• 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
• VinesLines Dispatch swings along Columbia River, Walla Walla Valley
• Alexandria Nicole Cellars uses white Rhône blend to lead Great Northwest Invite
• VineLines Dispatch coverage of 2019 vintage continues
• VineLine Dispatches from Harvest 2019
• ‘Slow and steady harvest’ forecast for Northwest grapes in 2019
• VineLines Dispatch: Northwest wineries fill lists of USA Today readers

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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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  Dusted Valley Vintners 2016 Cabernet Franc, Columbia Valley, $44

  This Walla Walla Valley producer works with StoneTree on the Wahluke Slope, the Dionysus planting downstream along the Columbia River at venerable Sagemoor and the Southwind Vineyard on the Oregon side of the Walla Walla Valley for...

  • Posted January 20, 2020
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  Primarius Winery 2015 Reserve Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, $21

  Year after year, jazz vocalist-turned-winemaker Sarah Cabot produces some of Oregon’s most nicely priced Pinot Noir under Precept Wine’s Primarius label. She held back some of her best lots for this reserve bottling from her second commercial...

  • Posted January 20, 2020
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  Carl’s Pond Winery 2013 Merlot, Yakima Valley, $15

  Best Buy! After considering the fruit source, it was not a surprise to see this nicely aged Merlot showing so well. Kitsap Peninsula producers Gary Sleeger and Frank Reale reached into Gary Grove Vineyard near Prosser, Wash.,...

  • Posted January 20, 2020
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  Reustle – Prayer Rock Vineyards 2016 Estate Winemaker’s Reserve Pinot Noir, Umpqua Valley, $42

  Stephen Reustle’s delicious versatility in Southern Oregon’s Umpqua Valley doesn’t seem to be slowing down, and his example of reserve Pinot Noir from Oregon’s classic 2016 vintage is drinking beautifully. A nearly even blend of Wädenswil with...

  • Posted January 20, 2020
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  Sagelands Vineyard 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon, Columbia Valley, $12

  Best Buy! One of the largest family-owned vineyards in the Pacific Northwest – Goose Ridge – and underrated Doval Jones on the Wahluke Slope come together in this crowd-pleaser Cab by winemaker Cesar Cuellar. A longtime member...

  • Posted January 19, 2020
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  Chehalem Wines 2018 INOX Unoaked Chardonnay, Willamette Valley, $20

  Harry Peterson-Nedry, who created and built the Chehalem brand, hired Katie Santora as assistant winemaker in 2012, and she worked alongside Harry’s daughter, Wynne, until the sale to longtime business partner Bill Stoller. At that point, in...

  • Posted January 19, 2020
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  Ashton Troy Wines 2016 Cuvée du Soleil White Wine, Columbia Valley, $25

  When winemaking dentist Kit Singh and wife Riinu launched their Woodinville winery, they named it Lauren Ashton Cellars for their two children, Ashley Lauren and Ashton Troy. Well, it’s easy to get a sense of who wanted...

  • Posted January 19, 2020
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  RJ Wines 2017 Boushey Vineyard Moxie Syrah, Yakima Valley, $32

  Rachel Joy continues to put to her chemistry degree from UMass to work in delicious fashion, and she’s made her mark since arriving in Woodinville with Syrah from one of Washington’s most acclaimed sites for the red...

  • Posted January 19, 2020
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  Amavi Cellars 2016 Estate Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon, Walla Walla Valley, $33

  This bottling labeled as Cabernet Sauvignon leans Left Bank with its backing of Merlot (10%), Cabernet Franc (7%), Malbec (4%) and Petit Verdot (1%) off six estate vineyards – led by Pepper Bridge and followed with Summit...

  • Posted January 19, 2020
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  Stoller Family Estate 2018 Chardonnay, Dundee Hills, $28

  Bill Stoller can boast of the largest estate planting of Chardonnay, and he’s done it on Dundee Hills property that he grew up on. The material that Melissa Burr and her team work with include Dijon 76,...

  • Posted January 19, 2020
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