HOOD RIVER, Ore. - After tasting through nearly 600 hand-selected wines during the course of two days, the wine professionals who served as judges for the 2016 Great Northwest Invitational Wine Competition selected the following red wines as those that deserved gold medals. Mike Dunne, one of the longest-tenured and most-respected wine writers in California, served as our … [Read more...] about Gold medal winning reds at 2016 Great NW Invite
Top wines from 2016 Great NW Invitiational
HOOD RIVER, Ore. - During the next three days, we will take a closer look at all the gold medal-winning wines from the fourth annual Great Northwest Wine Competition, which took place last week at the historic Columbia Gorge Hotel. Twenty-one wine professionals from along the West Coast spent two days evaluating more than 500 wines - all of which were nominated by the judges … [Read more...] about Top wines from 2016 Great NW Invitiational
L’Ecole No. 41 tops Six Nations judging with Ferguson
SYDNEY, Australia - For the second time in three years, a Walla Walla Valley wine is on top of the world. On Thursday, it was announced that the L'Ecole No. 41 2013 Ferguson was awarded Best New World Bordeaux Blend at the prestigious Six Nations Wine Challenge, one of the most interesting wine competitions in the world. Two years ago, the 2011 version of the Ferguson - a … [Read more...] about L’Ecole No. 41 tops Six Nations judging with Ferguson
4th Great Northwest Invitational Wine Competition starts today
HOOD RIVER, Ore. - Some of the Pacific Northwest's top wine professionals have gathered at the historic Columbia Gorge Hotel to judge some of the Northwest's top wines in the fourth annual Great Northwest Invitational Wine Competition. Nearly 600 wines will be judged between now and Thursday afternoon, as judges from across the West Coast will swirl, sniff, sip … [Read more...] about 4th Great Northwest Invitational Wine Competition starts today
Idaho’s Bitner pays tribute to old vines with new label
CALDWELL, Idaho - Ron Bitner has spent half his life talking to his first block of Chardonnay vines. Today, he's honoring those first vines - some of the oldest in Idaho's Snake River Valley - with a new label that features a drawing of one of his oldest vines. "I'm 70 years old, and I've been tending to these vines for 35 years," he told Great Northwest Wine. "It was a … [Read more...] about Idaho’s Bitner pays tribute to old vines with new label