From the category archives:
I had the opportunity to test the Centellino, top of the bottle, wine decanter the other night. The Centellino is blown glass, handmade in Italy. It certainly looks nice sitting on top of my bottle. It looks a little confusing at first but it is easy to use. I had a Columbia Winery Red Willow [...]
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I took part in a South African wine tasting on Wednesday night, hosted by Savour Speciality Foods in Ballard. It was to promote the 2010 Drink Well Do Good wine tour through the International Society of Africans in Wine. The Drink Well Do Good tour hopes to raise $150,000 to develop a training center for [...]
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On Saturday night I attended the launch of the Food and Wine Pairing Network. The site has just launched and they are planning more live meet ups to exchange recipes and wine pairings. I took a Chilled Avocado soup. It was decided that a nice crisp Sauvignon Blanc was the right pairing. Make sure you [...]
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Some of you may have heard talk about a Washington Merlot nationwide Twitter tasting coming up on March 25th. We would love to have participation from as many Woodinville wineries as possible. If you don’t have a Merlot, a Merlot domination blend can qualify. Below is more information on how you can participate. I’ll be [...]
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I was incredibly lucky to head up to Vancouver for a couple of days for the 2010 Winter Olympics. I did manage to attend the Men’s Sweden vs. Finland (3-0) and a Women’s USA vs. Sweden (9-1) hockey games. In between Olympic events I managed to drink some good Canadian wines. When in Canada, drink [...]
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From an article in the Minneapolis-St. Paul StarTribune.com is a suggestion that those who are attending this upcoming weekend’s Twin Cities Food and Wine Experience to check out the Washington State wines that will be showcased. Nice to see that other parts of the country are aware of our wines.
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There is an article in the February issue of Seattle Magazine about sparkling wines made in Washington. It must have been brutal to do the reaserch for this one.
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An article in the Tri-City Herald talks about how the wine industry of Washington seems to be immune to the current economic downturn. It’s an industry in the state that is doing very well. Are you drinking more to help out?
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An article in the Tri-City Hearld tells how the Washington wine industry continues to grow at record levels.
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I had a chance to talk with Gus White of Tempest Sol last weekend. He is also the owner of White Cellars up in Sammamish which makes hand crafted wines in small batches. His newest venture, Tempest Sol, will be on a bigger scale with about 2,000 cases a year. He will focus on Cabs, [...]
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