Between all the bubbles, the special methods for opening the bottle and the unusual glasses, sparkling wine can appear much more complicated than it really needs to be. And why should we call it sparkling wine instead of Champagne? Let's find out. Sparkling wine vs. Champagne Champagne is a grape-growing and winemaking area of France, northeast of Paris. The monk Dom … [Read more...] about Unshrouding sparkling wine
A history of ‘winter events’ in Washington wine country
If history is any indication, there will unlikely be a winter freeze anytime soon in Washington wine country. Washington's Columbia Valley offers superb growing conditions for European wine grapes: warm days that are filled with sunshine, almost no rainfall from May to October and sandy soils that cause the vines to struggle to survive. In fact, one of the few issues in … [Read more...] about A history of ‘winter events’ in Washington wine country
Merry Christmas from Great Northwest Wine
From the heart of Washington wine country, a merry Christmas. … [Read more...] about Merry Christmas from Great Northwest Wine
WSU Wine Science Center keeps moving toward construction
Washington State University's $23 million Wine Science Center continues to march forward, with the organization that will run its construction now seeking design-build proposals. The Wine Science Center will be built at the WSU Tri-Cities campus, in the heart of Washington wine country on a bluff overlooking the Columbia River and near a demonstration vineyard that is … [Read more...] about WSU Wine Science Center keeps moving toward construction
Last chance for first major wine judging of 2013
Christmas Eve is the last chance for wineries to enter the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, the largest wine judging in North America. The competition is held in Cloverdale, Calif., in northern Sonoma County during the second week of January. It started as the Cloverdale Citrus Fair Wine Competition in 1983. Since 2000, it has been known as the San Francisco … [Read more...] about Last chance for first major wine judging of 2013