Quiddity: Washington wines at their essence
"It's somewhere between retirement and a job," Greg Peiker says starting his winery, Quiddity Wines, in Woodinville. Peiker worked at nearby Microsoft on the operations side of the software business for nearly 20 years. Realizing Read more...
Wine Reviews November 30th 2022
80+ wines reviewed below, including the latest from Leonetti, Liminal, Rocky Pond, Airfield, Kiona, Tendril, Lone Birch, Stoller, and more. At Northwest Wine Report, all scores come from blind tastings in varietal/style sets. Read more Read more...
An ode to nouveau-style wines
Last Thursday was Beaujolais Nouveau Day, celebrated the third Thursday in November. For me, Beaujolais Nouveau Day brings back memories of the early aughts. Seattle Cellars, which was located in downtown Seattle on 2nd Avenue, had Read more...
Making dreams come true in Walla Walla Valley
Since I first travelled to Walla Walla Valley in 2004, the area has been in constant motion. New wineries are constantly starting up, new wineries are being constructed, and new tasting rooms are turning on Read more...
Devison Vintners Fall 2022 Releases
2020 was a vintage that looked near perfect in Washington going into the second week of September. In fact, it looked like it might be among the best vintages the state had seen in the Read more...
WeatherEye Vineyards will change the way Washington makes wine
Back in 2018 I wrote in Wine Enthusiast about a new project from Cam Myhrvold and Ryan Johnson atop Red Mountain called WeatherEye Vineyards. The idea for the project is simple. Put hand selected clones in nano-planted Read more...
Stoller winemaker Melissa Burr is making History
Old vines are one of the wine world’s most cherished possessions. They not only can bring additional nuance and complexity, they are also living pieces of history.Stoller Family Estate vice president of winemaking Melissa Burr first Read more...
Enter Valdemar Estates
Below are my Wine Enthusiast reviews for April 2021. Wines are listed alphabetically by winery. Read information on how I review wines here. Read about the Wine Enthusiast rating system here. Read about how to interpret my scores here. All of these reviews Read more...
10 Washington wines from the 2018 vintage guaranteed to blow your hair back
Below are my Wine Enthusiast reviews for February/March 2021. Wines are listed alphabetically by winery. Read information on how I review wines here. Read about the Wine Enthusiast rating system here. Read about how to interpret my scores here. All of these reviews Read more...
Wine Enthusiast Reviews for May 2020
Below are my Wine Enthusiast reviews for May 2020. Wines are listed alphabetically by winery. Read information on how I review wines here. Read about the Wine Enthusiast rating system here. Read about how to interpret my scores here. All of these reviews Read more...
