Best Buy! This dessert wine from Pacific Rim is made in and interesting style. The grapes are picked fairly early (for dessert wine) to retain natural acidity, then frozen in a faux ice wine style and pressed. The result is delicious and affordable. It opens with huge aromas of honey and apricots, followed by bright flavors of orange, peach, apple and slate. It is really … [Read more...] about Pacific Rim Winemakers 2011 Vin de Glaciere Riesling, Columbia Valley, $14
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Diversion NV Riesling, Washington, $15
Best Buy! This easy-drinking Riesling from Rainier Wine in Seattle is a delicious combination of quality and value. It opens with aromas of fresh-squeezed lime juice, flint, fresh-cut pineapple and lemon zest. On the palate, it offers gorgeous flavors of blood orange, apple and spice. It provides a sense of elegance on the midpalate with bright acidity and great length. Enjoy … [Read more...] about Diversion NV Riesling, Washington, $15
Canoe Ridge Vineyard 2011 The Expedition Merlot, Horse Heaven Hills, $15
Best Buy! This Walla Walla winery with estate grapes in the Horse Heaven Hills went through a couple of different ownership changes before landing with Seattle's Precept Wine. Now the label is on the right track again. This is a delicious and eminently affordable red with aromas of blueberry, cherry, vanilla and cocoa. On th epalate, its smooth tannins are backed with yummy … [Read more...] about Canoe Ridge Vineyard 2011 The Expedition Merlot, Horse Heaven Hills, $15
Diversion NV Merlot, Washington, $15
Best Buy! This delicious Merlot includes a touch of Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah and is made by winemaker Josh Maloney and his crew at Wahluke Wine Co. in Mattawa, Wash. This opens with aromas of pink peppercorn, vanilla bean, black walnut and spice, followed by flavors of dark cherry, black raspberry and blueberry syrup. It's a hedonistic red that is smooth throughout and … [Read more...] about Diversion NV Merlot, Washington, $15
Pacific Rim Winemakers 2012 Chenin Blanc, Columbia Valley, $10
Best Buy! This winery in the shadow of Red Mountain near West Richland, Wash., is best known as one of the top Riesling producers in the United States. This is a rare non-Riesling bottling. It opens with aromas of fresh cane sugar, pear and dried apple, followed by flavors of apricot, cardamom and lemon curd all backed with a hint of residual sugar. Rating: … [Read more...] about Pacific Rim Winemakers 2012 Chenin Blanc, Columbia Valley, $10