On occasion, we are asked about Washington Pinot Noir. It's a question that is becoming easier to answer, though examples remain scarce. Salishan Vineyards More than a decade ago, we would have had just a couple of choices, the best of which was the now-defunct...
WALLA WALL, Wash. — Winemakers often will smirk and say, "It takes a lot of beer to make good wine." In the case of David "Merf" Merfeld, he was helping to make a lot of good beer for Ste. Michelle Wine Estates before he started making great wine for Northstar...
By most accounts, 2012 was a year of moving forward in the Pacific Northwest wine industry. After two difficult vintages, the weather cooperated in 2012 with what is expected to be a record-sized crop. New leaders entered the picture in Washington and Oregon, Gallo...
Inevitably, this is the time of year most people think about sparkling wine, thanks to holiday parties and New Year's Eve celebrations. It's also about time we say to ourselves, "This is delicious. I should drink sparkling wine more often." With that in mind, here...
If history is any indication, there will unlikely be a winter freeze anytime soon in Washington wine country. Washington's Columbia Valley offers superb growing conditions for European wine grapes: warm days that are filled with sunshine, almost no rainfall from...
Washington State University's $23 million Wine Science Center continues to march forward, with the organization that will run its construction now seeking design-build proposals. The Wine Science Center will be built at the WSU Tri-Cities campus, in the heart of...
As the Washington wine industry continues to grow, so too does the occupation of grape growing. The annual convention of the Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers (WAWGG, pronounced "wag") is Feb. 5-8. It's at the Three Rivers Convention Center in Kennewick...
The Washington State Wine Commission presented another Christmas gift idea to those who enjoy Washington wine — a $10 discount on general admission tickets to Taste Washington on March 23-24 in Seattle. It's grown to a two-day event, although single-day tickets...
Watermill Winery in Milton-Freewater, Ore., produced another Platinum-winning wine last month in Wine Press Northwest's annual judging of gold-medal winners. On Thursday night, the magazine's 2010 Oregon Winery to Watch will be pouring at Sorci's Italian Café — a...
For a decade, diners wanting to patronize restaurants that support Washington wineries used the Washington Wine Restaurant Awards for research. The Washington State Wine Commission recently branded the contest as the Washington State Wine Awards, so starting next...
