PROSSER, Wash. — For those curious to taste a 100-point wine, storied grower Paul Champoux will have six of them lined up for a unique fundraising experience featuring Cabernet Sauvignon by famed Quilceda Creek Vintners. The affable Champoux playfully yet appropriately refers to it as a “600-point tasting.” Champoux has donated single bottles of the 2002, 2003, 2005, … [Read more...] about Paul Champoux to stage tasting of 100-point wines by Quilceda Creek
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Seven Hills Winery uses Carménère from Walla Walla Valley to win Great Northwest Invitational
HOOD RIVER, Ore. — Bobby Richards of Seven Hills Winery grew up in the Willamette Valley, and yet his passion as a Walla Walla Valley winemaker is Merlot. Turns out he’s got a flair for Carménère too, using the lesser-known Bordeaux grape to win best of show at the 11th annual Great Northwest Invitational Wine Competition — an international judging staged this fall for West … [Read more...] about Seven Hills Winery uses Carménère from Walla Walla Valley to win Great Northwest Invitational
Bobby Richards turns 4 entries into 4 golds, best of show for storied Seven Hills Winery
WALLA WALLA, Wash. — Few jobs are as pressure-packed as working the line at a popular restaurant or the crush pad at a famous winery. For a couple of years, Bobby Richards somehow did both before turning in his apron and settling in at Seven Hills Winery in downtown Walla Walla. “I don’t really remember how I did it, and I don’t know that I’d want to,” Richards says … [Read more...] about Bobby Richards turns 4 entries into 4 golds, best of show for storied Seven Hills Winery
WNBA star Elena Delle Donne works with Bluebird Hill Cellars in Oregon on Deldon Wines
Women’s basketball superstar Elena Delle Donne has a number of worthy causes she supports, and now she’s worked with boutique Bluebird Hill Cellars in Monroe, Ore., on the opening tip of her delicious fundraising project — Deldon Wines. The standout center from Delaware plays in the District of Columbia for the Washington Mystics, and she’s believed to be the first in the … [Read more...] about WNBA star Elena Delle Donne works with Bluebird Hill Cellars in Oregon on Deldon Wines
The Wine Knows: An accidental wine expert
RICHLAND, Wash. — I never grew up thinking I’d one day be considered a wine expert. I have two distinct wine memories from growing up in a naval town west of Seattle. The first is a box of California red wine that my mom kept in our refrigerator. It might have even been labeled “Chillable Red.” The other is going to an Italian restaurant called Tony’s, which made … [Read more...] about The Wine Knows: An accidental wine expert