The husband-and-wife team behind this Walla Walla micro-winery spent years experimenting with vineyards before discovering that intimacy, individuality and a sense of place were worth preserving. Few grapes make the pleasure of place quite as vivid as Cabernet...
Ciel du Cheval provides fruit to more than 20 Washington wineries, each of which seek out the impeccably consistent profile for which the legendary vineyard is known. The name doesn’t have a fitting translation. “Ciel du Cheval” was meant to reflect Horse Heaven...
With nearly three decades studying vineyards around the world, Bree Stock reassesses Oregon wine — and where she believes the region might be headed next When Bree Stock first arrived in Oregon to work harvest in 2014, the Willamette Valley immediately felt familiar....
The name AniChe has appeared on wine labels since 2009. Long before Anaïs Mera knew she would one day help run a winery, it was already part of her identity. When Rachael Horn and her husband Todd Mera founded AniChe Cellars, she named the Columbia Gorge winery after...
Whether introducing Italian varieties, launching a distillery or changing state wine laws, Wilridge founder Paul Beveridge has repeatedly challenged assumptions about what belongs in Washington wine. Three years after planting what he believed was Pinot Blanc, Paul...
The people making the wine, no surprise, remain some of the state’s most enthusiastic consumers As Oregon Wine Month prompted celebrations across the state, we posed a simple question to some of Oregon’s most respected winemakers: What Oregon wines are you opening for...
With immersive wine experiences, thoughtful design, chef-driven dining and even plenty for non-drinkers, the new property aims to become a gateway into Washington wine country. Woodinville has long carved out an unusual place in American wine. Washington wine...
An overlooked corner of Idaho and Washington is reestablishing itself as one of the Northwest’s most intriguing wine regions From the canyon rim, a dramatic landscape opens up to basalt outcrops, wind-shaped slopes, and, far below, the Snake and Clearwater rivers...
A few days in a vibrant mountain town blooming into its secret season Spring in Whitefish, Montana, is not a shoulder season in the usual sense. Locals will tell you it is the “secret season.” Whitefish sits in the northern end of the Flathead Valley, close to the...
After decades under corporate ownership, Washington’s most influential winery returns to local hands. In Washington wine, almost every road eventually leads back to Chateau Ste. Michelle. Generations of winemakers have passed through its cellars. Vineyards...
