Wine News

About two years ago, Micheal mentioned that he had purchased some wine at Grocery Outlet, per the suggestion of a colleague who was a wine writer in a former life.  Being a young and "somewhat snooty" wine connoisseur at the time, immediately visions of Charles Shaw and Robert Mondavi Private Label flashed through my head.  I recall seriously questioning Micheal's judgement at that time and in fact, he was almost excommunicated from the ranks of The Oregon Wine Blog as a result. As...

There are only about two weeks left until Taste Washington in Seattle on March 27th and 28th. An event of epic proportions, that includes Saturday Seminars the likes of which any experienced NW oenophile only dreams about. Sunday concludes with the tasting to end all tastings, the aptly named Grand Tasting. Taste Washington is one of the largest region specific wine events in the world, and it's coming to Seattle for the lucky 13th year.The Washington Wine Commission sees Taste Washington as...

"I know where it is..."On our recent trip to Washington, Clive mentioned that he had been to Portteus before, and since we were in the Yakima area, Josh, Rick, Clive and myself made the drive down to Zillah, Washington to visit Portteus Winery. We had a window of about 2 hours, and we were all confident we could get to Portteus, do a tasting, and make it back within that time.Not long after we got off of 82 in Zillah, the three of us left our destination in the hands of Clive. But then we...

Look what showed up at the winery the other day? I guess my winery license application, which inludes a liquor license, is really in process. Very exciting. Really.

A recent sunny Sunday afternoon found at the Seattle Center for the long awaited Seattle Food and Wine Experience; a truly global sampling of wine, beer and food. Gwynne and I arrived a bit late but with plenty of time to check out the scene. The F&W Experience was crawling with winemakers, owners, and twitterati. Seeing some old friends like Rachel from Terra Blanca and Jay from DeLille Cellars made us feel comfortable right away. It was doubly nice to have a chance to sample the ONYX and...