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 for Rhône varieties — and the winemaking of Medford’s Linda Donovan at...
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 Trent Ball and instructor emeritus Brad Smith, five were from the Dean’s...
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 to the west as the crow flies, and young winemaker Alexis Sells helped produce one of the...
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 his Mirage project. There’s a sense of dusty lavender to the dark...
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 now in his eighth season as the winemaker for the Monson clan — "the...
It seems fitting that Jim Dahlman's first standalone tasting room would be in Tacoma's historic Stadium District considering that his mother-in-law served as an emergency room nurse at nearby Tacoma General Hospital. He pays tribute to her with this zesty blend of...
Last fall, Rob and Donna Mellison were awarded five Platinums during Great Northwest Wine's annual judging of gold-medal winners. Their 2018 Malbec from Ed Kelly's vineyard was among those winners, so it's no surprise to see the follow-up vintage showing so well so...
He's shifted his focus to managing vineyards and production, yet Shane Collins leaves a cellar of outstanding wines for Napa-trained winemaker Elizabeth Keyser from the Dufenhorst family's planting within the proposed Rocky Reach appellation. The lineup includes...
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...
In perhaps the most timeless image of McMinnville winemaker Remy Drabkin, she's behind a tasting bar wearing a white tank top and a black hoodie and posing alongside two bottles of her Sangiovese from Kiona Vineyards. That photo is from a few years ago, but her...
