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Mike Andrews of Coyote Canyon Winery and Vineyard Want to meet one of the people behind our featured winery for August? Mike Andrews, co-owner and vineyard manager of Coyote Canyon Vineyard’s 1,100 plus acres of premium wine grapes is visiting Seat (read full article)
Perhaps the soul mate to my grilled eggplant sandwich. Earlier this summer, Bean invited a lucky few over to her front yard to participate in a blind tasting featuring Washington Rieslings and Syrahs she had received as samples. This was one of our (read full article)
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)
Kirkland Uncorked Moon rise Kirkland Uncorked summer wine festival launched on a glorious sunny afternoon at downtown Kirkland Marina Park. Featuring Washington wines, local restaurants and a variety of artists, Kirkland Uncorked has two major compo (read full article)
After months of planning, research and blogging, the lucky winners of the WBC or Bust Road Trip to Walla Walla Wine Bloggers contest began their journey across Washington state. Bloggers, along with a small group of traditional media and PR professio (read full article)
The Seattle Wine Awards Grand Tasting is the penultimate event of the year to enjoy and celebrate our state’s spectacular and growing wine industry. This was an opportunity to taste the new releases of my favorite wineries as well a chance to (read full article)
Wine Rocks joined in the national #WAWine event on June 3rd in its own inimitable style. Hosted by Tera Shimada & Jess Affolter of Sixth Avenue Wine Sellers, this tweet up featured some of the outstanding winners of the Seattle Wine Awards. I was (read full article)
Seattle Wine Awards Tweet Up The Seattle Wine Awards are fast approaching! On Sunday, June 13th, you will have a chance to taste some of the best Northwest wines. This truly is an exceptional event for the wine consumer, as all the wines poured ar (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)
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)
As Bean reported from Day 1, Woodinville Passport has lots to see, do, hear and taste. On day two I chose to see, do, hear and taste at a slower pace, abandoning the chariot and walking from sip to sip. In the year since the last Passport several (read full article)
With over 40 wineries participating in the Woodinville Passport Weekend, there is a lot to see, do, hear and taste. Woodinville Wine Country is changing and those changes are reflected in Woodinville Passport. People like the new and shiny so the n (read full article)
Friday night, I grabbed a sneak peek at some Woodinville Passport parties and release parties at Cuillin Hills Winery, DesVoigne Cellars, Patterson Cellars, Pondera Winery and William Church Winery. It was a great evening without crowds and plenty (read full article)
This is the second and final post reviewing Taste Washington’s seminar, Washington’s Icons of Tomorrow. In this post, we’ll take a closer look at comments made by the panel as they tasted the wines of Gramercy Cellars, Grand Rêve Vintners, EFE (read full article)
In this seminar, part of the Taste Washington Education Day, wines from Col Solare, Cote Bonneville, EFESTE, Gramercy Cellars, Grand Reve Vintners, and Woodward Canyon Winery were tasted by a panel of wine experts comprised of Doug Frost, Joshua G (read full article)
I am one of the lucky people who got to listen to Tom Douglas, Stephanie Izard, Leslie Sbrocco, Dawn Smith, and Michael Teer discuss the challenges of food and wine pairing at one of the Taste Washington seminars in Seattle on March 27th. Who are the (read full article)
New this year at Taste Washington was a live web cast that included interviews with Washington winemakers during the Grand Tasting on Sunday, March 28th. Yashar Shayan did a great job quickly recruiting wine bloggers and Twitteristas to be the in (read full article)
The Saint Laurent 2006 Syrah from Saint Laurent Estate Winery, in Malaga, WA, was a beautiful dark, slightly inky red, clear, and consistent in color. Lifting out of the glass were berries, bright berries not jammy berries, with hints of earthy spi (read full article)
The hard working folks at Dusted Valley Vintners have been bestowed the honor of “Washington Winery of the Year” by Wine Press Northwest. Doesn’t it make you feel great when nice people who consistently produce great product receive well deserv (read full article)
I love that wine is a living, breathing thing that continues to evolve in the barrel, the bottle even in the glass. William Church Winery has partnered with Certified Sommelier Yashar Shayan to offer a series of Life of Wine classes. I recently atte (read full article)
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