One of California's largest and most successful wineries is dipping its toes into Washington wine. Trinchero Family Estates in St. Helena, Calif., is teaming up with Charles Smith of K Vintners in Walla Walla, Wash., and Charles Bieler of New York to manage sales, marketing and distribution of Charles & Charles, a joint venture of Smith and Bieler. Smith owns K … [Read more...] about California giant adds Washington wine to portfolio
Archives for January 2013
Precept Wine to release 2012 Merlot in February
Precept Wine, which isn't shy about creating unusual projects, plans next month to release a Walla Walla Valley vineyard-designated 2012 Merlot under the Waterbrook label. Yes, a Merlot from last year's vintage. Waterbrook Winery 2012 Amber Hills Vineyard Merlot Heidi Witherspoon, communications director for Seattle-based Precept, said it will be a 250-case … [Read more...] about Precept Wine to release 2012 Merlot in February
Largest wine competition in U.S. begins today
The first major U.S. wine competition begins today. It's also the largest judging of American wines in the nation. The San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition takes place in the northern Sonoma County town of Cloverdale (it's so close to Mendocino County, you can smell the marijuana). The Chron judging is formerly known as the Cloverdale Citrus Fair Wine Competition and … [Read more...] about Largest wine competition in U.S. begins today
Duck Pond Cellars invests in Umpqua Valley Pinot Noir
This spring, the Fries family and Duck Pond Cellars in Dundee, Ore., will celebrate 20 years as a Willamette Valley winery. During those two decades, though, they've expanded their vineyard program to more than 1,000 acres, nearly evenly split between Oregon and Washington, and created Desert Wind Winery in Prosser, Wash. Oregon Pinot Noir in the Umpqua Valley Greg Fries, … [Read more...] about Duck Pond Cellars invests in Umpqua Valley Pinot Noir
Book review: The Makers of American Wine
In "The Makers of American Wine: A Record of Two Hundred Years," author Thomas Pinney brings into focus the evolution of the American wine industry. And it has been an evolution, as post-Revolutionary War viticulture and winemaking was nothing short of an adventure and a lengthy series of frustrating events. American winemakers had to battle not only phylloxera and a … [Read more...] about Book review: The Makers of American Wine