SEATTLE - Northwest wines showed well in the second annual Seattle Wine & Food Experience Wine Awards competition. California wines claimed the top three spots of the judging, but wines from Washington and Idaho occupied most of the gold and best-of-class positions. About 190 wines from more than 65 wineries were judged by Great Northwest Wine's tasting panel under … [Read more...] about Seattle Wine & Food Experience this weekend
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Washington, Oregon wines shine in big California judging
CLOVERDALE, Calif. - Nine wines from Washington and Oregon earned best-of-class distinction at the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, which is the largest judging of American wines. The judging, which takes place in this community in northern Sonoma County, drew more than 6,400 entries, a record for the biggest competition in North America. Wineries from 28 states … [Read more...] about Washington, Oregon wines shine in big California judging
Northwest wine experts pick their dream cases
If you could have any bottle of wine, what would it be? That's the question we posed to nine Pacific Northwest wine experts, and their answers included both a "who's who" and a "who's that?" list of wines from Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and Idaho. Our nine wine experts taste thousands of wines per year in a search for what to write about, what to stock on their … [Read more...] about Northwest wine experts pick their dream cases
Northwest wineries to help food banks during Thanksgiving weekend
Wineries in two of the Pacific Northwest's oldest wine regions are using Thanksgiving weekend to help those needing relief from hunger as Washington's Yakima Valley and Oregon's Willamette Valley are donating tasting fees or staging large-scale food drives. Wine Yakima Valley partners with Northwest Harvest — a statewide hunger relief agency — to help feed those who are … [Read more...] about Northwest wineries to help food banks during Thanksgiving weekend
Going to the Rhône
Grenache has been grown in Washington for much of the past half-century, but the Rhône revolution didn't start here until the first Syrah vines went in the ground 30 years ago. Now we are seeing an explosion of interest in such Rhône varieties as Grenache, Mourvèdre, Petite Sirah, Counoise, Cinsault - and a whole host of white grapes. These wines are among the most … [Read more...] about Going to the Rhône