• 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 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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  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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  Auction of Washington Wines names Jamie Peha as executive director

  SEATTLE – Jamie Peha is well aware of her reputation within the Washington wine industry for wielding “a velvet hammer.” That ability to do so skillfully and with a smile will serve her well in her new...

  • Posted March 19, 2019
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  Auction of Washington Wines selects 2019 honorary grower, vintner

  Historic contributions by the Red Mountain wine industry will be in the spotlight for the second straight year at the Auction of Washington Wines with Scott Williams of Kiona Vineyards chosen to serve as the 2019 Honorary...

  • Posted March 15, 2019
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  Cabernet Sauvignon production grows by 29 percent in Washington wine industry

  SEATTLE – Winemakers in Washington state crushed more Cabernet Sauvignon in 2018 than ever before, and it accounted for 29 percent of the near-record 261,000 tons of wine grapes harvested. According to the Grape Production Report released...

  • Posted March 14, 2019
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  March enters as lion for Columbia Valley vineyards

  Spring is just around the corner but with several inches of snow in the forecast, the heart of Washington wine country won’t be generating any growing degree days this week. And February went into the record books...

  • Posted March 5, 2019
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  Ste. Michelle books 27 shows for Summer Concert Series

  WOODINVILLE, Wash. – Chateau Ste. Michelle lifted the spirits of many in throughout the Pacific Northwest on Friday with a harbinger of spring, announcing the complete lineup for its 35th annual Summer Concert Series. There are a...

  • Posted March 3, 2019
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  Vancouver USA wineries set table for Savor SW WA Wine

  Southwest Washington and Vancouver USA, home to the first wine grape vines in the Pacific Northwest, will be the setting for the inaugural Savor SW WA Wine on Saturday, May 11 near the Fort Vancouver National Historic...

  • Posted February 16, 2019
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