• In tune with Bells Up Winery in Oregon’s Chehalem Mountains
• Ste. Michelle Wine Estates closes wineries, tasting rooms to public
• Fortuity Cellars recruits winemaker Alexis Sells from Duckhorn
• TEXSOM awards Best Syrah to So. Oregon producer Reustle
• Coronavirus outbreak prompts cancellation of Taste Washington
• Gamay, Grenache Blanc steal show at McMinnville judging
• VineLines Dispatch: Tasting rooms continue to swirl around Woodinville
• Walla Walla Valley wine industry helps raise $55K for food bank
• VineLines Dispatch captures late scramble amid early freeze
• L’Ecole No. 41 recruits Marcus Rafanelli to take over as winemaker

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Articles authored by Great Northwest Wine are co-authored by Eric Degerman and Andy Perdue. In most cases, these are wine reviews that are judged blind by the Great Northwest Wine tasting panel.

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  Treveri Cellars NV Blanc de Blancs, Columbia Valley, $15

  Best Buy! Juergen Grieb crafts his flagship sparkling wine methode Champenoise from 100% Chardonnay grapes, and he’s been skilled with it ever since he launched his family brand near Union Gap in 2010. It leads off with...

  • Posted March 10, 2020
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  Maison L’Envoyé 2017 Two Messengers Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley $30

  During one of his previous lives, Mark Tarlov was a Beltway insider as a speech writer for Chief Justice Warren Burger. In time, he left his post with the U.S. Department of Justice to become a Hollywood...

  • Posted March 10, 2020
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  Apolloni Vineyards 2015 Dolce Vino Viognier, Oregon, $22

  Italian-born Alfredo Apolloni grew up in a family with more than a century of history in the wine industry, which explains the sweet reference to this Viognier produced in an effort to replicate an ice wine. Even...

  • Posted March 10, 2020
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  Liberty Lake Wine Cellars 2018 Gewürztraminer, Red Mountain, $18

  A decade ago, Mark Lathrop and his wife, Sarah, were new customers of Liberty Lake Wine Cellars in the Spokane Valley. Two years later, they joined the wine club, and by 2016, they bought the winery from...

  • Posted March 10, 2020
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  Passing Time Winery 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon, Walla Walla Valley $85

  Chris Peterson, a graduate of the first winemaking class at Walla Walla Community College, hits on an easy completion with this blend of Cab from stalwart Seven Hills Vineyard (67%) and Pepper Bridge (33%). Unlike the 2017...

  • Posted March 10, 2020
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  Cedergreen Cellars 2017 Old Vine Chenin Blanc, Columbia Valley, $19

  Few in the Northwest can match Kevin Cedergreen’s consistency and dedication to Chenin Blanc, and it starts with Solstice Vineyard, a site in the Yakima Valley near Prosser, Wash., that turns 40-year-old with the 2020 vintage. Orchard...

  • Posted March 10, 2020
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  Lingua Franca 2017 Avni Chardonnay, Willamette Valley, $40

  A classic example of the Willamette Valley’s renaissance with Chardonnay, reflected in the Burgundian influence of acclaimed consultant Dominique Lafon and young winemaker Thomas Savre. Chardonnay sings with aromas of lemongrass, yellow apple and citrus as flinty...

  • Posted March 9, 2020
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  2Hawk Vineyard & Winery 2017 Grenache, Rogue Valley, $32

  Southern Oregon winemaker Kiley Evans worked with some of the Northwest’s top Grenache during his time at famed Abacela in the Umpqua Valley. Now, he’s showing a flair with grapes grown an hour to the south by...

  • Posted March 9, 2020
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  Mark Ryan Winery 2016 The Dissident Red Wine, Columbia Valley, $38

  For the first time, Mark Ryan McNeilly cracked Wine Spectator’s Top 100 list, scoring with a formula of Cabernet Sauvignon (56%), Merlot (24%), Cabernet Franc (17%) and Petit Verdot from sites such as Ciel du Cheval, Klipsun...

  • Posted February 18, 2020
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  The Underground Wine Project 2018 And Why Am I Mr. Pink Rosé, Columbia Valley, $13

  Best Buy! Trey Busch of Sleight of Hand Cellars and Mark Ryan McNeilly first bonded over rock music. A few years later, they decided to launch The Underground Wine Project in 2009. What started out with 100...

  • Posted February 18, 2020
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