• Coyote Canyon Winery uses superb Sangiovese to top 7th annual Cascadia International Wine Competition
• Precept Wine floats marketing campaign for House Air
• Taste Washington looks to top 7,000 patrons for Grand Tastings
• VineLines Dispatch: James Beard Foundation spotlights Mike Sauer of Red Willow Vineyard
• Tim Hanni MW to speak at WSU fundraiser in Richland
• Auction of Washington Wines names Jamie Peha as executive director
• Auction of Washington Wines selects 2019 honorary grower, vintner
• Cabernet Sauvignon production grows by 29 percent in Washington wine industry
• Purity, sophistication at play on Youngberg Hill in McMinnville
• March enters as lion for Columbia Valley vineyards

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About Ellen Landis

Ellen Landis is a certified sommelier, wine writer, wine educator, wine event moderator and frequent judge at prominent regional, national and international wine competitions. Ellen and her husband, chef Ken Landis, sold Landis Shores Oceanfront Inn, a boutique resort on Miramar Beach, Calif., in 2015 and relocated to the Pacific Northwest.

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  Purity, sophistication at play on Youngberg Hill in McMinnville

  McMINNVILLE, Ore. – Seeking out fine wines and a first-class getaway in Oregon’s Willamette Valley? You’ll feel enriched and spoiled after a visit to the idyllic McMinnville estate that is Youngberg Hill. Wayne Bailey, who grew up...

  • Posted March 6, 2019
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  Vidon Vineyard melds science, craftsmanship into Oregon wine

  NEWBERG, Ore. – Vicki Lewis and her husband Don Hagge, a Ph.D., and former NASA physicist, purchased in 1999 what is now Vidon Vineyard (pronounced “VEE-dawn” – a contraction of their names) in Oregon’s North Willamette Valley...

  • Posted November 14, 2018
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  Erica Landon, Ken Pahlow take Walter Scott Wines into second decade

  SALEM, Ore. – The year 2008 may be widely known for the significant economic downturn, but for husband-and-wife team of Erica Landon and Ken Pahlow it marked the launch of their dream in Oregon’s Willamette Valley: the...

  • Posted September 27, 2018
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  Lenné Estate exudes sophistication, sense of place with Pinot Noir

  YAMHILL, Ore. — Steve and Karen Lutz relocated to Oregon in 1998 after spending a year living in Karen’s native England, near her parents. They moved to Oregon to be near additional family members and a wine...

  • Posted July 21, 2018
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