• None in the top 10, but nine from Northwest get inside Wine Spectator’s top 60
• Bob Bertheau joins German icon Loosen at J. Christopher Wines
• Abeja Chardonnay edges DeLille’s Harrison Hill at Great Northwest Invitational
• Election Day arrives for office-seeking Airfield Estates Winery owner
• Bledsoe, McDaniels buy Hope Well Vineyard in Oregon’s Eola-Amity Hills
• Oregon wine harvest fell by 29% in 2020, but growth continues
• Quilceda Creek acquires 22 acres of famed Champoux Vineyards from Woodward Canyon
• Hat Ranch Winery tops Idaho Wine Competition with Cabernet Franc from Lewis-Clark Valley
• Central Oregon Winegrowers schedule summer summit
• Avennia purchases vineyard, tasting room on Red Mountain

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  Total botrytis affected wines labor of love in Northwest

  One never knows where inspiration will come from, but Idaho winemaker Greg Koenig remembers exactly how he got the idea to attempt a Total Botrytis Affected-style Riesling. “I had read

  • Posted March 11, 2013
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  Awards for Abacela wines go beyond Tempranillo in Oregon

  CANYONVILLE, Ore. – The Umpqua Valley Winegrowers Association recently staged the 43rd Greatest of the Grape as J. Scott Cellars and Abacela left Oregon’s oldest wine event with the top

  • Posted March 10, 2013
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  Tinhorn Creek’s Miradoro begins defense of winery restaurant award

  OLIVER, British Columbia – A sure sign of the spring thaw in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley is when the doors are unlocked at Miradoro Restaurant at Tinhorn Creek, last year’s

  • Posted March 9, 2013
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  ‘Sideways’ author coming to Washington Merlot country

  YAKIMA, Wash. – Rex Pickett, bestselling author of “Sideways” and “Vertical,” will be the featured guest and presenter April 18 at Blend, a wine-and-food event. Blend is a reception and

  • Posted March 8, 2013
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  Ste. Michelle Wine Estates’ scholarship wine goes national

  WOODINVILLE, Wash. – Ste. Michelle Wine Estates is taking a great idea and turning it into a national movement. O Wines, which launched in 2006, was purchased last year by

  • Posted March 7, 2013
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  Northwest wines win top medals at Florida competition

  EAST PALATKA, Fla. – Northwest wines won 12 gold medals from the 26th annual Florida State Fair International Wine Competition. Leading the way with three gold medals were Barking Frog,

  • Posted March 6, 2013
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  9 wineries to meet, pour Oregon Pinot Noir from Shea Vineyard

  NEWBERG, Ore. — A unique side-by-side tasting of Pinot Noir from Shea Vineyard made by nine producers will be staged Saturday, April 6 at Penner-Ash Wine Cellars in Oregon’s Willamette

  • Posted March 5, 2013
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  Waterbrook Winery founder Rindal tastes through his history

  WALLA WALLA, Wash. – Merlot has slipped to No. 2 when it comes to red varieties in Washington state, but a recent library tasting in Walla Walla of Waterbrook Winery

  • Posted March 5, 2013
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  Walla Walla Valley looks forward to new tourism director

  WALLA WALLA, Wash. – One of Washington wine country’s most important regions is gaining a tourism expert who has led Alaska’s travel industry for more than a decade. Ron Peck

  • Posted March 4, 2013
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  Northwest wine industry should plan for cool, wet spring

  Earlier this winter, world-renowned climatologist Greg Jones told the Oregon wine industry that 2013 is shaping up to be rather neutral — “La Nada.” And the January weather report issued

  • Posted March 1, 2013
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