• Bledsoe, McDaniels buy Hope Well Vineyard in Oregon’s Eola-Amity Hills
• Oregon wine harvest fell by 29% in 2020, but growth continues
• Quilceda Creek acquires 22 acres of famed Champoux Vineyards from Woodward Canyon
• Hat Ranch Winery tops Idaho Wine Competition with Cabernet Franc from Lewis-Clark Valley
• Central Oregon Winegrowers schedule summer summit
• Avennia purchases vineyard, tasting room on Red Mountain
• Heat units in Northwest vineyards as much as 29% ahead of last year
• Washington Wine Industry Foundation awards 6 of its 7 scholarships to women
• Kiona, Barnard Griffin toast 40th Red Mountain harvest with fundraiser Cab
• Pandemic prompts Red Mountain wineries to postpone consumer weekend

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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 magazine with Andy Perdue and served as its managing editor for a decade. He is a frequent wine judge at international wine competitions throughout North America and orchestrates 10 Northwest competitions each year.

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  Bledsoe, McDaniels buy Hope Well Vineyard in Oregon’s Eola-Amity Hills

  It is not often these days in the Pacific Northwest wine industry when a vineyard of renown is sold to a family-owned winery operated by Northwest natives, but that’s the

  • Posted September 24, 2021
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  Oregon wine harvest fell by 29% in 2020, but growth continues

  PORTLAND, Ore. — In the four-decade history of the Oregon Vineyard and Winery Report, this year’s ranks as the most sobering because the global pandemic, West Coast growing conditions during

  • Posted September 9, 2021
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  Quilceda Creek acquires 22 acres of famed Champoux Vineyards from Woodward Canyon

  Harvest of acclaimed Cabernet Sauvignon at Champoux Vineyards is still weeks away, but the Golitzin family and historic Quilceda Creek Winery in Snohomish, Wash., will announce today that it has

  • Posted August 24, 2021
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  Hat Ranch Winery tops Idaho Wine Competition with Cabernet Franc from Lewis-Clark Valley

  CALDWELL, Idaho — Judges at the 2021 Idaho Wine Competition provided reminders to the Gem State and beyond that Tim Harless ranks among the region’s top winemakers when the Hat

  • Posted August 18, 2021
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  Central Oregon Winegrowers schedule summer summit

  There’s an increased thirst for Northwest wine throughout beer-focused Deschutes County — the fastest growing region in Oregon — and that topic will be the underlying theme Tuesday in Terrebone

  • Posted August 15, 2021
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  Avennia purchases vineyard, tasting room on Red Mountain

  Longtime Microsoft executive Marty Taucher attracted attention ahead of the first crush in 2010 for Avennia Winery by partnering with acclaimed Chris Peterson winemaker on their new project in Woodinville,

  • Posted August 10, 2021
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  Heat units in Northwest vineyards as much as 29% ahead of last year

  By the time climate researcher Greg Jones issues his next Weather and Climate Summary and Forecast near Labor Day, harvest for sparkling wine in the Pacific Northwest will have begun.

  • Posted August 9, 2021
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  Washington Wine Industry Foundation awards 6 of its 7 scholarships to women

  The photo collage of the seven Washington Wine Industry Foundation scholarship recipients for 2021 may say something about the state’s future — six of the winners are women. That furthers

  • Posted August 6, 2021
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  Pandemic prompts Red Mountain wineries to postpone consumer weekend

  During the first few weeks of summer 2021, a “heat dome” or smoke from wildfires posed bigger threats to Taste Red Mountain than the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the rise in

  • Posted August 1, 2021
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  Hot, dry climate July report marks finale by Greg Jones at Linfield

  The July 2021 Weather and Climate Summary and Forecast by renowned environmental scientist Greg Jones brought a sobering outlook for the Northwest wine industry in terms of conditions similar to

  • Posted July 9, 2021
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