Yakima Valley Wine Tasting in Bellingham
6:00 – 8:00 pm. Join a number of Yakima Valley winemakers for an evening of wine tasting at Bellingham’s Hotel Bellwether. Cost of $35 per person includes wine, light appetizers and educational demonstrations. Tickets can be purchased online at www.wineyakimavalley.org/events
Use Your Local Wine Shop to Assist in Ordering Wines From Oregon
Finding wines from Oregon in the Bellingham area can be a bit tricky. I have a couple of theories on why this is, the first being our small population base, which doesn’t provide enough of a market demand for retailers to justify large inventories of Oregon wines. The second and probably more logical explanation is […]
Wine Class at BTC
4:00 to 6:00 pm – Summer Entertaining with Champagne & Sparkling Wine. Join Dan and local cookbook author Mary Ellen Carter for another informative and fun culinary experience as they present an afternoon of food and wine. Click on the Wine Classes page for details.
Oregon Leads the Way in Sustainability Standards for Growing Grapes
We seem to hear the term, “sustainability” quite a bit these days; maybe so much so, that we’ve become numb to its meaning and purpose. Simply put, sustainable practices provide assurance that the land we use is turned over to future generations in as good or better condition than it was received. And because the […]
Latah Creek Continues to Improve With Age
My first experience with Latah Creek Wine Cellars included a visit to their Spokane tasting room about 15 to 20 years ago. I seem to recall that they had several pretty decent white wines, some adequate reds, and something called Maywine, a mildy spicy offering that could best be described as “unique”. Like many Washington […]