• Gamay, Grenache Blanc steal show at McMinnville judging
• VineLines Dispatch: Tasting rooms continue to swirl around Woodinville
• Walla Walla Valley wine industry helps raise $55K for food bank
• VineLines Dispatch captures late scramble amid early freeze
• L’Ecole No. 41 recruits Marcus Rafanelli to take over as winemaker
• VinesLines Dispatch swings along Columbia River, Walla Walla Valley
• Alexandria Nicole Cellars uses white Rhône blend to lead Great Northwest Invite
• VineLines Dispatch coverage of 2019 vintage continues
• VineLine Dispatches from Harvest 2019
• ‘Slow and steady harvest’ forecast for Northwest grapes in 2019

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  Christopher Bridge Cellars 2017 Satori Springs Estate Vineyard Reserve Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, $60

  Retired educator Chris Carlberg continues to be a steward of the pastoral 80-acre farmland he grew up on near Oregon City, transitioning some of it to Satori Springs Vineyard where the focus is on cool-climate varieties along...

  • Posted January 26, 2020
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  Pete’s Mountain Vineyard & Winery 2015 Destiny Ridge Vineyard Elijah’s Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Horse Heaven Hills, $38

  Mike and Kristy Thayer live on Pete’s Mountain near the Portland suburb of West Linn, and their ridge-top tasting room and vineyard offer some of the best views of Mount Hood in Northwest wine country. The Thayers...

  • Posted January 26, 2020
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  INTRINSIC Wine Co. 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon, Columbia Valley, $22

  With its flamboyant label that’s reminiscent of street art, INTRINSIC has quickly built a reputation for showy red wines, which its 2017 vintage will only augment. One of the recent labels created by the wizards within Ste....

  • Posted January 25, 2020
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  Dusted Valley Vintners 2016 Cabernet Franc, Columbia Valley, $44

  This Walla Walla Valley producer works with StoneTree on the Wahluke Slope, the Dionysus planting downstream along the Columbia River at venerable Sagemoor and the Southwind Vineyard on the Oregon side of the Walla Walla Valley for...

  • Posted January 20, 2020
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  Primarius Winery 2015 Reserve Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, $21

  Year after year, jazz vocalist-turned-winemaker Sarah Cabot produces some of Oregon’s most nicely priced Pinot Noir under Precept Wine’s Primarius label. She held back some of her best lots for this reserve bottling from her second commercial...

  • Posted January 20, 2020
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  Carl’s Pond Winery 2013 Merlot, Yakima Valley, $15

  Best Buy! After considering the fruit source, it was not a surprise to see this nicely aged Merlot showing so well. Kitsap Peninsula producers Gary Sleeger and Frank Reale reached into Gary Grove Vineyard near Prosser, Wash.,...

  • Posted January 20, 2020
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  Reustle – Prayer Rock Vineyards 2016 Estate Winemaker’s Reserve Pinot Noir, Umpqua Valley, $42

  Stephen Reustle’s delicious versatility in Southern Oregon’s Umpqua Valley doesn’t seem to be slowing down, and his example of reserve Pinot Noir from Oregon’s classic 2016 vintage is drinking beautifully. A nearly even blend of Wädenswil with...

  • Posted January 20, 2020
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  Sagelands Vineyard 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon, Columbia Valley, $12

  Best Buy! One of the largest family-owned vineyards in the Pacific Northwest – Goose Ridge – and underrated Doval Jones on the Wahluke Slope come together in this crowd-pleaser Cab by winemaker Cesar Cuellar. A longtime member...

  • Posted January 19, 2020
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  Chehalem Wines 2018 INOX Unoaked Chardonnay, Willamette Valley, $20

  Harry Peterson-Nedry, who created and built the Chehalem brand, hired Katie Santora as assistant winemaker in 2012, and she worked alongside Harry’s daughter, Wynne, until the sale to longtime business partner Bill Stoller. At that point, in...

  • Posted January 19, 2020
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  Ashton Troy Wines 2016 Cuvée du Soleil White Wine, Columbia Valley, $25

  When winemaking dentist Kit Singh and wife Riinu launched their Woodinville winery, they named it Lauren Ashton Cellars for their two children, Ashley Lauren and Ashton Troy. Well, it’s easy to get a sense of who wanted...

  • Posted January 19, 2020
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