• Brian Carter Cellars adds Latin influence with marketing hire
• VineLines Dispatch: A Gorgeous look at harvest
• Goose Ridge hires Peter Devison as winemaking consultant
• Tri-City winemaker Palencia partners on Culture Shock mobile catering
• Armstrong Family Winery turns Discovery Vineyard Syrah into best wine at Great Northwest Invitational
• VineLines Dispatch: Harvest of Walla Walla Valley
• VineLines Dispatch: September to remember on Red Mountain
• VineLines Dispatch: Woodinville crushes through smoke, pandemic
• Sweet 16th AVA in Washington belongs to Candy Mountain
• H3 2016 Cab rides off as Washington State Wine Competition best of show

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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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  King Estate Winery 2018 Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, $29

  This past summer, Brent Stone’s flagship Pinot Noir for the King family from the 2017 earned a gold medal from Wine Press Northwest magazine. A few months later, the young 2018 vintage already is a charmer, too....

  • Posted November 20, 2020
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  KVLT Mead NV Speedwheel Burning Blackcurrant Blackberry Honey Wine with Vanilla and Coffee, Washington, $35

  Billed as Tacoma’s first meadery, KVLT goes beyond straightforward honey wine with a kaleidoscope of styles that seem inspired by a mixologist. Each starts with Washington clover honey, and in this case, Brian Sprouse builds complexity with...

  • Posted November 20, 2020
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  Eye of the Needle Winery NV The Eye, Columbia Valley, $18

  Woodinville vintner Bob Bullock hits the bull’s eye again with his remarkable red that leads with Cabernet Sauvignon and blends in Merlot and Petit Verdot. The nose and structure reveal its pedigree with high-toned black and blue...

  • Posted November 19, 2020
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  Domaine Serene 2017 Yamhill Cuvée Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley $52

  Yamhill County in Oregon’s North Willamette Valley is home to three American Viticultural Areas that factor into this delicious blend that’s so appropriately labeled. The Evenstad family works with six vineyards, three of them estate plantings near...

  • Posted November 19, 2020
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  Maryhill Winery 2019 Rosé of Sangiovese, Columbia Valley, $17

  One of Washington state’s largest family-owned wineries has created one of the region’s most successful rosé programs, and the Leutholds have used the Italian grape Sangiovese to nearly double their production since 2016. Perfume and peonies fill...

  • Posted November 18, 2020
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  Novelty Hill 2017 Cascadia Red Wine, Columbia Valley, $55

  In the past, Cabernet Sauvignon from Red Mountain factored into this blend inspired by Bordeaux’s Left Bank. For this bottle, Woodinville winemaker Mike Januik stayed on the east side of the Columbia River for all the fruit...

  • Posted November 17, 2020
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  Passing Time Winery 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon, Horse Heaven Hills, $85

  The May family’s Discovery Vineyard, which grew the Syrah in 2016 that topped the 2020 Great Northwest Invitational Wine Competition, also made the largest contribution to this remarkable Cabernet Sauvignon for winemaker Chris Peterson and retired NFL...

  • Posted November 17, 2020
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  Fortuity Cellars 2017 The Fifty Fifty, Yakima Valley, $28

  The Fergestroms named this red for obvious reasons — it is a 50/50 blend of Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon from the Verhey Vineyard near Union Gap. Crafted by winemaker Johnny Brose, you’ll enjoy a concert of ripe...

  • Posted November 11, 2020
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  Jachter Vineyard 2019 Case Vineyard Rosé of Pinot Noir, Chehalem Mountains, $32

  David Jachter enjoyed a career as one of the Northwest’s most successful automobile dealers, and now he and his wife, Karen, are embarking on a new chapter as entreprenuers in the Oregon wine industry. Their commitment to...

  • Posted October 26, 2020
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  Rambeaux 2017 Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, $40

  The 9-acre estate planting for Dusky Goose is named Rambouillet, named for the breed of longhorn sheep that have been part of winery co-owner Linda Carter’s family ranch in Eastern Oregon for more than a century. When...

  • Posted October 25, 2020
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