With the inaugural issue of Great Northwest Wine Magazine under the leadership of Eric Degerman, we turn a page into a new chapter of Pacific Northwest wine and culture. Eric and I met in 1989 when we worked for the Tri-City Herald, one of the better mid-sized daily newspapers in the Pacific Northwest. We had become friends in that newsroom, working nights together while … [Read more...] about The Wine Knows: A new start for Great Northwest Wine
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A Vine Start: 23 years later, here’s another Volume 1, Issue No. 1
My favorite adage is a simple one with unending applications in life — “Never say never.” I would never have thought about starting and owning a printed wine publication with my wife, Traci, as long as Wine Press Northwest was around. In 1998, Andy Perdue launched that magazine for the Tri-City Herald, and I helped him run it until 2012 when he recruited me to create … [Read more...] about A Vine Start: 23 years later, here’s another Volume 1, Issue No. 1
Abeja Chardonnay edges DeLille’s Harrison Hill at Great Northwest Invitational
HOOD RIVER, Ore. — Judges at the 2021 Great Northwest Invitational Wine Competition thumbed their noses at the A-B-C crowd - "Anything but Chardonnay" - by voting the Abeja 2020 Washington State Chardonnay as the best wine of the two-day event. A recount was required before Abeja’s flagship Chardonnay was declared the winner, a single vote separating it from the DeLille … [Read more...] about Abeja Chardonnay edges DeLille’s Harrison Hill at Great Northwest Invitational
Heat units in Northwest vineyards as much as 29% ahead of last year
By the time climate researcher Greg Jones issues his next Weather and Climate Summary and Forecast near Labor Day, harvest for sparkling wine in the Pacific Northwest will have begun. That doesn't include the estate plantings for Abacela Winery, where Jones recently took over as chief executive officer, but the Albariño at his family’s iconic Fault Line Vineyards in Oregon’s … [Read more...] about Heat units in Northwest vineyards as much as 29% ahead of last year
Boise-area Telaya Wine Co., uses Idaho Syrah to top Cascadia International
RICHLAND, Wash. — Twice in the past three years, Earl and Carrie Sullivan of Telaya Wine Co., turned Syrah from the Snake River Valley into the Best Red Wine at the Idaho Wine Competition. At the 2021 Cascadia International Wine Competition, the Boise-area producers submitted a 2018 Syrah grown in Idaho that entered the sweepstakes as the best red of judging and emerged … [Read more...] about Boise-area Telaya Wine Co., uses Idaho Syrah to top Cascadia International