If you’d ask Ben Casteel the clichéd-but-revelatory question of how he got into wine, his easy answer would be that he was born into it. His long answer? “I had always viewed winemaking as ‘my Dad’s job’ and had never considered it a possibility for my...
When Washington Winegrowers felicitated Sadie Drury for the prestigious Grower of the Year Award, there were few people as surprised as Drury herself by the well-deserved accolade. She is not only the second woman since 1989, but also the youngest person to be so...
Sangiovese, a quintessentially Italian grape, evokes so many more images than just Chianti, the delicious cherry-hued Tuscan wine for which it is best known. One could even say that it is symbolic of the good Italian life. Think Sangiovese, and rows of manicured...
