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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.
A Connecticut-based company is arriving in Kennewick, Wash., with a message for local wineries: "Put a cork in it!"
Nestled amid the maritime trade and Lewis & Clark history of Astoria, Ore., is a most interesting little winery.
Oregon may seem an unlikely place for a sake brewery, but it’s really a logical home for a thriving new business that aims to capitalize on a population that is embracing the traditions of wine from a nontraditional location — the Pacific Northwest.
For more than three decades, Pinot Noir has been Oregon’s signature wine. So it was no surprise that out of the top 16 wines in Wine Press Northwest’s Pinot Noir judging, 15 were from Oregon.
Perhaps no wine conveys the character of "place" like pinot noir. Altitude, climate, soil and the rocks beneath it help form the innate quality of the grape.
