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• Long path of Andrew Riechers leads to early acclaim for Audeant Wines
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• Northwest Merlot remains memorable in talented hands

All posts by Great Northwest Wine

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  Cloudlift Cellars 2017 Panorama Merlot, Columbia Valley $30.00

  Furniture craftsman Tom Stangeland takes a Right Bank approach with this vintage of his Panorama, which focuses on Merlot (78%) from Arianses Vineyard on the Wahluke Slope and highly decorated

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  Baer Winery 2017 Star Merlot, Columbia Valley $36.00

  Lisa Baer’s continued support of Stillwater Creek Vineyard on the Royal Slope paved the way for Woodinville winemaker Erica Orr to turn this into gold. Orr’s restrained use of French

  • Posted April 12, 2022
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  Spangler Vineyards 2016 Merlot, Oregon $29.00

  Not long after it was released, Patrick Spangler earned a Platinum for his work with this 2016 Merlot. Now, the 2018 Oregon Winery of the Year has qualified it for

  • Posted April 12, 2022
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  Auclair Winery 2018 Right Blend Red Wine, Red Mountain $40.00

  Charles Auclair’s continued fascination with Red Mountain for Bordeaux varieties — red and white — pays off again as usual, however the Woodinville winemaker’s blend barely qualified for this comparative

  • Posted April 12, 2022
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  Be Human 2019 Merlot, Columbia Valley $17.00

  Best Buy! One of the least expensive examples of Merlot also ranked near the top, thanks to Ivy League-trained winemaker Joshua Maloney and the Aquilini family’s vast plantings across Red

  • Posted April 12, 2022
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  Growers Guild Wine Co., 2019 Merlot, Columbia Valley $16.00

  Best Buy! Among the bright spots in our comparative tasting was this young second label for Owen Roe that has winemaker Jacki Evans’s fingerprints all over it. There’s a remarkable

  • Posted April 12, 2022
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  Basalt Cellars 2018 Merlot, Washington State $32.00

  Soon after launching the brand, Lewis-Clark Valley winemakers Rick Wasem and Lynn DeVlemming won best-of-class at the Tri-Cities Wine Festival for their 2004 Merlot. Considering their Merlot-led 2018 Rim Rock

  • Posted April 12, 2022
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  Sherman Winery 2017 Merlot Reserve, Horse Heaven Hills $38.00

  Here’s the definition of a true “reserve” program — winemaker Brad Sherman’s best two barrels of Merlot from Destiny Ridge Vineyard. The prized planting of Alexandria Nicole Cellars owner Jarrod

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  Yakima Valley Vintners 2016 Austin Sharpe Vineyard Dean’s List Merlot, Columbia Valley $30.00

  The next generation of the storied Mercer family in the Horse Heaven HIlls grew the grapes for another delicious effort by Yakima Valley College students, who have produced nine Platinum

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  Seven Hills Winery 2019 SHW Founding Vineyard Merlot, Walla Walla Valley $50.00

  History continues to smile upon this vineyard near the state line between Oregon and Washington, site of the Walla Walla Valley’s original planting of Merlot by the McClellan and Hendricks

  • Posted April 12, 2022
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