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grape varieties

Evergreen State Fair: Me, a Wine Judge?

by Shona Milne on August 11, 2009

My wine judging experience started at 10:45 on Sunday morning out in Monroe. I heard that they were looking for wine judges for the Evergreen State Fair, which starts August 27th, and volunteered my wine tasting services. We were judging Homemade Beverages which disallows anyone with a commercial production of wine. These could be the  future winemakers […]

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Regent Grape Hybrid: Hollywood Hill Vineyards

by Shona Milne on May 25, 2009

I stopped by for a bottle of Puget Sound Pinot Noir Rose’ but I received a lesson on a different grape hybrid, Regent, from Steve Snyder of Hollywood Hill Vineyards. They will be having an official release for both of these wines on Saturday, Mary 30th. Regent was bred in Germany in 1967 to address the needs of […]

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