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All posts by Great Northwest Wine
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Winescape Wines 2018 Merlot, Columbia Valley $32.00
The Butterfields used Merlot from Bacchus Vineyard to win best of class at the 2020 Washington State Wine Competition, and their expression from the 2018 vintage now has earned a
- Posted April 12, 2022
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Northstar Winery 2019 Merlot, Columbia Valley $41.00
Well into his third decade as the winemaker, David “Merf” Merfeld produced one of the most promising Merlots of our judging as Northstar celebrates the 20th anniversary of its vinification
- Posted April 12, 2022
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Washington Hills Winery 2018 Merlot, Columbia Valley $9.99
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
- Posted April 12, 2022
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Palouse Winery 2018 Dineen Vineyard Mirage Merlot, Rattlesnake Hills $42.00
Vashon Island winemaker George Kirkish pulls from several vineyards in the Rattlesnake Hills above the Yakima Valley, but he focuses on Dineen Vineyard — meticulously farmed by Patrick Rawn — for
- Posted April 12, 2022
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Fortuity Cellars 2019 Merlot, Yakima Valley $32.00
Lee and Emily Fergestrom built their winery in the Yakima Valley, and they only source grapes from the Yakima Valley. The Rawn family’s Copeland Vineyard is less than 9 miles
- Posted April 12, 2022
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Yakima Valley Vintners 2018 Dean’s List Merlot, Columbia Valley $30.00
In the nomenclature of Yakima Valley College’s winemaking program, the “Dean’s List” reference indicates the bottling of a reserve wine. Of the nine career Platinum awards won by students of
- Posted April 12, 2022
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Schultz Wines 2017 Steelhead Run Vineyard Blessed Merlot, Applegate Valley $32.00
Greg and Debbie Schultz farm Merlot organically at their Glory Oaks Vineyard in Southern Oregon, but here they spotlight the versatility of Steelhead Run Vineyard — a dry-farmed site renowned
- Posted April 12, 2022
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Westport Winery Garden Resort 2019 Mermaid Merlot, Rattlesnake Hills $31.00
Great Northwest Wine made its decision to name Westport as the 2022 Washington Winery of the Year two months prior to this comparative tasting, and winemaker Mark Bosso helped us
- Posted April 12, 2022
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Cougar Crest Estate Winery 2017 Estate Merlot, Walla Walla Valley $34.00
David and Deborah Hansen, who met as students at Washington State University, grow Merlot at two of their three estate vineyards. But here, Debbie, the winemaker, focuses on fruit from
- Posted April 12, 2022
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Goose Ridge Vineyards 2019 WSU Cougars VIII Red Blend, Columbia Valley, $40
Georgia Tech grad Andrew Wilson took his chemical engineering degree and went onto become one of the first products of Walla Walla Community College’s Institute for Enology and Viticulture. He’s
- Posted April 11, 2022