Best Buy! This label was started in the late '90s by a couple who later moved to New Zealand to make wine. Now it is a brand for Burrowing Owl Vineyards in the southern Okanagan Valley. The wine is as beautiful as it is delicious, opening with aromas of strawberry, apricot, orange zest and rose petal. on the palate, it's a bright, delicious wine with flavors of strawberry, … [Read more...] about Calliope 2011 Rosé, British Columbia, $14
Archives for March 2013
Alexandria Nicole Cellars 2011 Crawford Viognier, Columbia Valley, $20
Owner/winemaker Jarrod Boyle brought in grapes from the cooler Yakima Valley for this delicious and beautifully balanced Viognier. It opens with aromas of applesauce, elberta peach, honey and marmalade, followed by flavors of pineapple, baked peach and caramel. It's a delicious wine with ample acidity and should pair nicely with seafood bisque or pasta in a rich clam … [Read more...] about Alexandria Nicole Cellars 2011 Crawford Viognier, Columbia Valley, $20
Walla Walla Valley looks forward to new tourism director
WALLA WALLA, Wash. - One of Washington wine country's most important regions is gaining a tourism expert who has led Alaska's travel industry for more than a decade. Ron Peck will join Tourism Walla Walla in a couple of weeks as its executive director. He will work hand in glove with the Walla Walla Valley Wine Alliance and the Walla Walla Chamber of Commerce to promote … [Read more...] about Walla Walla Valley looks forward to new tourism director
Latah Creek Wine Cellars 2011 Muscat, Washington, $11
Best Buy! This marks the 25th vintage of Spokane vintner Mike Conway producing a Muscat, but it wasn't easy as winter kill winnowed his sources. And yet, he and daughter Natalie pulled it off by getting Morio Muskat (55%) from Newhouse Vineyard, Muscat Canelli (25%) from Coventry Vale and both Orange Muscat (10%) and Muscadelle de Bordelaise from Lonesome Spring. There huge … [Read more...] about Latah Creek Wine Cellars 2011 Muscat, Washington, $11
Kana Winery 2011 Zillah Ranch Vineyard Katie Mae Riesling, Yakima Valley, $14
Best Buy! Ben Grossman created this for the downtown Yakima winery prior to pursuing a career as a brewer in Walla Walla. There's much to like in the aromas of fruit cocktail, mango, Wrigley's Spearmint gum, candy corn and dry mustard. It's deliciously fruity with Red Delicious apple, white peach and Limeade flavors to balance the residual sugar of 3%. Rating: … [Read more...] about Kana Winery 2011 Zillah Ranch Vineyard Katie Mae Riesling, Yakima Valley, $14