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Good news: Columbia Winery staying put in Woodinville
Columbia Winery's new owner, Ascentia Wine Estates, is making all the right moves - and fixing some of former owner Constellation's bad ones.First and...
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The Spectator effect
I'd like to think that our little magazine has some kind of effect on a winery's future. In fact, when we recommend a wine, there can be a bump in sal...
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Wine Wordle
It's kind of small but it's my wordle.Kind of fun.http://www.wordle.net/I'm your source for winery development consultation.Read more? Head over to my...
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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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Sipping Wine at a Winery
You can't go to the Okanagan without visiting a winery! Tourism BC Field Reporter, Kelli Corscadden has a great afternoon after following a recommenda...
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Notes on Grapes and Hops
Friday evening we were invited to attend Grapes and Hops, an annual event put on by the Arbutus Club. A number of BC wines were on available for tast...
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BC Wine Lover |
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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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Shipping Wine: Not in Canada
This topic has been hot in the press lately. Another writer, Craig Pinhey, weighs in on the subject.http://wine.appellationamerica.com/wine-review/62...
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Wine & Vine BC |
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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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Online sales of BC wines spiked by other provinces
When you're really good, people start to take notice. This principle must explain why other Canadian provinces are limiting online sales of BC wines t...
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BC Wine Lover |
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Salt Spring Island Art
I have found it! The perfect Salt Spring Island art for me. Not a watercolour or a pastel. Not a wood carving or metal statue. Not a poem or pretty ph...
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Here's the Lost Dog
A dog wandered in to Township 7 winery yesterday.Animal Control won't tell us where it lives (privacy issues).Licence 1022. 24 hours and ticking.Any...
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Wine & Vine BC |
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Mount Vernon: Home of George Washington
Fourth day we finally got wheels. We rented a car from Hertz which will allow us to travel outside of Washington DC. Besides we also needed a ...
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Chow Times |
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FVWA wine tasting quick thoughts
Yesterday we took a very quick drive out to Langley to check out the Fraser Valley Wineries Association food and wine event. It was a packed house and...
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BC Wine Lover |
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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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Are you going to Winestock 2008?
Our friends at Morning Bay Estate Winery on Pender Island are conducting another music event on the upcoming Labour Day Weekend featuring a star-pack...
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BC Wine Lover |
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Recipe: Fresh marinara
Last night, I made fresh marinara from this recipe on Epicurean.com. The recipe calls for white wine, and I used Kiona Vineyards Winery's 2007 Chenin ...
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Summerland gets the Bernie treatment
The Summerland wine route featuring Thornhaven Estate, Dirty Laundry Vineyards, Sonoran Estate and Silk Scarf Winery gets a new identification - Bottl...
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BC Wine Lover |
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Purple report
My wife is in Wenatchee today, and she reported that veraison - the change in grapes from green to red - is easily apparent on the Wahluke Slope as sh...
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New Winery Grand Opening - Hijas Bonitas
One of the newest wineries in the Okanagan Valley is having their grand opening all weekend.Hijas Bonitas in Summerland is rolling open the doors and ...
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Wine & Vine BC |
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New Favourite Winery
A trip to the Southern Okanagan this August long weekend resulted in the discovery of a new (to me anyway) winery. Burrowing Owl will always be a cl...
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Winery Work for Harvest Vintage Crush
Township 7 will require 2 healthy, strong individuals to join our crew for harvest season.This is a temporary, seasonal position that would suit perso...
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Ste. Michelle continues to test screwcaps
Chateau Ste. Michelle continues to dip its toes into the screwcap waters.The state's flagship winery put about 12,000 cases of its 2006 Columbia Valle...
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Gung Haggis Fat Choy dragon boat team paddles Vernon: wins 1000m mini-Guts& Glory race
The Gung Haggis Fat Choy dragon boat team passed 3 teams on their way to the finish in the 1000m Mini-Guts & Glory C Division. We are having an INCRED...
