HOOD RIVER, Ore. - Not every wine wins a gold medal at wine competitions. In fact, fewer than 20 percent do. And wine judges do not always agree on everything. We asked our judges at the fourth annual Cascadia Wine Competition to give a list of some of their...
HOOD RIVER, Ore. - During the fourth annual Cascadia Wine Competition - the largest judging of wines from Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and Idaho in the country - many fascinating storylines developed at the historic Columbia Gorge Hotel. Now that the...
HOOD RIVER, Ore. - Amid the more than 1,000 wines judged last week by 22 Northwest wine professionals during the fourth annual Cascadia Wine Competition, fewer than a third were white - a testament to the fact that the Pacific Northwest is now dominated by red...
HOOD RIVER, Ore. - Red wines dominated the 2016 Cascadia Wine Competition - and for good reason. Many of the reds entered in the judging were from the vaunted 2012 and 2013 vintages - both stellar seasons throughout the Pacific Northwest. And the 22 wine...
WALLA WALLA, Wash. - College Cellars moved to the head of the class at two international competitions last week, but then high marks are quite common for the winemaking program at Walla Walla Community College. Tim Donhaue, director of winemaking at College...
HOOD RIVER, Ore. - As the fourth annual Cascadia Wine Competition concludes, we take a look at the top wines of the judging - the largest for wines of the Pacific Northwest. The Cascadia Wine Competition took place March 15-17 at the historic Columbia Gorge Hotel....
HOOD RIVER, Ore. - For the second consecutive year, a young Walla Walla Valley winemaker earned the top prize at the fourth annual Cascadia Wine Competition, the largest judging of Pacific Northwest wines. Palencia Wine Co. won best of show for its 2015 Albariño, a...
LACEY, Wash. - A young Malbec grown in the Yakima Valley and poured in the shadows of the Cascades Range's most active volcano will be featured as best of show during one of the Pacific Northwest’s largest single-day wine festivals. Gary Dunbar, owner/winemaker for...
HOOD RIVER, Ore. - The fourth annual Cascadia Wine Competition begins this morning at the historic Columbia Gorge Hotel. The judging attracted more than 1,000 entries from Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and Idaho. Twenty-two wine professionals from across the...
Thanks in large part to Australian wineries flooding the American market with overripe and inexpensive Shiraz, U.S. consumers have largely become bored with Syrah. But that all changes when we find a Syrah grown in a cooler climate, in a region that allows the red...
