Across the Puget Sound region, wineries are rethinking the traditional tasting room model. They are adding new locations, expanded hours and special events to both meet current customer demand and to entice new customers to visit. Tinte Cellars opened its new Georgetown tasting room during the first wave of the pandemic. The owners, Tim Gamble and Teresa Spellman Gamble, … [Read more...] about Puget Sound tasting rooms offer experiences with wine
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Idaho winegrowers continue uphill battle along Eagle Foothills
EAGLE, Idaho — Expertise, passion, talent and agritourism don’t always line up with a community’s land-use policy. The debate within Idaho’s Eagle Foothills American Viticultural Area revolving around farming, wine production, consumer engagement and property rights serves as an example of how cultural confusion can stifle an expanding agricultural sector of a local … [Read more...] about Idaho winegrowers continue uphill battle along Eagle Foothills
Great Northwest Wine names Gehringer Brothers Estate Winery as Pacific Northwest Winery of the Year
Great Northwest Wine Magazine selected Gehringer Brothers Estate Winery in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley as the 2024 Pacific Northwest Winery of the Year. Wines by Walter Gehringer, most of them from estate vines tended by his brother, Gordon, were awarded five Platinum Awards during the 2023 Platinum Awards. Last year, the Golden Mile Bench producer became only the second … [Read more...] about Great Northwest Wine names Gehringer Brothers Estate Winery as Pacific Northwest Winery of the Year
Great Northwest Wine chooses Bayernmoor Cellars as Washington Winery of the Year
Great Northwest Wine Magazine selected Bayernmoor Cellars, an estate winery and vineyard in Snohomish County with a particular passion for Pinot Noir, as the 2024 Washington Winery of the Year. Led by co-owner/winemaker Larry Harris, the Snohomish County-based winery dominated the 24th annual Platinum Awards, pulling down nine Platinums during the judging staged by Great … [Read more...] about Great Northwest Wine chooses Bayernmoor Cellars as Washington Winery of the Year
Great Northwest Wine chooses Valo Cellars as Washington Winery to Watch
Great Northwest Wine Magazine selected Valo Cellars, a joint venture of restaurateur Michael Ruhland and Columbia Valley winemaker Matías Kúsulas as the 2024 Washington Winery to Watch. Last fall, Valo and other bottlings by the Chilean winemaker shined during the Great Northwest Invitational Wine Competition, an international judging staged for West Coast wine buyers and … [Read more...] about Great Northwest Wine chooses Valo Cellars as Washington Winery to Watch