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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)
Riesling Rendezvous Grand Tasting I considered myself extremely lucky when I received a phone call on Sunday afternoon July 11th asking whether I’d like to cover the Riesling Rendezvous Grand Tasting for Bean. Of course I would! The weather was s (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)
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)
Kung Fu Girl Riesling and Curried Quinoa Salad On April 28, we opened a bottle of 2009 Kung Fu Girl Riesling and participated in the virtual tasting hosted by Sean Sullivan of the Washington Wine Report. Sean hosts these tastings monthly, selecting (read full article)
Kung Fu Girl Riesling and Curried Quinoa Salad On April 28, we opened a bottle of 2009 Kung Fu Girl Riesling and participated in the virtual tasting hosted by Sean Sullivan of the Washington Wine Report. Sean hosts these tastings monthly, selecting (read full article)
Taryn, from Sips and the City, was our winner of our first ever Where in the Wine Beer World is Ebony contest! Where is Ebony? Taryn was one of the three people that gave the correct answer that Ebony was posing at the O·S Wines winery. Taryn has (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)
Recently, Ivar’s has launched a new series called Food and Wine Adventures, in which they pair local wines with local seafood. On March 10, 2010 we attended a Food and Wine Adventure of white wine and shellfish, showcasing Chateau Ste Michell (read full article)
El Gaucho- Seattle, was the amazing host for the Washington Wine Commission’s Taste Washington media preview last night. Taste Washington is a premier Washington Wine event, providing opportunities to interact with wine makers, attend wine ed (read full article)
Cole Sisson at The Local Vine is the creator of a unique series of showdowns between wines vinted from the same varietal. One made in Washington and one made in elsewhere in the world. The hook? Besides being the same varietal the wines also ar (read full article)
Cole Sisson at The Local Vine is the creator of a unique series of showdowns between wines vinted from the same varietal. One made in Washington and one made in elsewhere in the world. The hook? Besides being the same varietal the wines also ar (read full article)
The holidays are a time for parties, gift giving and strained budgets. I asked friends and colleagues to share their suggestions for inexpensive Washington wines to make merry with and not go broke in the process. All of the Washington wines listed h (read full article)
The 2009 Saint Nicholas Day Open House in Woodinville was held December 5th and 6th. Thirty-three wineries were pouring Washington wine in almost as many locations scattered throughout Woodinville. For two days winemakers and staff poured for b (read full article)
For the first time ever, a Washington wine has earned the top spot on the Wine Spectator’s prestigious Top 100. The 2005 Columbia Crest Cabernet Sauvignon Columbia Valley Reserve ($27) beat 17,000 wines to become “wine of the year” for 2009. (read full article)
On Saturday, November 11th, Roger and I headed over to the 31st Tri-Cities Wine Festival where nearly 100 wineries poured over 300 judged Northwest wines. It’s amazing how many different grape varietals are now being grown in the area, and the ni (read full article)
Gusto! Celebrating the Best of Northwest Food, Wine, and Microbrews is an annual fundraising event for the Everett Community College Foundation, to fund scholarships as well as provide program and equipment support. It was an incredible evening of (read full article)
The news was not unexpected just unwelcome. David Lake died. Why did I cry when I heard the news? I did not know the winemaker personally. I had not even known about David Lake as a Washington wine maker until fairly recently. My conversion to (read full article)
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