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Sunday marked the 10th anniversary of the crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 off the coast of California. Among the 88 passengers and crew who perished was one of the most cherished people in the Northwest wine industry: Tom Stockley, the longtime wine columnist for The Seattle Times.
Consumers still love their Washington wines but have adjusted their palates to match their pocketbooks.
PROSSER, Wash. - Snoqualmie Vineyards is one of those rare places where even its high-end reserve wines are bargains.
The folks at Walla Walla Vintners wanted to know how their 13 vintages of Merlots were holding up, and they invited a few critics to come along for the trip down memory lane.
It's been a heady 12 months for longtime Oregon winery Ponzi Vineyards with a new state-of-the-art facility, being chosen as Wine Press Northwest's 2009 Oregon Winery of the Year and its wine being served at President Barack Obama's inauguration.
You could feel the sensory anticipation at Reid Hall on the Whitman College campus in Walla Walla, Wash., where 50 folks paid good money to sample vintage Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.
The first time I met Gary Figgins of Leonetti Cellar some 30 years ago, he was coming out of the basement of his Walla Walla, Wash., home carrying a bottle of homemade Cabernet Sauvignon.
Harry McWatters has been British Columbia's Okanagan Valley wine ambassador for more than 37 years and has carried his message all the way to Buckingham Palace.
More than 35 years ago, a bumper crop of blackberries led to a tasty fruit wine and launched the Vuylsteke family into the Oregon wine business.
Waterbrook, one of Walla Walla's largest and oldest wineries, doesn't get the same press and high prices as the dozens of boutique producers that have popped up in the past half-decade. But under the direction of owner Eric Rindal, it still makes some of the valley's best wines.
Montinore Estate, the Forest Grove, Ore., winery with the funny name, has had a change in direction the past six years, and that's great for wine drinkers.
A passion for Merlot prompted Californian Rob Griffin to trek north in 1977, eventually becoming one of Washington's most erudite and august winemakers.
Myron Redford of Amity Vineyards is one of those pioneer Oregon Pinot Noir producers who sometimes are overlooked.
The chief reason Chinook Winery of Prosser, Wash., has built up such an enthusiastic following over its 21-year history can be summed up by one word: consistency.
I didn’t know it when I was recently savoring the still-gorgeous Ste. Michelle 1975 Cabernet Sauvignon a few months ago that it would be a farewell to Bob Betz, another Chateau Ste. Michelle icon.
