Early in my wine writing, I was lucky to be exposed to several biodynamic vineyards. So my understanding of sustainability skipped over other sustainability certifications like SIP certified or Lodi Rules. I was aware of these certifications but not familiar...
Episode 4 of Discovering Wine Country On this episode of Discovering Wine Country, we head to the high desert of Washington’s Yakima Valley. We will discover the five nested AVAs of the Yakima Valley AVA and visit some vineyards, including...
“French toast, it’s really good with French toast…with like some fresh berries on it…” Marcus Rafanelli winemaker L’Ecole No. 41 Well with that kind of recommendation how can you not?! So we did. While I couldn’t find challah, I did...
The Yakima Valley is one of my favorite wine regions. We visited a few years ago and were enamored by the wine and the people. This month I’m leading the intrepid writers of the Wine Pairing Weekend (#WinePW) group on...
It’s been several years since my first trip to the Yakima Valley. I remember being so surprised at the landscape, it didn’t look so different from home, in the desert of Nevada. Of course in the Yakima Valley, there is...
We got lost on the way to the Roskamp Vineyard to meet Co Dinn. In Washington’s Yakima Valley, GPS service here can be sketchy, and even when you look it up ahead of time, sometimes roads have gates and you...
Black cherry Ice Cream Sandwiches with cocoa and espresso cookie When I read that the Co Dinn Syrah we were opening had notes of Black Cherry, cocoa, and espresso, I knew that a good dessert pairing would be epic. ...
BBQ chicken, grilled eggplant with chimichurri sauce, and smoked gouda mac and cheese with Co Dinn Roskamp Syrah Our BBQ lunch to pair with this Washington Syrah from Co Dinn paired beautifully! BBQ with Syrah, especially when you play up...
Chardonnay is one of the world’s most popular grapes. A noble grape, its parents are Pinot Noir and Gouais Blanc. We first see mention of it in the 16th century in Burgundy. You can find it grown all over the...
After checking out the Syrah out back, Seth walked us to the vines out front. Here you walk between 2 vineyards, Kitzke‘s Candy Ridge vineyard and their neighbor Jim’s vineyard. (You can read our previous piece in the back block...
It was July 2019 and we were on summer whirlwind trip called #thescenicroute. We had come from the beautiful Columbia Gorge region and were meeting Seth Kitzke at Candy Ridge Vineyard at Candy Mountain. We pulled in and up to...
We’d been up early, catching sunrise in Naches Heights, just outside the city of Yakima. After a quick bite to eat we went to meet Justin Neufeld, to talk about his JB Neufeld wines. We met out at Gilbert Cellars...
Tempting Spoonfuls: Pairing single bites with glorious wines
