SANTA ROSA, Calif. - Four Northwest vineyard owners have been honored as among the 20 most admired grape growers in North America. Tina Caputo, editor of Vineyard & Winery Management magazine in the Sonoma Valley city of Santa Rosa, released the list this week. "Grape growers tend to stand in the background while winemakers are encouraged to take center stage," the … [Read more...] about California magazine honors 4 Northwest grape growers
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Seattle native stars in ‘Uncorked’ TV series
NEW YORK - Famously called "the city that never sleeps," New York also is home to a group of wine professionals who will get almost no rest as they prepare to take the grueling Master Sommelier exam. "It's the city that never rests," said Morgan Harris, one of the stars of the upcoming show Uncorked, which debuts next week on the Esquire Network. Harris, a sommelier at … [Read more...] about Seattle native stars in ‘Uncorked’ TV series
2015 vintage ends 6 percent warmer for Walla Walla wine industry
ASHLAND, Ore. — Weather data proves what those in the Walla Walla wine industry already knew: The 2015 vintage was even warmer than last year's record. Renowned climate expert Greg Jones, a professor at Southern Oregon University in Ashland, released his End of Season Weather and Climate Review on Tuesday, and his Walla Walla Valley station in Milton-Freewater, Ore., … [Read more...] about 2015 vintage ends 6 percent warmer for Walla Walla wine industry
Tri-Cities Wine Festival features oldest competition of Washington wine
KENNEWICK, Wash. — Several of the nation’s top wine judges have gathered this week in the heart of Washington wine country as part of the 37th annual Tri-Cities Wine Festival, which features the state's oldest wine competition. The judging is being staged at the Three Rivers Convention Center in Kennewick. Results and awards will be announced and presented on Saturday, Nov. … [Read more...] about Tri-Cities Wine Festival features oldest competition of Washington wine
‘Vintage’ a fun, compelling wine novel
First-time novelist David Baker might have a breakout book on his hands. Baker, who lives in Oregon's Willamette Valley, published Vintage this fall, and it is gaining great acclaim, thanks to a compelling and delicious story. Vintage is the tale of a mythical bottle of Burgundy, a war-time wine that was nothing more than a myth until Bruno Tannenbaum happens across a … [Read more...] about ‘Vintage’ a fun, compelling wine novel