• Tinte Cellars adds second Red Mountain vineyard
• Pinot Gris by Iris Vineyards tops McMinnville Wine Classic judging
• Maryhill Winery climbs atop Platinum Awards all-time leaderboard
• Sniff, Sip, Swirl: Let’s Talk About Northwest Wines grows its following
• The Wine Knows: A new start for Great Northwest Wine
• Tasting Room Perspective: A wine club you don’t want to join
• A Vine Start: 23 years later, here’s another Volume 1, Issue No. 1
• Napa winemaker produces Platinum’s top wine at Chris Daniel Winery
• Pinot Noir catches on in Oregon as white wine
• Red Mountain-focused Liberty Lake Wine Cellars bats 7-for-7 at Platinum Awards

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Articles credited to Great Northwest Wine are authored by Eric Degerman and other contributors. In most cases, these are wine reviews that are judged blind by the Great Northwest Wine tasting panel.

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  Pomeroy Cellars 2018 Michelle’s Meritage, Yakima Valley, $44

  Touring golf professional-turned-winemaker Dan Brink records his second career Platinum with this bottling styled after Left Bank of Bordeaux. Cabernet Sauvignon (50%), Merlot (30%) and Cabernet Franc from DuBrul in

  • Posted January 24, 2022
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  Reustle – Prayer Rock Vineyards 2018 Estate Pinot Noir, Umpqua Valley $36

  The amazing diversity of Southern Oregon viticulture, Stephen Reustle’s 40-acre enclave in particular, is on display each year at the Platinum Awards. This signals his sixth career Platinum for Pinot

  • Posted January 24, 2022
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  Callan Cellars 2019 Boushey Vineyards Mourvèdre, Yakima Valley $38

  A small amount of Mourvèdre made its way into Lisa Callan’s GSM from Boushey Vineyards, and she held onto a single barrel of Mo to showcase the Rhône variety and

  • Posted January 24, 2022
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  Chris Daniel Winery 2017 Syrah, Columbia Valley $30

  This product of Washington State University’s winemaking school has garnered two Platinums in the past three years for his work with Petite Sirah, so it’s no surprise to see him

  • Posted January 24, 2022
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  Hightower Cellars 2018 Red Mountain Reserve Red Wine, Red Mountain $55

  Tim and Kelly Hightower share the winemaking and blending decisions, and that marriage of responsibilities continues to reveal itself with Meritage-type releases such as this Cabernet Sauvignon (88%) and Cabernet

  • Posted January 24, 2022
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  Tsillan Cellars 2018 Estate Reserve Malbec, Lake Chelan $50

  Ray Sandidge had this wine in barrel when Tsillan Cellars received Washington Winery of the Year in 2020, and this is the fifth Malbec to earn a Platinum for Dr.

  • Posted January 24, 2022
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  Clearwater Canyon Cellars 2018 The Wine Project Red Wine, Washington $32

  The product of a young proprietary blend approach by Wine Press Northwest’s 2020 Pacific Northwest Winery of the Year results in a Double Platinum as Petit Verdot (61%), Petite Sirah

  • Posted January 24, 2022
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  Siren Song Wines 2017 Ancient Stones Vineyard Grand Cru Estate Collection Cabernet Franc, Walla Walla Valley $54

  Kevin Brown’s collection of estate vineyards include a site in The Rocks District of Milton-Freewater, an Oregon planting that he shares ownership with Betz Family Winery. These four barrels provide

  • Posted January 24, 2022
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  Westport Winery NV Rapture of the Deep Carbonated Cranberry Wine, Washington State, $31

  A product of “The Cranberry Coast,” Rapture is the Roberts family’s most decorated wine. Any wine lover who eats Craisins owes it to themselves to buy a bottle to judge

  • Posted January 20, 2022
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  Palencia Wine Co. 2020 Sauvignon Blanc, Royal Slope, $20

  The Frenchman Hills in the recently established Royal Slope American Viticultural Area in the Columbia Basin continue to be a sweet spot for Victor Palencia’s Sauvignon Blanc program, and his

  • Posted January 20, 2022
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