Best Buy! While these wines are poured in Seattle's SODO Urbanworks, they are made at the Long Shadows facility in the Walla Walla Valley and the pedigree stems from some of Washington's top breeding grounds for Riesling — the historic White Bluffs and the...
Best Buy! Several of Washington state's most well-known vineyards have factored into this Cab-focused program — Alder Ridge and Wallula in the Horse Heaven Hills, Doval on the Wahluke Slope and Goose Ridge in Goose Gap — that began as part of the Ross Andrew Winery...
Boise-area winemaker Hailey Minder turned some of Idaho's oldest Chardonnay — Bitner Vineyards — into one of the Pacific Northwest's best interpretations of Champagne. “Whitewater” is the title she and her husband, a former river guide, gave to their blanc de blanc...
Best Buy! Florida-based and female-founded SipClean recently entered the non-alcoholic wine scene and partners with Sonoma winemaker Meredith Leahy on this convenient and remarkably flavorful rosé made with Cabernet Sauvignon from Doval Vineyard on Washington's...
The Specters first planted their vineyard above Newberg, Ore., in 2014, and this blend of Pommard and Dijon clone 667 (two barrels of each) in Jory soil is from those vines that are coming into their own. In fact, these lots, picked on Oct. 3, 2020 at 25 Brix,...
The Shiels family of Côte Bonneville fame also sell a portion of their grapes to some of Washington's winemaking illuminati. That includes David O'Reilly, a longtime supporter of the Yakima Valley, going back to his days as an Oregon winemaker. It's a classic...
Danny Gordon continues to maintain the high standards of founding winemaker Ron Coleman with this darkly purple beauty from the brand that pays tribute to Walla Walla airport’s historic World War II firehouse. Napa-based Vintage Wine Estates invested wisely in...
Best Buy! The first time our panel staged a comparative tasting for a magazine was in 1998. The focus was Merlot, and one of the best was the Washington Hills 1995 Merlot. Twenty-two years later, this Precept brand ranks among the most delicious Merlots, and the...
One of the Pacific Northwest’s first destination wineries continues to prove the bottlings from this bucolic property in Walla Walla are worth seeking out as the husband/wife winemaking team of Daniel Wampfler and Amy Alvarez-Wampfler produced our tasting’s most...
Ste. Michelle first planted this site in the Horse Heaven Hills in 1991, and for the first 35 years of its life, all of the 559 acres were managed by Mimi Nye. The label reflects the winds that swirl up from the Columbia Gorge, which provide natural pest control...
