Best Buy! TruthTeller Winery’s Chris and Dawn Loeliger recently launched this quirky, nicely priced tier, and credited their assistant winemaker Keith Whisenhunt with the winning blend of Merlot (80%) and Cabernet Sauvignon that emerged as one of the tasting’s highest scoring wines and a unanimous choice for a gold medal. It was no surprise considering its pedigree — Stillwater … [Read more...] about The Miscreant Project 2018 The Right Bastard, Columbia Valley $19.00
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Washington Hills Winery 2018 Merlot, Columbia Valley $9.99
Best Buy! The first time our panel staged a comparative tasting for a magazine was in 1998. The focus was Merlot, and one of the best was the Washington Hills 1995 Merlot. Twenty-two years later, this Precept brand ranks among the most delicious Merlots, and the price has remained $10. Its fruit-forward nose of blueberry and plum includes a whiff of a coastal breeze. There is … [Read more...] about Washington Hills Winery 2018 Merlot, Columbia Valley $9.99
Lunar Harvest 2015 Merlot, Columbia Valley, $9
Best Buy! Seattle-based Precept Wine collaborates with Walmart on the young Lunar Harvest brand, they've created a value-minded expression of Washington Merlot that's also a quaffer. Its theme of Bing cherry and milk chocolate includes hints of root beer candy and clove NECCO Wafer. Fine-grained tannins some with a drop of sweetness that's pushed along by espresso grounds in … [Read more...] about Lunar Harvest 2015 Merlot, Columbia Valley, $9