CALDWELL, Idaho – An off-dry Riesling from one of the Pacific Northwest’s top winemakers won best of show Tuesday afternoon at the eighth annual Idaho Wine Competition. Boise native Melanie Krause wowed the judges with her Cinder Wines 2016 Off-Dry Riesling. The...
BOISE, Idaho — Today marks the start of both Idaho Wine Month and the Alaska Airlines Idaho Wines Fly Free program for those flying out of Boise and Lewiston. The promotion applies to members of the Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan, allowing each member to check one...
The Idaho wine industry is fun to watch right now. Gem State winemakers produced two best-of-class awards and 11 gold medals at this spring’s international Cascadia Wine Competition in Hood River, Ore. The winemaking industry in Idaho dates back more than a...
GARDEN CITY, Idaho — Coiled Wines is taking two big steps with its growing business by creating a new tasting room in downtown Boise and opening its own production facility in nearby Garden City. Great Northwest Wine learned of the news in advance of today’s...
In the 1980s, Washington was white wine country. Red wine was considered somewhat exotic. Then came Merlot. The Bordeaux variety known for its soft flavors and silky tannins proved to be a good match for Washington's Columbia Valley and its dry, arid soils. By the...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
