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• Dunham Cellars in Walla Walla raises $15,049 for suicide prevention
• USA Today readers vote Walla Walla Valley as America’s Best Wine Region
• Williamson Vineyards young Albariño rises to top of 2020 Idaho Wine Competition
• 2020 vintage for Northwest tracks dry, warm but not hot
• 5 Idaho wineries to pour at drive-in theater

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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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  L’Ecole Nº 41 Winery 2017 Ferguson Vineyard Estate Red Wine, Walla Walla Valley, $64

  Marty Clubb and his winemaking team continue to take a Left Bank-Bordeaux approach to this blend from the Clubb family’s SeVein planting that has brought additional international acclaim to L’Ecole. There’s a bit more Cabernet Sauvignon (60%)...

  • Posted September 27, 2020
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  Argyle Winery 2019 Grower Series Rosé Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, $20

  One of the Oregon’s most nicely priced examples of Pinot Noir rosé also ranks among the best at any price as Nate Klostermann works with longtime favorite Knudsen Vineyard in the Dundee Hills and Argyle’s Spirit Hill...

  • Posted September 27, 2020
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  Utopia Wines 2017 The Utopia Vineyard Pinot Noir, Ribbon Ridge, $48

  The flagship release for Daniel Warnshuis captures a site-wide sense of the project he launched in 2002 in Oregon’s North Willamette Valley. A dozen clones, including rarities such as Calera, Swan and cuttings from famed Arcus and...

  • Posted September 27, 2020
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  Valcan Cellars 2016 El Torero Tempranillo, Rogue Valley, $32

  Argentine national Juan Pablo Valot first began making wine in Oregon’s Willamette Valley during the peak seasons in the career of Juan Román Riquelme. Two decades later, Valot pays tribute to his favorite midfielder by branding his...

  • Posted September 26, 2020
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  ICON by Waterbrook 2017 Sangiovese, Columbia Valley, $36

  This tier by winemaker John Freeman targets Waterbrook’s nicely appointed tasting room west of Walla Walla on the highway to Lowden, and pulls the Sangiovese from Art den Hoed Vineyard in the western portion of the Yakima...

  • Posted September 26, 2020
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  Fortuity Cellars 2019 Rosé of Cinsaut, Yakima Valley, $24

  Founding winemaker Johnny Brose left a number of gold-medal winners in the cellar when he took the dual post as program chair and winemaking instructor at the Northwest Wine Studies Center for Chemeketa Community College in Salem,...

  • Posted September 26, 2020
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  Seven Hills Winery 2018 Carménère, Walla Walla Valley, $40

  There’s not an abundance of this sixth red Bordeaux grape planted throughout the Walla Walla Valley, but Casey McClellan’s traditional sources for it are at opposite ends of the valley — cobblestoned Morrison Lane to the south...

  • Posted September 26, 2020
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  Alexana Winery 2019 Terroir Series Pinot Gris, Willamette Valley, $32

  Bryan Weil extends his success with cool-climate varieties with this assemblage from an underrated 35-year-old site for Pinot Gris on Pete’s Mountain — Stoneridge Vineyard — and two Dundee Hills sites in Belle Vida and Alexan’s Revana...

  • Posted September 26, 2020
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  Devison Vintners 2019 Evergreen Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc, Columbia Valley, $25

  Peter Devison’s winemaking career has taken this native of Canada all across the state and a résumé that includes EFESTĒ, Precept and Tsillan Cellars. The recent closure of Cadaretta in Walla Walla has allowed him to focus...

  • Posted September 26, 2020
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  Januik Winery 2017 Klipsun Vineyard Merlot, Red Mountain, $35

  One of Washington’s most famous plantings, this vintage marked the first under the ownership of Terlato Wines International, the Chicago-based company that purchased the 120- acre vineyard from the Gelles family. Klipsun has a reputation for producing...

  • Posted September 26, 2020
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