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  • Dealing with fire
    Friday June 27 2008

    As many of you have read in recent days, wildfires in Northern California have threatened vineyards and wineries. Wildfires are nothing new in Washington wine country, where the arid climes of the Columbia Valley create conditions that set off blazes annually, usually in August. It's something we've learned to live with.

There’s a certain “pow” associated with many of Stephen Meyer’s wines, which makes it easy to remember the Web address for Pend d’Oreille Winery — www.powine.com. Meyer first made his mark in Northwest wine circles with a gold medal at the 1997 Tri-Cities Wine Festival for his 1995 Merlot — his first commercial vintage. And he hasn’t slowed down.

Many people move to Idaho for the skiing.

Most folks still don’t think of Idaho as wine country, even after Ste. Chapelle’s first quarter-century.

While Anthony Maratea’s Chardonnay comes from Idaho, his wine is made in Oregon.

Pend d'Oreille Winery is Idaho's northernmost wine producer.