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Merlot Smackdown: The Video
Earlier this week, I wrote an account of last weekend's tasting of Northstar Merlot and Chateau Petrus, which I entitled Kiss French, Drink Northwest...
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Walla Walla winery wins top award at Tri-Cities Wine Fest
A Walla Walla winery took home top honors at the 30th anniversary Tri-Cities Wine Festival on Saturday night at the Red Lion in Pasco, Wash.The Russel...
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Inniskillin Wines - Vidal Icewine Commemorative Edition
Store goers celebrated the Olympic Sprit with Inniskillin Wines, proud official supplier of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games!Customers at ...
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Wine Tasting and Dinner with Stuart Bourne of Barossa Valley Estate
Last night, I had the privilege of attending a wine tasting and gourmet dinner at The Shore Club (688 Dunsmuir Street) with Stuart Bourne of Barossa V...
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Wine Tasting and Dinner with Stuart Bourne
Last night, I had the privilege of attending a wine tasting and gourmet dinner at The Shore Club (688 Dunsmuir Street) with Stuart Bourne of Barossa V...
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Urban Mixer Blog |
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On the sorting line
I stopped by at J. Bookwalter this morning to chat with owner/winemaker John Bookwalter. He was, quite literally, on the sorting line going through 10...
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Red Mountain escapes weekend freeze
Keith Pilgrim, owner/winemaker of Terra Blanca Winery on Washington's Red Mountain, reported this afternoon that the tiny but important appellation ca...
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Fuse Wine Launch - Calgary
Napa Valley's Fuse Wine hit Calgary's market on Thursday afternoon with a launch party at Murietta's. Winemaker, Ray Signorello Jr., along with...
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Urban Mixer Blog |
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Ripeness no problem in Columbia Valley vineyards
This morning, I caught up with Gino Cuneo of Tre Nova as he was checking on grapes at famed Ciel du Cheval Vineyard on Washington's Red Mountain. Ther...
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Day in the vineyard
It has been a busy late summer and fall, and have spent entirely too little time walking vineyards. Part of that, I think, has been the lateness (actu...
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Washington winemaker passes away
Rich Higginbotham, co-owner/winemaker for E.B. Foote Winery in Burien, Wash., passed away Monday. He was 61.Rich was born in West Virginia. After serv...
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Rob Griffin on the start of harvest
Last week, I chatted with Rob Griffin, owner/winemaker of Barnard Griffin in Richland, Wash., about the beginning of harvest.It was interesting to hea...
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Harvest kicking off for Barnard Griffin
On the way home tonight, I stopped in at Barnard Griffin in Richland, Wash., to chat with Rob Griffin, owner/winemaker. He plans to bring in a bit of ...
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Mission Hill wins award for world's best ice wine
LONDON The International Wine Challenge in London announced Sept. 1 that its trophy for World's Top Icewine was won by Mission Hill Family Estat...
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When will harvest begin?
I've spoken to a half-dozen winemaker in the past two days and asked each how the grapes were looking. I heard a lot of long sighs followed by concern...
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Maryhill winemaker changes
Maryhill, one of Washington's largest and most successful family-owned wineries, has gone through its second winemaking change in the past few years.C...
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FUSE Wine event at LIFT
Ray Signorello Jr. and partners launched a new wine brand, FUSE, on Thursday afternoon at LIFT in Coal Harbour. With amazing weather and a great vi...
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Vineyard update with Charlie Hoppes
We recently got out in the vineyard with Charlie Hoppes, owner/winemaker for Fidelitas Wines on Washington's Red Mountain. In this wide-ranging interv...
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Columbia Crest shows a little silver
A few weekends ago, Columbia Crest marked its first quarter-century with its Silver Solstice celebration. On hand were such folks as Doug Gore, who ...
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Honoring a legend
On Saturday evening, the Washington wine industry honored Stan Clarke by inducting him into the Legends of Washington Wine Hall of Fame in Prosser.Cla...
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A cautionary tale of overpriced wines
A now-former reader recently sent me the following email:Families of the Wine: Seasons Among the Winemakers of Southwest France, had an interesting li...
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Things I've Learned In past 10 days or so, Issue 1
*That there is a song called 'The Village Green Preservation Society (via Smodcast)*That you can make anything into bacon. Had octopus bacon at C Res...
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Wine Leads To Criminal Activity
Is there anything more grasping and greedy than a government monopoly denied?On my trip to California I truly enjoyed some marvelous foods and wines. ...
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Wine & Vine BC |
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A Sake Celebration
This week seems to be all about the food and drink - on Sunday, June 1st, the renown Chef Angus An and winemaker Masa Shiroki from Osake, Granville Is...
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Urban Mixer Blog |
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Tasting two Charlie wines
Over the weekend, I opened two bottles of wine made by Charlie Hoppes, longtime Washington winemaker.The first was a Fidelitas Wines 2002 Optu, a Meri...
