Best Buy! This sister project of TruthTeller is spearheaded by the Loeligers’s assistant winemaker, Keith Whisenhunt, who quickly flashed a talent for reeling in medals regardless of the price point. It’s almost unheard of for a Grenache-Syrah-Mourvèdre blend — GSM — to be offered at less than $30. Yet here is a Platinum for that effort. There’s brightness and balance in … [Read more...] about TruthTeller Winery 2020 The Miscreant Project – GobSMack’d, Columbia Valley $19
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Gehringer Brothers Estate Winery 2021 Ehrenfelser, Okanagan Valley $14.99
Best Buy! Back in 2002, the Gehringer brothers notched their first career Platinum via this cross of Riesling and Silvaner — developed in the Rheingau city of Geisenheim where Walter Gehringer went to school. Here is their 17th Platinum with that early-ripening grape. It opens with a sweet perfume of apricot, white peach and honey. The honey continues, lightly coating the … [Read more...] about Gehringer Brothers Estate Winery 2021 Ehrenfelser, Okanagan Valley $14.99
Milbrandt Vineyards 2021 Family Grown Pinot Grigio, Columbia Valley $16.99
Best Buy! The pixie dust of the whites grown in the Ancient Lakes of Columbia Valley often leads to gold medals. They routinely turn into Platinum. This Pinot Gris produced by Kendall Mix in the Columbia Basin conjures up notes of starfruit, honeysuckle and a springtime rain shower, capped by a crisp and clean finish of lemon zest. Qualifying award: Bellingham NW … [Read more...] about Milbrandt Vineyards 2021 Family Grown Pinot Grigio, Columbia Valley $16.99
Four Feathers Wine Services 2021 HUE Rosé Wine, Washington State $11.99
Best Buy! One of the Northwest’s largest vineyard and winery operations began to create brands for its deep list of custom-crush clients. Head winemaker Frederique Vion grew up in Provence, which begins to explain why this rosé went Platinum. Even though it’s a blend of Merlot, Cab and Syrah, it’s bright and refreshing in its character of Montmorency cherry, honeydew melon, … [Read more...] about Four Feathers Wine Services 2021 HUE Rosé Wine, Washington State $11.99
Gehringer Brothers Estate Winery 2021 Classic Riesling, Okanagan Valley $14.99
Best Buy! The Gehringers have won 27 Platinums just for their Riesling program, an enduring tribute to their winemaking and winegrowing education in West Germany. This continues to be one of the New World’s most remarkable examples of this noble grape. It is fresh, fruity and steely with a blade or two of grass as white peach, Bartlett pear and lemon/lime combine to pop in the … [Read more...] about Gehringer Brothers Estate Winery 2021 Classic Riesling, Okanagan Valley $14.99