Best Buy! Moscato-style wines have been the recent rage among drinkers, but this Eastern Washington winery has been making them deliciously for nearly 30 years after being inspired while touring Piedmonte. Its pedigree is identical to the regular Muscat, but this is built more as a brunch wine with its low alcohol and high residual sugar of 10%. That gives it aromatics of dusty … [Read more...] about Latah Creek Wine Cellars 2011 Moscato d’Latah, Washington, $15
Archives for March 2013
Head to coast for Savor Cannon Beach wine fest
CANNON BEACH, Ore. - Wine and food lovers will descend on the northern Oregon coast this week for the annual Savor Cannon Beach Wine and Culinary Festival. The four-day event kicks off with the Thursday Night Throwdown, in which festival patrons taste 12 wines - two of each variety - to vote on their favorites. John Newman of Newman's restaurant will provide appetizers. The … [Read more...] about Head to coast for Savor Cannon Beach wine fest
W.B. Bridgman 2010 Chardonnay, Columbia Valley, $11
Best Buy! If Walter Clore was "the father of Washington wine," then William Bridgman surely was its grandfather. The two-time mayor of Sunnyside first planted wine grapes on Snipes Mountain in 1917 and later provided advice and cuttings to Clore, the Washington State University scientist who encouraged wine grape plantings in the '50s, '60s and '70s. This label was launched by … [Read more...] about W.B. Bridgman 2010 Chardonnay, Columbia Valley, $11
Whidbey Island Winery 2010 Sangiovese, Rattlesnake Hills, $20
Sangiovese has had a difficult time finding greatness outside of its native Tuscany, but Washington appears to be a region where it can do well by retaining its natural acidity and bright red-toned fruit. Puget Sound winemaker Greg Osenbach has crafted a superb example using grapes from highly regarded Elephant Mountain Vineyards, a high-elevation site in the northwestern … [Read more...] about Whidbey Island Winery 2010 Sangiovese, Rattlesnake Hills, $20
Precept Wine enjoys sweet success with Almond Roca Cream
SEATTLE - Precept Wine continues to enjoy sweet success with its Chocolate Shop wine, yet the warm reception of the new Almond Roca Cream has been described as "wildfire." "I think I got a cavity doing the research," said Hal Landvoigt, director of winemaking for Precept. Washington state's largest privately owned winery creates and bottles Almond Roca Cream for Brown … [Read more...] about Precept Wine enjoys sweet success with Almond Roca Cream