• Betz Family Winery will not release wines from smoky 2020 vintage
• Matías Kúsulas replaces Aryn Morell as Gård Vintners winemaker
• Boise-area Telaya Wine Co., uses Idaho Syrah to top Cascadia International
• Sagemoor enters Walla Walla Valley grape market with Southwind Vineyard purchase
• Fire destroys distillery at Westport Winery Garden Resort in Washington
• Fries family departs Washington wine industry with Desert Wind sale
• Warnshuis realizes dream of Utopia along Oregon’s tiny Ribbon Ridge
• Fidelitas promotes Will Hoppes, Mitch Venohr as part of transition
• New Alliance of Women in Washington Wine already stands at 200 strong
• Bullocks bid goodbye to Eye of the Needle Winery in Woodinville

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  USA Today readers vote Walla Walla Valley as America’s Best Wine Region

  The Pacific Northwest wine industry continues to build upon its reputation beyond its borders, and the latest example came today when the Walla Walla Valley was announced as America’s Best Wine Region as part of the 2020...

  • Posted August 21, 2020
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  Williamson Vineyards young Albariño rises to top of 2020 Idaho Wine Competition

  CALDWELL, Idaho — The Williamson family has been looking for a distinctively different dry white wine to pour in their tasting room on Idaho’s historic Sunnyslope in the Snake River Valley. Judges at the 2020 Idaho Wine...

  • Posted August 19, 2020
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  2020 vintage for Northwest tracks dry, warm but not hot

  If growers and winemakers throughout the Pacific Northwest enjoyed the fruits of their labor from the 2019 vintage, then Mother Nature might be providing a somewhat similar season from an already unforgettable 2020. A number of weather...

  • Posted August 5, 2020
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  5 Idaho wineries to pour at drive-in theater

  PARMA, Idaho — Countless celebrations of wine worldwide have been lost to the pandemic during the 2020 vintage, but the Idaho Wine Commission is directing a new production called UnWined at the Drive-In, using a big screen...

  • Posted August 4, 2020
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  VineLines Dispatch updates moves in Woodinville Wine Country

  WOODINVILLE, Wash. — Continuing our roundup of openings of new wineries and tasting rooms, here’s the latest report by resident photojournalist Richard Duval on activities in and around Woodinville Wine Country.   In addition to the column, Duval continues...

  • Posted August 3, 2020
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  VineLines Dispatch updates Walla Walla Valley openings

  WALLA WALLA, Wash. – As the wine communities slowly move towards various levels of operation, this latest VineLines Dispatch column by resident photojournalist Richard Duval notes the openings of new wineries and tasting rooms as well as...

  • Posted July 15, 2020
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  Wild Goose Vineyards in British Columbia tops Cascadia wine judging again

  LEWISTON, Idaho — The Canada/U.S. border has been closed for months, but the pandemic didn’t prevent Wild Goose Vineyards in Okanagan Falls, British Columbia, from using its 2019 Mystic River Vineyard Gewürztraminer to win best of show...

  • Posted June 30, 2020
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  Southern Oregon starts June ahead of historically hot 2015 vintage

  As Northwest wine country officially enters summer, the forecast for the region signals a return to warmer-than-average conditions and growing concern about the extended drought conditions in some corners. Gregory V. Jones, director of the Evenstad Center...

  • Posted June 17, 2020
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  Columbia Valley growers, winemaker look back on Mount St. Helens

  Anyone from the Class of 1980 in Spokane, Wash., will remember where they were and what they were doing when ash from Mount St. Helens began to fall 40 years ago on May 18. It marked a...

  • Posted May 18, 2020
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  Salty fries and old Spätlese; the ’99 Bottles’ that made Andre Mack a somm

  In 99 Bottles, A Black Sheep’s Guide to Wine – André Hueston Mack, a celebrated sommelier and winemaker, boils down the highs and lows of his storied career into 99 bottles that made him pause along the way. Within...

  • Posted May 13, 2020
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