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Tony Rynders out as winemaker at Domaine Serene
Domaine Serene owner Ken Evanstad announced Monday that longtime winemaker Tony Rynders is out and Drew Voit, former associate winemaker, will oversee...
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Howling Bluff, a new kid in town
After meeting the folks from Howling Bluff Estate Wines at the recent Naramata Bench event in Vancouver they sent us a little more information about t...
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Leonetti tests alternative closure
Two years ago, Leonetti owner Gary Figgins judged the Northwest Wine Summit on Oregon's Mount Hood. I'd recently seen my first glass cork from Alcoa...
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Whitman Cellars' Lessard unleashes Corvus
Steve Lessard, winemaker for Whitman Cellars in Walla Walla, Wash., has released a wine under his own label, Corvus Cellars....
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The resurrection of Gino Cuneo
Last summer, I received a press release from Cuneo Cellars in Carlton, Ore. It described that the winery was changing its name to Cana's Feast Winery ...
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Playhouse Wine Festival Trade Tasting
There's nothing like skipping out on work to sip wine, which is exactly what Stacey and I did at the Playhouse Wine Festival Trade Tasting one Friday ...
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BC Wine Lover |
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Wine Ski Wine Ski - It's the Winemaker's Cup!
I just heard about an event that really is close to my heart because it combines two things I'm really interested in.Skiing and wine.Hats off to the o...
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Wine & Vine BC |
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New winemaker at Cave B
Cave B, the reincarnation of the winery that created the Gorge at George concert venue, has a new winemaker at the helm.Alfredo Arredondo takes over f...
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As you likely know from posts late last week, Barn
As you likely know from posts late last week, Barnard Griffin won gold and best ros in the masssive San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition last we...
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DeLille Cellars co-founder passes away
Charles Lill, co-founder of DeLille Cellars in Woodinville, Wash., passed away Saturday.Lill founded DeLille Cellars with his son Greg, Jay Soloff and...
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Sangiovese: best as red or pink?
When I interviewed winemaker Rob Griffin on Friday about his Sangiovese ros , which won best ros Friday in the S.F. Chronicle competition in Califo...
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A return to sanity
An ounce of sanity is emerging from a sea of overripe California wine - and there are lessons here for the Pacific Northwest.An article in Wednesday's...
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Ice wine harvest under way in Okanagan Valley
A blast of winter cold helped British Columbia's ice wine harvest finally get under way.At Inniskillin Okanagan near Oliver, winemaker Sandor Mayer ha...
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From Firefly…
HAPPY NEW YEAR! 2008 will be interesting and fun at Firefly.To start the year off, we are tasting the beer from Howe Sound Brewing on January 12th. C...
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Top 10 Northwest wine stories of 2007
It's been a fascinating and news-filled year for the wine industries of the Pacific Northwest, with weather causing havoc during harvest, pioneers pas...
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Top 10 wine stories of 2008
It's been a fascinating and news-filled year for the wine industries of the Pacific Northwest, with weather causing havoc during harvest, pioneers pas...
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What vintage is that "nonvintage" sparkling wine?
So what vintage is that nonvintage bottle of Domaine Ste. Michelle sparkling wine cooling in your fridge for Monday night? That depends, but if you ...
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King of Northwest bubbly
Nobody in the Pacific Northwest makes more sparkling wine than Rick Casqueiro, winemaker at Domaine Ste. Michelle in Paterson, Wash. Frankly, nobody r...
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Thinking about bubbly
On Saturday, I'm heading to wine writer Bob Woehler's home for an afternoon with Domaine Ste. Michelle winemaker Rick Casqueiro. We're going to taste ...
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Wine in the Digital Age: Cyber Surfing Nightmares
I've just spent a few hours researching some wines Susan and I are tasting next week. Well, attempting to research would more appropriately describe t...
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Bob Bertheau's passion for Riesling
On Monday evening, Wine Press Northwest sat down over dinner to chat with Bob Bertheau, head winemaker for Chateau Ste. Michelle. We had a wide-rangin...
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Ste. Michelle's new winemaker a coup for Washington
It's one thing when a winery sends out a press release touting its new winemaker, as Chateau Ste. Michelle did earlier this week with the announcment ...
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Post-harvest report with Fidelitas
Over the weekend, I stopped at Fidelitas to chat with owner/winemaker Charlie Hoppes about how harvest went for him.Charlie is a longtime Washington w...
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New winemaker at Ste. Michelle
When Wendy Stuckey decided to travel from Australia to Woodinville, Wash., for the inaugural Riesling Rendezvous last summer, a conversation with frie...
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Job Opening
Use the button at the top of the sidebar to the right if you're interested in an assistant winemaker's job.I'm your source for winery development cons...
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