Quasi-Rant: The Winery Fire of Expectations
A great deal of wine appreciation has to do with our early wine indoctrination and whatever the current, ever-changing cultural Hot Thang was when we were at our most impressionable.
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In Praise of D2: My Visit to DeLille
DeLille D2 was originally intended to be a second label…Instead, it has become a true Pacific Northwest and, indeed, an American icon.
Walla Walla Vintners: A New Look at a Washington Legend
One of the most respected wineries in the Pacific Northwest…that you may well know NOTHING about!
Columbia Crest: When Crowd-Sourcing REALLY Works
Lately…Columbia Crest has done the wine equivalent of running naked through The Louvre.
Eric Dunham: On Mourning Those We Barely Knew…
I woke this morning thinking about Eric Dunham. I’m not going to lie to you: I barely knew Eric. Was Continue reading
The Case Against BevMo and Total Wine: “Drink Local” Means More Than You Think
I wrote this thing once, already. But then I realized something: You already know all this stuff. You just sometimes Continue reading
L’Ecole No. 41: “Ferguson” Stands Atop the (Wine) World!
It gives a ridiculous amount of pleasure to be the first to tell you – if you haven’t already heard Continue reading
Wind Rose Cellars: Italy Invades The Olympic Peninsula
You gotta love that name: “Wind Rose”…Sounds very poetic and lyrical; like a Crosby, Stills and Nash song about sailing Continue reading
