From the category archives:
Taste of Red at Columbia Winery is one of my favorite wine events of the year. I usually go on the Sunday when the crowd is a bit smaller. It’s a great way to spend a rainy Sunday afternoon; sipping Columbia red wines, checking out the vendors, and live music by Geoffrey Castle. Tweet This […]
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The Cabernet Classic is described as “Experience the range and diversity of Cabernet”. I think that is a perfect description when you are tasting the same varietal but each wine is completely different. The event was at Shilshole Bay Beach Club and sponsored by Seattle Uncorked. It was a fundraiser for CoCA, the Center on Contemporary […]
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Paul Gregutt recommends Pacific Northwest wines in the Seattle Times Pacific Northwest magazine that retail for between $10 and $20. Tweet This Post
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Great story in Sunday’s Pacific Northwest magazine about what some of our winemakers are doing. Tweet This Post
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Last Saturday was another beautiful day to be working with grapes. I spent most of my day hand sorting out leaves, spiders, mold, and bugs from the Cabernet Franc grapes at NW Totem Cellars. After the sorting the grapes they run they through a destemmer to remove the stems and anything we missed. We sorted through 2.6 tons […]
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Front page of the Seattle Times this morning is a story about how more and more vineyards are popping on the west side of the mountains due to the changing climate. More exposure for the Puget Sound AVA. Tweet This Post
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I spent all day Monday up at Hollywood Hill Vineyards harvesting Pinot Noir. It dosen’t seem to be hard work at first but getting down close to the ground and bending while clipping grapes soon makes the back a bit sore. Then you have to take your full bucket down to the end of a […]
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While chatting with Chris Gorman on Saturday he mentioned that Food & Wine magazine listed 2006 The Bully as an alternative to 2006 Caymus Vineyards Special Selections Cabernet Sauvignon at $130 in the New World Cabernet Sauvignon category. Tweet This Post
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I had a little bit of dirt under my fingernails from A Day in the Vineyard up at Hollywood Hill Vineyards. They are the only producer of grapes in the Woodinville area. They have about 3,000 vines up on their property of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, which do well on the west side of the Cascades […]
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I know this will come as good news to many of you who are confused by European wine labels. One of my tried and true rules, when I have no idea what to pick in a hypermarket in Calais, is to go with a label that has a chateau on it. It’s worked for me […]
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