LACEY, Wash. - A Yakima Valley winery won best in show for its chocolate fortified wine at the annual Capital Food & Wine Festival competition. Horizon's Edge Winery, a longtime winery in the Rattlesnake Hills region of the Yakima Valley, took the top award in the judging. David Padgett, owner of Horizon's Edge, specializes in dessert wines. He also won gold medals for … [Read more...] about Yakima Valley winery wins top award at Capital competition
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Amity winemaker Pendergrass launches own label
AMITY, Ore. - Winemaker Darcy Pendergrass of Amity Vineyards has launched Tartan, her own small winery. Pendergrass, who has been owner Myron Redford's head winemaker since 2008, is producing small amounts of wine under the Tartan label, limiting production to 300 to 500 cases per year. Her first releases are the 2006 and 2007 vintages of Tempranillo and Dolcetto from … [Read more...] about Amity winemaker Pendergrass launches own label
Winemaker Smasne nabs 9 golds at Savor Cannon Beach
CANNON BEACH, Ore. - Yakima Valley winemaker Robert Smasne earned nine gold and double gold medals at the second annual Savor Northwest Wine Awards, held the last weekend in February. The results, released this week, showed Smasne won a unanimous double gold medal and best in class for his 2010 Muscat Ice Wine from Snipes Mountain grapes in the Yakima Valley. Smasne also won … [Read more...] about Winemaker Smasne nabs 9 golds at Savor Cannon Beach
Dive into wine, knowledge at Taste Washington seminars
SEATTLE - Taste Washington is coming up fast, and there still are opportunities to sign up for one of the seminars. Here's a quick rundown on what is available. Saturday at Taste Washington Intro to the World of Wine Sean Sullivan will lead this seminar that will help you learn more about why Washington state is such an interesting region to grow wine. The panelists … [Read more...] about Dive into wine, knowledge at Taste Washington seminars
A look at the top wines from the Great Northwest Wine Competition
Everything is packed up, and the Columbia Gorge Hotel is mostly back to normal again after playing host to the inaugural Great Northwest Wine Competition for the past few days. Longtime journalist and wine writer Ken Robertson tasted through all of the gold medal wines as they were awarded and wrote up notes on his impressions of the wines. Let's take a look at the top six … [Read more...] about A look at the top wines from the Great Northwest Wine Competition