Leigh McMillan is in her second decade as a Washington winemaker, and she’s recently invested more deeply in her relationship with Yakima Valley vineyards managed by Patrick Rawn. Black cherry cola, vanilla bean and a light amount of toast lead the descriptors of...
Two of the Walla Walla Valley’s most respected winemakers — Roger Cockerline of Bunchgrass fame and Walla Walla Vintners co-founder Gordy Venneri — work in tandem on this ultra-boutique label for the Neher family. Labeled as a tribute to the late Richard Neher, a...
Ste. Michelle first planted this site in the Horse Heaven Hills in 1991, and for the first 35 years of its life, all of the 559 acres were managed by Mimi Nye. The label reflects the winds that swirl up from the Columbia Gorge, which provide natural pest control...
One of the Pacific Northwest’s first destination wineries continues to prove the bottlings from this bucolic property in Walla Walla are worth seeking out as the husband/wife winemaking team of Daniel Wampfler and Amy Alvarez-Wampfler produced our tasting’s most...
CEO Tom Dugan, left, and director of winemaking Jason Gorski have teamed up to help DeLille Cellars in Woodinville, Wash., become the 2022 Pacific Northwest Winery of Winery for Great Northwest Wine magazine. (Richard Duval Images) WOODINVILLE, Wash. — As...
The Washington State Wine Commission helped to develop a mock-up of a special Washington wine license plate that features a landscape involving one of the state's wine growing regions. Here, it is the Horse Heaven Hills American Viticultural Area with the Columbia...
Viognier is one of the most difficult wines to craft in Washington, thanks in no small part to the variety's difficulty to grow and timing of harvest. When done well, such as this example from a boutique father-and-son winery in Quincy, it can be glorious, with...