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GungHaggisFatChoy |
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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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NW winery search
Over the past few months, we've been working on a better way to provide information on Northwest wineries. Our old Web site had a searchable database,...
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Exceptional Okanagan Falls BC Vineyard For Sale
Properties like this are rare. Mature vineyard with Merlot, Chardonnay, Gewurztraminer, Pinot Noir, Viognier and others in full production. Beautifu...
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Wine & Vine BC |
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Looking for high-end BC winery accommodations?
Here's a recent video report on new high-end accommodations available at BC wineries, courtesy of Global TV BC. While these are expensive ($350/night)...
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BC Wine Lover |
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Granite Creek Ehrenfelser 2006
After tasting Granite Creek's wines, I feel like we may have left one of the best for last. Ehrenfelser is not a varietal you see very often, and we u...
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BC Wine Lover |
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Granite Creek Viognier 2006
Granite Creek Estate Wines, is located in Tappen, BC, just west of Salmon Arm at the far northern end of BC's wine growing region. We had the opportun...
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BC Wine Lover |
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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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Winery Vineyard Supervisor Wanted
Based in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada. Growing operation requires experienced vineyard worker to maintain small winery's vineyard properties a...
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Wine & Vine BC |
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Wine and a Hike in the redwoods
It's not news to most people but here it is anyhow: California is full of things to do. For wine lovers, California is a diverse growing region with t...
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Wine & Vine BC |
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Two Buck Chuck, Trader Joe's and a Dead Field Worker
The saga continues as this diligent blogger does a little investigation.Click here.I'm your source for winery development consultation.Read more? Head...
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Wine & Vine BC |
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Matt Loso leaves Matthews Cellars
Matt Loso, who founded his eponymous winery Matthews Cellars in 1993, is selling his interest in the operation to his financial partners....
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Why Crest is best
Ever wonder how Columbia Crest manages to consistently make millions of bottles of wine for bargain prices? Ray Einberger and his crew at the Northwes...
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Ascentia bought NW brands for Riesling
I just got off the phone with Jim DiBonis, CEO of Ascentia Wine Estates, which last week purchased Columbia Winery, Covey Run Winery and Ste. Chapelle...
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RainForest Red a lush wine
Last night, I opened Lost Mountain Winery's 2004 RainForest Red, a Bordeaux-style blend of Cab, Merlot and Cab Franc. It went perfectly with the grill...
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Wine Country Weather
Don't read this if the f-bomb is a problem for you.The weather has improved since this would have been appropriate last week.I'm your source for winer...
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Wine Maker Wanted / Stag's Hollow
One of the better small wineries in the Okanagan is looking for a wine maker. Stag's Hollow in Okanagan Falls makes around 5,000 cases and has a newis...
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Thanks, I'll stick to writing
A number of folks out there think that just because I love wine, write about it, collect it and even grow wine grapes in my backyard, perhaps someday ...
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Constellation sells Columbia, Covey Run, Ste. Chapelle
Three of the Pacific Northwest's largest wineries have new owners.Constellation, the world's largest wine company, sold several of its properties to n...
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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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BC Wine Lover |
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NW wineries fare well at Riverside judging
On Sunday, I posted an item about Ste. Michelle's 07 Dry Riesling winning best white wine at the annual Riverside International Wine Competition, run ...
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Walla Walla weekend
It's Spring Release Weekend in the Walla Walla Valley, when thousands descend upon the valley in eastern Washington and Oregon to visit nearly 100 win...
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Ste. Michelle's concert line-up
Chateau Ste. Michelle has announced its 2008 summer concert series, its 25th year of offering concerts on the grounds of Washington's oldest winery.Ti...
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Taste future this weekend at Yakima Valley CC
The Yakima Valley Community College's teaching winery will be open this weekend during Spring Barrel Tasting. The first vintage by this new winemaking...
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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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Maryhill Winery sets summer concerts
After a two-year absence, the Maryhill Winery concert series is back. Renovations and highway construction forced the destination winery in the Columb...
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