CALDWELL, Idaho — Judging by past recipients of Wine Business Monthly’s Hot Brands acclaim, Martin Fujishin and Fujishin Family Cellars in Idaho’s Snake River Valley will continue to prosper. The February 2017 issue of the California-based publication showcases 10 Hot Brands of 2016. It’s a heady list, and this marks the first time since 2009 that as many as four Pacific … [Read more...] about Wine Business Monthly profiles Fujishin Family Cellars in Idaho as Hot Brand
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Idaho enologist, 23, wins SommCon Young Leader scholarship
SAN DIEGO, Calif. - Idaho’s Hailey Alexander, 23, one of the youngest winemaking talents in the Pacific Northwest, was announced Monday by California-based SommCon as a Young Leader’s Summit Scholarship winner. The award means Alexander, enologist for award-winning Cinder Wines in the Snake River Valley, will be feted Nov. 16-19 in San Diego during the 50-session conference … [Read more...] about Idaho enologist, 23, wins SommCon Young Leader scholarship
Scoria Vineyards ready to rock Idaho wine industry
CALDWELL, Idaho - It’s all come together in a short period of time, but young Idaho vintner Sydney Nederend will pull off fruit from the 2016 vintage for the first estate wines under her new Scoria Vineyards and Winery project. She’s partnered with two of Idaho’s top winemakers in Greg Koenig and Earl Sullivan. Her family has been farming in the Snake River Valley for a … [Read more...] about Scoria Vineyards ready to rock Idaho wine industry
Idaho’s Bitner pays tribute to old vines with new label
CALDWELL, Idaho - Ron Bitner has spent half his life talking to his first block of Chardonnay vines. Today, he's honoring those first vines - some of the oldest in Idaho's Snake River Valley - with a new label that features a drawing of one of his oldest vines. "I'm 70 years old, and I've been tending to these vines for 35 years," he told Great Northwest Wine. "It was a … [Read more...] about Idaho’s Bitner pays tribute to old vines with new label
Judges nominations grow for Great Northwest Invitational Wine Competition
HOOD RIVER, Ore. - It’s not the easiest judging to organize, but the standards for next week’s annual Great Northwest Invitational Wine Competition are simple. If one of 20 West Coast wine influentials is a fan of a particular Pacific Northwest wine and includes it among their list, then we send a note to the winery informing it that one of the judges nominated their wine … [Read more...] about Judges nominations grow for Great Northwest Invitational Wine Competition