Taste Washington 2025
Celebrating its 25th year, Taste Washington continues to be at the pinnacle of events for the region’s food and wine lovers. This year’s festivities will feature over 200 Washington wineries and 75 restaurants from the Pacific Northwest, along with a number of events, dinners, and seminars, all centered around Washington State wines, of course! Taste […]
Winery to Watch: Open Soul Wines
Jordan Hostetter has an impressive wine resume: He graduated from the Walla Walla Community College Institute for Enology and Viticulture and started his winemaking career at Tamarack Cellars. From there, he earned 10 years of experience at a number of top-tier wineries including Doubleback, Abeja, and XOBC Cellars. Now, he’s ventured into his own exciting […]
Washington Wine of the Week – Selections for Fall, 2024
For the week of December 15, 2024: Dynasty Cellars 2018 Late Harvest Syrah – Dynasty winemaker Peter Osvaldik has created a rather unique red wine sipper that will surprise you both for what it is…and isn’t. The ‘late harvest’ designation would suggest that this is a dessert wine, but Osvaldik has crafted it in more […]
Washington Welcomes 21st American Viticultural Area
As reported by the Washington Wine Commission: SEATTLE (October 30, 2024)—Beverly, Washington is Washington’s newest American Viticultural Area (AVA). On October 29, 2024, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) published the final rule for the Beverly, Washington appellation to officially define it as a designated wine grape-growing region. “The Beverly, Washington AVA is a super-hot, windy location on the Columbia River […]
Washington Wine of the Week – Selections for Summer, 2024
For the week of September 15, 2024: Bartholomew Winery 2020 Super Italian – Kennewick’s Bart Fawbush has always had a penchant for working with some of Washington’s lesser known (some might even say obscure) varietals and had great success in crafting some very tasty and very affordable wines. This red wine blend is comprised of […]