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  • Remembering Tom Stockley
    Monday February 01 2010

    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.

Tuesday, Feb. 02, 2010

Last week's mystery photo presented little problem for Northwest wine lovers.

Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010

When it comes to mystery photo, Abraham Lincoln was wrong about fooling all of the people some of the time.

Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010

Last week, most of you knew the mystery photo was taken in Oregon, and a large majority were able to correctly identify where.

Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010

Last week's mystery photo ended up fooling a majority of you, a rarity amid Wine Press Northwest readers.

Tuesday, Jan. 05, 2010

Last week's mystery photo turned out to be a great challenge, with nobody quite certain where the beautiful photo was taken.

Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009

Last week's mystery photo was a pretty good challenge, though a majority of you ended up getting it right.

Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009

Last week's mystery photo ended up being a bit more difficult than I would have guessed.

Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009

The good news is nearly everybody guessed mystery photo was taken in Oregon.

Tuesday, Dec. 08, 2009

Last week's mystery photo turned out to be a real test.

Tuesday, Dec. 01, 2009

How any of you could tell where last week's mystery photo was taken is beyond me.

Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009

I figured last week's mystery photo would be a bit more difficult for you to figure out.

Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009

Last week's mystery photo did not fool very many of you.

Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009

Last week's mystery photo could have been taken just about anywhere, but sharp-eyed voters were mostly able to correctly guess its location.

Tuesday, Nov. 03, 2009

Last week's mystery photo ended up with pretty much a split vote between two of the four choices.

Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009

I'm not sure what it was that tipped most of you off about where last week's mystery photo was taken. Perhaps you recognized it from the Fall issue of Wine Press Northwest.

Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009

As I suspected, the vote on last week's mystery photo was going to come down to two locations.

Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009

When it comes to great Northwest restaurants, apparently, we cannot fool you, as evidenced by last week's mystery photo.

Tuesday, Oct. 06, 2009

Last week's mystery photo seemed to have quite a few of you fooled.

Tuesday, Sep. 29, 2009

Last week's mystery photo really was a mystery.

Tuesday, Sep. 22, 2009

Last week's mystery photo proved to be a more enjoyable challenge than two weeks ago (when nearly everybody got it right).

Tuesday, Sep. 15, 2009

OK, I tossed you a bit of softball with last week's mystery photo.

Tuesday, Sep. 08, 2009

Last week's mystery photo ended up being a conundrum.

Tuesday, Sep. 01, 2009

Last week, our mystery photo fooled half of you.

Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009

Last week, you were pretty sure the photo was taken in Oregon, and in fact the majority of you knew exactly where.

Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009

We had you thinking with last week's mystery photo, though the majority of you got it correct.

Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009

Last week, our mystery photo finally fooled quite a number of you.

Tuesday, Aug. 04, 2009

Last week, our mystery photo proved to be difficult to discern.

Tuesday, Jul. 28, 2009

It would seem that last week's mystery photo was a rather difficult one to locate.

Tuesday, Jul. 21, 2009

Most readers were able to figure out that last week's mystery photo was in British Columbia's south Okanagan Valley, but they were split on the exact location.

Tuesday, Jul. 14, 2009

It was obvious to most that last week's mystery photo was from west of the Cascade Mountains. Where exactly, however, proved to be more difficult.

Tuesday, Jul. 07, 2009

When it comes to cooler climates around the Pacific Northwest, the landscape can often cause issues with identification. Take, for example, last week's mystery photo.

Tuesday, Jun. 30, 2009

Apparently, when it comes to size, there is no mystery, especially in the case of last week's photo, which fooled very few of you.

Tuesday, Jun. 23, 2009

Even though Idaho's Snake River Valley is the least-visited wine region in the Pacific Northwest, last week's mystery photo didn't fool as many folks as I expected.

Tuesday, Jun. 16, 2009

I won't be drinking any California white Zin this week - but just barely.

Tuesday, Jun. 09, 2009

Our mystery photo from last week was a pretty decent challenge for you, though the votes fell into two categories.

Tuesday, Jun. 02, 2009

Last week's mystery photo turned out to be a wonderful challenge for Northwest wine lovers.

Tuesday, May. 26, 2009

I really, truly thought last week's photo was going to be difficult. Perhaps it's because I would not have been able to guess where it was taken. Was I wrong.

Tuesday, May. 19, 2009

Last week's photo fooled very few folks.

Tuesday, May. 12, 2009

I tried to get tricky with last week's mystery photo, but it didn't work.

Tuesday, May. 05, 2009

Is it true that all vineyards look alike? Not necessarily, though readers had a difficult time figuring out where last week's mystery photo was taken.

Tuesday, Apr. 28, 2009

Apparently, last week's mystery photo was pretty simple to figure out.

Tuesday, Apr. 21, 2009

Fewer than half of our readers were able to figure out where last week's mystery photo was taken.

Tuesday, Apr. 14, 2009

More than half of our voters correctly guessed last week's mystery photo.

Tuesday, Apr. 07, 2009

Last week's photo was a bit more difficult to pinpoint.

Monday, Mar. 30, 2009

Congratulations to the 70% of you who correctly guessed where last week's photo was taken.

Tuesday, Mar. 24, 2009

Perhaps we need to make this a bit more difficult.

Monday, Mar. 16, 2009

Congratulations to the 65% of you who correctly guessed the location of last week's photo, which was taken at Wallula Vineyards in Washington's Horse Heaven Hills. Some 23% thought the location was Bitner Vineyards in Idaho's Snake River Valley, not a bad guess considering southern Idaho is not dissimilar to Washington's Columbia Valley.

Tuesday, Mar. 03, 2009

Welcome to our new weekly feature: Where in Northwest Wine Country.