Winemakers

  Greg Lill certainly picked a good day for his big birthday. What a party! The sun was out when I arrived at Chateau Ste. Michelle  for the Auction of Washington Wines Picnic  to benefit Children’s Hospital and then the weather changed. The dark clouds rolled in and it started to sprinkle and people mostly seemed undisturbed. It […]

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A story in the Tri City Herald today talks about Alma Terra, which has a tasting room up in the Woodinville Warehouse District, and how location affects flavor characteristics in wines. Dr Alan Busacca and Robert Smasne started their terroir project about three years ago. Tweet This Post

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The Grape Choice was packed on Wednesday evening for the DeLille Cellars tasting. Winemaker Chris Upchurch was pouring his wines and talking about DeLille Cellars, its wines, and that they have been in business 17 years. I really can’t decide if I like the D2 or Harrison Hills the best. Such a problem, I will […]

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Day two of serious wine tasting started off with a wine pickup at Brian Carter Cellars. My friend, Laurie, decided we should do a tasting since we were picking up her wine club selection. Cheryl told us to head out to the patio and she would pour out tastes outside. The mountain was out and […]

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I stopped by the Grand Opening at Gard Vintners on Saturday. It was a gorgeous day to be out and about with a bonus of tasting wine.  It was a packed house and everyone was having a great time with the wine. I tasted through about 15 wines from Alma Terra, Gard, and Smasne Cellars. […]

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I attended the 11th Homeward Pet  Benefit Auction & Dinner on Saturday night at the Seattle Marriott Waterfront. It looked like there was a very good turnout. There were a number of items representing our local winemakers & brewmaster: DiStefano, Woodhouse Family Cellars, Columbia Winery, Redhook Brewery, Covington Cellars, Edmonds Winery, J. Bookwalter, Betz,  DeLille Cellars, […]

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I had a busy Friday night which started off at a birthday party for newly added Consulting Executive Chef, Missy Will, at Woodhouse Family Cellars. They were pouring Tempranillo and La Vie en Rouge Red Blend from their Kennedy Shah label. The food was amazing as you can see from my pictures. I think I went […]

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I did find a few more liquor applications up on doors on Saturday but didn’t find our much info until I emailed Gard Vintners. I heard back from Lisa Lawrence who runs Gard Vintners with her husband Josh over in Royal City about their plans for opening in Woodinville. The Woodinville location will be Gard […]

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I spoke with Dale Fonk on Friday afternoon. Dale and his partner Steve Stuart purchased Arlington Road Cellars assets late last year. The new name might be Evening Airs with Dancing Alder & Stone Arbor labels. They will be opening up their winery in May of this year. It will be next to Silver Lake […]

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