• 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
• VineLines Dispatch: Northwest wineries fill lists of USA Today readers
• Koenig wins Idaho Wine Competition for new owners
• Bledsoe Family Winery set to open tasting room in Oregon
• Northwest vineyards track along 2017 vintage after cool July
• Idaho wine industry prepares for 10th annual judging

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  Lenné Estate 2016 South Slope Select Pinot Noir, Yamhill-Carlton, $55

  The Lutzes chose to focus on four clones of Pinot Noir when the planted Lenné Estate in 2001, and Pommard makes up nearly two thirds of this eight-barrel program that finished coming into the cellar from the...

  • Posted September 17, 2019
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  Youngberg Hill Vineyards 2016 Bailey Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, $75

  The youngest planting at Youngberg Hill near McMinnville is his familys namesake block, established in 2008 and dedicated to Dijon clone 777 Pinot Noir. Owner/grower/vintner Wayne Bailey made the pick on Sept. 17 and invested 14 months...

  • Posted September 17, 2019
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  Craftsman Cellars 2015 Cabernet Franc, Columbia Valley, $29

  Greg Shelman spent his first career as furniture craftsman before he turned to Washington State University’s winemaking program, completing his studies in 2003 and moving into cellars at Spokane-area wineries such as Arbor Crest. In 2015, he...

  • Posted September 17, 2019
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  Compton Family Wines 2016 Llewellyn Cuvée Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley, $38

  While part of his Small World Wine Co., umbrella, this reserve tier is the namesake brand for winemaker/grower Matt Compton. He’s been working with vineyards around Corvallis, Ore., since arriving from New Jersey two decades ago. The...

  • Posted September 12, 2019
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  Washington Hills Winery 2017 Chardonnay, Washington State, $11

  Best Buy! Hal Landvoigt, director of winemaking for Precept, oversees this long-lived brand created in 1988 in Sunnyside, and he takes pride in the continuing the label’s reputation for offering value. Traditionally, some of the state’s largest...

  • Posted September 11, 2019
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  Winter’s Hill Estate 2016 Estate Ninebark Sparkling Wine, Dundee Hills, $49

  The Gladhart family uses their fruity and crisp methode Champenoise project to pay tribute to a native shrub that thrives across their Dundee Hills estate – the Pacific Ninebark. Aged beyond secondary fermentation for 18 months, the...

  • Posted September 11, 2019
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  Sol Stone Wine 2017 Sol Sister Viognier, Columbia Valley, $24

  Historic planting Conner Lee and one of the Northwest’s top sites for Viognier – Antoine Creek near Chelan – are blended by Buzz Buckingam to create a gorgeous example of this Rhône white. Alluring aromas of orange...

  • Posted September 11, 2019
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  Dusted Valley Vintners 2017 StoneTree Vineyard Squirrel Tooth Alice Red Wine, Wahluke Slope, $45

  For the third straight vintage, Dusted Valley sticks with Grenache in the lead and StoneTree Vineyard as the source for the GSM-blend these Wisconsin natives have named for a long-lived madam from Texas. The formula of Grenache...

  • Posted September 8, 2019
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  Zerba Cellars 2016 Cabernet Franc, Walla Walla Valley $36

  Cabernet Franc is grown at two of Cecil Zerba’s three vineyards in the Walla Walla Valley, Dad’s Vineyard near the winery in The Rocks District of Milton-Freewater, Ore., and the higher-elevation Cockburn Vineyard – the breadbasket for...

  • Posted September 7, 2019
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  Wind Rose Cellars 2015 Lonesome Springs Ranch Malbec, Yakima Valley, $25

  One of the Yakima Valley’s most important vineyards works with Olympic Peninsula winemaker David Volmut for this expression of Malbec, a red Bordeaux grape that is becoming one of Washington’s most exciting varieties. The addition of Cabernet...

  • Posted September 7, 2019
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