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Celebrating and promoting the quality wine and beer produced in Washington state. Our passion is the alchemy of pairing beverages with food.
Cadence, Leonetti, and Northstar Wines Over the course of the year we’ve opened up some Washington wines that have been doing time. Not hard time, but around a decade of aging give or take. So far we’ve been very fortunate and discovered (read full article)
Seattle Wine Awards Grand Tasting It’s been over a month since The 2010 Seattle Wine Awards Grand Tasting took place, and the memory of that fabulous day is still fresh! If you’ve read the posts by Bean and Ed, you know this is an event not to be (read full article)
While driving to Walla Walla for the Wine Bloggers Conference, things along Highway 12 seemed a little different. We were puzzled when we didn’t see the wineries we usually drive by along the way. Curiously, our GPS kept recalculating. It turns ou (read full article)
Last night, we got to taste six Double Gold Seattle Wine Award Winners at the Waterfront Grill. Kristen Young, Sommelier at the Waterfront Grill was part of the 2010 Tasting Panel judges for the Seattle Wine Awards. 2008 Long Shadows Poet (read full article)
Congratulations to @jojolocal, Joanna won two tickets to Merlot Gone Mad! Joanna won by correctly identifying Kevin Correll, Barrage Cellars in our Merlot Gone Mad contest to guess the Merlot Maker. Her comment was randomly selected from the other (read full article)
When I heard that Woodward Canyon was going to be featured at a Winemaker Dinner hosted by Andaluca Restaurant, I couldn’t believe how great the timing was. Roger’s birthday is in April, so this would make a great birthday gift! So, on Friday, Ap (read full article)
Merlot Gone Mad, a wine festival featuring Merlot wines, Merlot friendly foods and Merlot educational seminars takes place this weekend, May 2, 2010. Merlot is making a come back and a lot of that credit goes to the quality of Washington Merlot. (read full article)
In support of Merlot Gone Mad, a wine festival celebrating Washington Merlot, we sponsored a contest to get people to share their Merlot memories and inspiration. We are delighted to announce the winner is Anne Lomer. She has won two tickets to Merlo (read full article)
Cascade Cliff Vineyards Bean and I attended the Columbia Gorge Passport Weekend on April 8th and 9th and had a spectacular time enjoying the people, the scenery, the geology and of course, the wines. Several things struck me as exceptional on this t (read full article)
Bean and I attended the passport weekend in the Columbia Gorge AVA on April 8th and 9th and had a spectacular time. There were several things that struck me as exceptional on this trip. First and foremost was the friendliness of the all of the winem (read full article)
Want to go a little mad with almost 50 Washington wineries? Of course you do! Win free tickets for two to Merlot Gone Mad on May 2, 3-6pm at the Tulalip Casino. Washington State is ideally suited to grow Merlot grapes and we have wine makers here tha (read full article)
With over 200 wineries in Taste Washington participating, pouring an average of 3-4 wines, there are more wines than a single person could cover. We had three people covering the Taste Washington event and we STILL couldn’t cover all of the foo (read full article)
The Massive Merlot virtual tasting, #WAMerlot, took place just last night but already some of us are planning our next Washington Merlot fix. Merlot Gone Mad to the rescue! On Sunday, May 2, 2010 3:00pm – 6:00pm at the Tulalip Resort Casino (read full article)
The Local Vine is pleased to announce TWO great Washington wine tasting opportunities on Thursday night, 3/25/10. Please join us as we taste wines with Chad Johnson, wine maker from Winery of the Year Dusted Valley Vintners and participate in th (read full article)
On March 25th, wine lovers across the nation are taking back Merlot and celebrating Washington Wine Month with a MASSIVE Merlot tasting. Between 5-7pm PST, people will be drinking Washington state Merlot in wine bars, restaurants, tasting rooms and t (read full article)
Join wine makers, wine retailers and wine lovers as they drink to Washington Merlot on March 25th! Once upon a time, Merlot was a popular wine in its native France and here in the US. Unfortunately, Merlot has become much maligned in recent years, th (read full article)
Northstar Merlot Every time we open up a bottle of wine from Northstar Winery, it takes me back to each joyous visit we’ve made to the winery’s tasting room. If you haven’t yet met the nice people of Northstar, do so the next time you are in Wa (read full article)
If you are looking for a food friendly red table wine, Gamache Vintners Boulder Red is a great one to include in your stash. The grapes for this brilliant garnet red blend come from the Columbia Valley. The nose on this fruit forward wine offers arom (read full article)
Chef Wayne and Winemaker Marty Clubb On January 22, Andaluca Restaurant and L’Ecole N° 41 partnered together for a Winemaker Dinner that I won’t soon forget. Executive Chef Wayne Johnson prepared a 5-course menu, providing commentary for each p (read full article)
This Washington state Merlot, from Icicle Ridge Winery, is a pleasing deep garnet color. My plans to visit Icicle Ridge Winery over the weekend fell through, so I opened a bottle of the Icicle Ridge 2007 Merlot to ease my sorrows. The aromas of this (read full article)
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