• Walla Walla Vintners makes winemaking change
• Famed writer Mike Dunne tastes trends at San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
• Alumni, College Cellars of Walla Walla rock San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
• Oregon Tempranillo Celebration returns to Ashland for 2019
• College Cellars of Walla Walla again tops Tri-Cities Wine Festival judging
• Taste Washington 2019 tickets now available
• Photojournalist takes lens to Pacific Northwest 2018 harvest
• Stoller names Santora as head winemaker for Chehalem Winery
• Vidon Vineyard melds science, craftsmanship into Oregon wine
• Oregon Pinot Noir shines at first New Orleans International Wine Awards

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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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  Lobo Hills Wine Co. 2013 Syrah-Cabernet Sauvignon, Columbia Valley, $35

  Woodinville winemaker Tony Dollar, a product of the Bay Area, deepened his relationship with StoneTree Vineyard on the Wahluke Slope for this bottling, and he legally he could have labeled this as a straight Syrah because it...

  • Posted January 8, 2019
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  Canoe Ridge Vineyard 2015 The Benches Vineyard Limited Edition Cabernet Sauvignon, Horse Heaven Hills, $44

  Long Shadows Vintners gave this vineyard its provenance as Wallula Vineyard, which now serves as a backbone for many of Precept Wine’s top efforts. The historically hot 2015 growing season in the Pacific Northwest made for an...

  • Posted January 8, 2019
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  Adelsheim Vineyard 2015 Breaking Ground Pinot Noir, Chehalem Mountains $45

  David Adelsheim, recipient of the Oregon Wine Board’s Lifetime Achievement Award, celebrated his 45th year of his eponymous brand in 2016 with the debut of his Breaking Ground tier. This marks the second vintage of that project,...

  • Posted January 8, 2019
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  St. Josef’s Winery NV Lilli Sparkling Chardonnay, Willamette Valley, $18

  Josef Fleischmann, whose grandfather operated a winery in Hungary, sought refuge in Germany as the Soviet Union expanded its occupation after World War II. Trained as a baker, he landed first in Chicago where he met Lilli,...

  • Posted December 19, 2018
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  Tendril Wine Cellars 2014 Mount Richmond Vineyard Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley $60

  One of the Northwest’s most respected winemakers is Tony Rynders, who prides himself on a “low and slow” approach, particularly with these four barrels of Pinot Noir from a vineyard prized by Campbell family at Elk Cove....

  • Posted December 19, 2018
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  Cavatappi Winery 2016 Sangiovese, Columbia Valley, $12

  Best Buy! Precept’s team tapped into four Yakima Valley sites – Canyon Vineyard Ranch, Boushey, Oasis and denHoed – for this lively, racy and 100% varietal take on Sangiovese grown in Washington state. Fruit-forward aromas of strawberry-rhubarb...

  • Posted December 19, 2018
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  Silvara Vineyards 2015 Syrah, Columbia Valley $32

  Leavenworth vintner Gary Seidler collaborated with the Fore Feathers Wine Estates team in Prosser for this stunning Syrah pulled from Zillah Ranch Vineyard in the Rattlesnake Hills and McNary Vineyard in the Horse Heaven Hills. The historically...

  • Posted December 19, 2018
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  Boudreaux Cellars 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon, Washington, $75

  Entertaining and talented Rob Newsom wisely looked to the future with this work from some of the most historic and regarded Cabernet Sauvignon vineyards in the Columbia and Walla Walla valleys. Bacchus, Seven Hills and Wallula vineyards...

  • Posted December 18, 2018
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  Convergence Zone Cellars 2015 Ciel du Cheval Vineyard Drizzle Pinot Gris, Red Mountain, $15

  Best Buy! Based on the market price for the grape, there’s very little Pinot Gris planted on Red Mountain. As a result, there’s always a sense of intrigue following each release of Scott Greenberg’s Drizzle from the...

  • Posted December 17, 2018
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  Pete’s Mountain Winery 2016 Pete’s Mountain Vineyard Haley’s Block Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, $36

  Pete’s Mountain is a landmark and community in the Mount Hood foothills near Portland that’s named for French immigrant Pete Weiss, who settled the area before our Civil War. Owners Mike and Kris Thayer dry-farm their 18...

  • Posted December 17, 2018
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