• Apples to grapes: The path to the Lake Chelan AVA
• Maryhill, Gehringer Bros. stand tall at INDY International judging
• Alloro Vineyard weaves New World with Old in Chehalem Mountains
• Koenig Vineyards in Idaho stays local with sale to Nederends
• VineLines Dispatch: Tasting rooms spring up across Washington, Oregon
• 2019 vintage off to warm start in Northwest vineyards
• From apples to grapes: Lake Chelan AVA turns 10
• I Love Gamay festival helps kick off Oregon Wine Month
• Travel Oregon awards $125,000 in grants via Wine Country license plate
• Josh Lawrence, Tom Merkle team up to buy Conner Lee Vineyard

All posts by Eric Degerman

About Eric Degerman

Eric Degerman is the president and CEO of Great Northwest Wine. He is a journalist with more than 30 years of daily newspaper experience and has been writing about wine since 1998. He co-founded Wine Press Northwest with Andy Perdue and served as its managing editor for 15 years. He is a frequent wine judge along the West Coast.

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  Maryhill, Gehringer Bros. stand tall at INDY International judging

  WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Richard Batchelor of Maryhill Winery repeated as Winemaker of the Year and Barrister Winery received a trio of double gold medals as Pacific Northwest producers again proved their mettle at the 28th annual...

  • Posted May 31, 2019
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  Koenig Vineyards in Idaho stays local with sale to Nederends

  CALDWELL, Idaho – In a stunning yet feel-good move for the Idaho wine industry, Greg and Kristen Koenig have agreed to sell Koenig Vineyards on the Sunnyslope of the Snake River Valley to James and Sydney Nederend...

  • Posted May 17, 2019
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  2019 vintage off to warm start in Northwest vineyards

  The Pacific Northwest wine industry won’t soon forget the snow and cold of February, and yet the 2019 vintage is off to a warm start, according to data gathered by climate researcher Greg Jones. As the month...

  • Posted May 6, 2019
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  I Love Gamay festival helps kick off Oregon Wine Month

  Oregon Wine Month kicks off this week, and yet the third annual I Love Gamay multi-day festival in Portland takes on some British Columbia flavor as sparkling wine producer Bella Wines joins in. “I sourced them out...

  • Posted May 1, 2019
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  Travel Oregon awards $125,000 in grants via Wine Country license plate

  The Oregon Legislature authorized the Wine Country license plate program in 2011, and five organizations with ties to wine-country tourism learned today they will share $125,000 in grant funding as a result. Travel Oregon announced the results...

  • Posted April 24, 2019
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  Josh Lawrence, Tom Merkle team up to buy Conner Lee Vineyard

  OTHELLO, Wash. – Conner Lee Vineyard, a historic planting in Washington state that the late Walter Clore helped coordinate in 1980, has been purchased by acclaimed viticulturists Josh Lawrence and Tom Merkle. “This vineyard has been a...

  • Posted April 21, 2019
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  Coyote Canyon Winery uses superb Sangiovese to top 7th annual Cascadia International Wine Competition

  RICHLAND, Wash. – Justin Michaud enjoys drinking Italian wines so he considered a Super Tuscan approach with Sangiovese as the winemaker at Coyote Canyon Winery during the historically hot 2015 vintage. Fortunately, his boss, Mike Andrews, owner...

  • Posted April 17, 2019
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  Precept Wine floats marketing campaign for House Air

  SEATTLE – Not long ago, Precept Wine launched its Open Air tier for concerts at its Ste. Chapelle Winery in Idaho. Today, the Seattle-based company announced the addition of House Air to its flotilla of House Wine...

  • Posted April 1, 2019
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  Taste Washington looks to top 7,000 patrons for Grand Tastings

  SEATTLE – World-class red and white wines will be poured during Taste Washington this weekend at the CenturyLink Field Event Center with the world champion Boston Red Sox playing the first-place Seattle Mariners across the street. The...

  • Posted March 29, 2019
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  Tim Hanni MW to speak at WSU fundraiser in Richland

  RICHLAND, Wash. – Tim Hanni, a Master of Wine and one of the wine world’s most likeable iconoclasts, will be the keynote speaker at the third annual Point to Success Brunch on Saturday, March 30 in Richland....

  • Posted March 28, 2019
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