By Corinne Whiting
Kiona Vineyards and Winery, a fully independently owned and operated business that involves three generations of the Williams family, has already made a name for itself. Now a conscious decision…
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Wine
Iconic Prosser Destination Winery Desert Wind Acquired by Lawrence and Merkle Families
Matías Kúsulas at the Helm as Head Winemaker APRIL 2021 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Desert Wind Winery, an iconic winery destination in Prosser, Wash., has been purchased by well-established…
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4 Questions with Morgan Beck and Elise Hansen of Johan Vineyards
2020 was a tough vintage for many West Coast winemakers. But for the two women in charge of growing grapes and making wine at the 80-acre biodynamic Johan Vineyards in…
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Level Up Your Takeout with these Delicious Pairings
While we cooked feverishly in the early days of quarantine, we miss dining out more than ever before – the dressing up, scintillating conversations with friends, ordering family-style dishes and…
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Pink Bubbles for Mum
Let us be clear here — Mama deserves (and needs) a drink and she can drink whatever she wants. Mama wants a glass of Cab Franc? Great. Mama desires a…
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The Ultimate Guide to the Royal Slope AVA
Not even a pandemic can pause the progress of wine. Just last September, the Royal Slope joined the ranks of Washington State’s American Viticultural Areas as the 15th wine-growing appellation….
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Sip Review: Argyle Winery’s 2020 Rosé
From Argyle’s Grower Series, this rosé represents what the high-elevation Eola-Amity Hills AVA does best: dynamic red fruit (raspberry, red currant, just-ripe strawberry) with layers of turned earth, white flower…
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4 Questions with Ben Casteel, Winemaker and Co-owner at Bethel Heights Vineyard
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…
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Burgundy-Oregon Winery Nicolas-Jay Announces Estate Tasting Room Opening
New site houses estate winery, vineyard, and tasting room open by appointment Newberg, Ore. (April 19, 2021) — Nicolas-Jay, an Oregon partnership between Jean-Nicolas Méo of Burgundy’s Méo-Camuzet and visionary music…
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5 Pairings to Prove Vegetables Go with Wine
Spring has sprung, y’all. Plant them flowers, get your seeds in the ground … maybe take an easier route with some starts for peas or carrots. Now is the time…
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