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March Wine Holidays 2025

March Wine Holidays 2025

Mar 6, 2025

March Wine Holidays 2025 March has several full month happenings.  We celebrate Taste Washington, Arizona Wine Month & Georgia Wine Month. Other than that, the holidays are a bit scarce, with Mulled Wine Day, International Riesling Day and World Vermouth...

Steak and chocolate – The best way to enjoy a L’Ecole No. 41 Cabernet Sauvignon

Steak and chocolate – The best way to enjoy a L’Ecole No. 41 Cabernet Sauvignon

Jan 27, 2021

As we embark on the new year, we embark on a new relationship with L’Ecole No. 41 in Walla Walla.  They have invited a selection of writers to join them to explore their wines in 2021.  We don’t take this...

Syncline Subduction Red – Day 3 of the 12 Days of Wine 2020

Syncline Subduction Red – Day 3 of the 12 Days of Wine 2020

Dec 15, 2020

It was a cool summer morning when we visited Syncline. Located on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge just where the lush green western part of the gorge begins to turn into the flatter browner drier landscape. Here...

Bacon Brie Raspberry Bites inspired pairing with 2017 Syncline Subduction Red

Bacon Brie Raspberry Bites inspired pairing with 2017 Syncline Subduction Red

Dec 11, 2020

Bacon Brie Raspberry Bites Yep, more raspberry and bacon! We munched these for dessert but they would be great for an appetizer too. What to Pair? Syncline 2017 Subduction Red – Columbia Valley A blend of 49% Syrah, 26% Grenache,...

Armstrong Family Winery – The Journey to Washington

Armstrong Family Winery – The Journey to Washington

Mar 18, 2020

We were driving through rolling hills of fields of wheat for as far as the eye could see. This is the Armstrong Family Winery’s Valley Grove Vineyard. It is their home and an oasis in the wheat fields.. You’ve seen...

12 Days of Wine Day 5 – JB Neufeld

12 Days of Wine Day 5 – JB Neufeld

Dec 17, 2019

Justin Neufeld is the winemaker for Gilbert Cellars. On his own he works on his JB Neufeld label, focusing on Cabernet Sauvignon. We spoke with Justin when we were in Yakima in July. He sources his fruit and he played...

12 Days of Wine – Day 3 – Valdemar Estates

12 Days of Wine – Day 3 – Valdemar Estates

Dec 15, 2019

Valdemar…Go ahead, say it. Savor the word. It has an exotic feel doesn’t it. Well it should. As you drive up the the Estate it looks like exactly what it is, a modern Spanish winery. Only…you are in Walla Walla...

Cabernet Franc Day – Rosa Mystica Cabernet Franc

Cabernet Franc Day – Rosa Mystica Cabernet Franc

Dec 4, 2019

It’s Cabernet Franc Day! So we are celebrating by pulling a bottle out of the cellar. Our Cabernet Franc today comes from the Yakima Valley in Washington and is made by Owen Roe. Sunset at Owen Roe Winery in Yakima...

Wine Yakima Valley

Wine Yakima Valley

Oct 3, 2019

We met Barbara initially when we visited the Yakima Valley while attending the Wine Media Conference held here in October of 2018. She had planned a spectacular pre-conference tour highlighting the wine, cider and beers of the area. When we...

The Scenic Route Flash Tour 2019 Part 5 – One day 3 Washington AVAs

The Scenic Route Flash Tour 2019 Part 5 – One day 3 Washington AVAs

Sep 4, 2019

  Roskamp Vineyard in the Snipes Mountain AVA Vines on the top of Snipes Mountain at Roskamp Vineyard in Washington’s Yakima Valley After a good nights sleep, we were up early, but not too early, (not pre-dawn like the day...

Stems

Stems

Aug 27, 2019

While in the Yakima Valley, we wanted to catch up with Barbara Glover who heads up Wine Yakima Valley. She had put together an amazing tour for many of us in the Wine Media for the conference held in Walla...

Elephant Mountain Vineyard in Yakima Valley’s Rattlesnake Hills

Elephant Mountain Vineyard in Yakima Valley’s Rattlesnake Hills

May 1, 2019

Visiting Elephant Mountain Vineyards in the Rattlesnake Hills AVA of Washington’s Yakima Valley

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