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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)
Hestia-Greek goddess of the hearth. On Saturday, several new Washington red wines were released in Woodinville, including Hestia Cellars 2007 Reserve. This red blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah, held for 30 months before releasing, intrigued me (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)
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)
Named in honor of the Wagoner daughters, Icicle Ridge Winery The Blondes Gewürztraminer is a summer time staple at our house. The 2009 vintage is very pale in color, much like a blonde - summer bleached by the sun. The nose is a fragrant bouq (read full article)
Gerard and Jo Ann Bentryn, of Bainbridge Island Vineyards and Winery, are fierce advocates for eating and drinking local. Their concept of terroir is not only the minerals in the soil at your feet but the culture and community in which the grapes are (read full article)
The Northwest Wine Academy, at South Seattle Community College, is celebrating summer by with the release party for four white wines this weekend Friday 4-7 and Saturday 12-4. NW Wine Academy Summer Releases Unoaked Chardonnay Barrel Fermented Chard (read full article)
The sun came out just in time to join the 8th annual Rosé Revival at Ray’s Boathouse. Wine lovers gathered to celebrate rose and summer whites from 34 wineries and to support the Ryther League. We were delighted with the diversity of wines avail (read full article)
The 8th annual “summer wine” event, Rosé Revival and Cool Whites, at Rays’ Boathouse is on June 2nd, Last year we had to turn a lot of summer wine enthusiasts away and only a handful of tickets remain! The Rosés and Whit (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)
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)
Siegerrebe is a cool climate hybrid wine grape variety of Madeline Angevine and Gewürztraminer. This spicy grape is grown in the colder regions of our state such as the Puget Sound AVA. We can thank Bainbridge Island Vineyard and Winery for bring (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)
Boomtown Pinot Gris The lineup of Dusted Valley Boomtown wines is among my favorite wine values. In fact, Wine and Spirits recently recognized the Boomtown line as one of the top global value brands. Why? At $10-15 a bottle, these wines are truly a (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)
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)
We recently had the good fortune to taste a lineup of wines from Saint Laurent Estate Winery during a dinner with Bean and other friends. This took me and the hubby back to our visit to the winery this summer during a road trip that took us from Win (read full article)
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