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A Wine Collection With a Story in Every Bottle
When Liddy gave up drinking wine, I thought I would inherit some 600 bottles in her wine cellar. But she had other ideas. Each bottle carried a story, and I knew she would get around to telling me some of them.
• wine
• wine-collecting
• drinking wine
• adventures in france
• italy
Hogue Cellars Improving Quality of Wine
Hogue Cellars is Washington state's largest family-owned winery, producing 450,000 cases per year. The owners pushed for an affordable quality in the wine. Now, Gary and Mike Hogue are raising the bar on its wines, moving up the premium wine bracket.
• hogue cellars
• wine
• wine collecting
Lost Mountain Winery offers hand-crafted wines
Lost Mountain Winery, tucked in the foothills of the Olympic Mountains, offers hand-crafted, big red wines in the family-owned winery.
• wine
• wine-collecting
• lost mountain winery
• olympic mountains
• big red wines
Love and Italian Red Wine
Food and wine pairing can be magic. The first time I focused on the right wine with the right meal, it involved romance and a big Italian red wine.
• wine
• wine collecting
• italian red wine
• university of washington
• chasing beer and young college women
Raptor Ridge Winery trades high tech for Pinots
Raptor Ridge Winery is a small Oregon winery nestled in the forest of the Chehalem Mountains. The couple, Scott and Annie Shull, traded the world of high technology for hand-crafted wines and sharing their winery with noble raptors living on the property.
• raptor ridge winery
• wine
• wine-collecting
• hand-crafted wines
• oregon winery
The Passion of Wine -- A Love Story
For people who don't understand the passion of wine lovers, the love story of Rich and Martha will provide an insight into how one person's passion can be another person's beverage.
• wine
• wine collecting
Getting to know Northwest wines, Syrah is Music to McCrea's Ears
Doug McCrea is developing a reputation for developing Rhone and southern Rhone-style wines with Syrah grapes in Eastern Washington. The results are big, forward lush red wines that sing.
• wine
• wine-collecting
• syrah grapes
• developing rhone and southern rhone-style wines
• eastern washington
Good wine, good food, pushy waiter
More than I dislike the high mark-ups of wine in restaurants, I can't stand pushy waiters who fill your glass to the brim after each sip, hoping to sell you more wine. This story happened in Seattle.
• wine
• wine-collecting
• restaurants
• ismael arroyo val sotillo gran reserva
• full-bodied wine
The Rhythm of Life at Cadence Winery
Cadence Winery in Seattle is producing small quantities of the finest Bordeaux blend wines in Washington state. But it took a change of tempo and a new direction for the owners to set out making wine.
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• wine collecting
• cadence winery in seattle
• bordeaux blend wines
• bordeaux blend wines
Willamette Valley Vineyards leaning toward premium wines
Willamette Valley Vineyards is disgarding its lower-end, mostly white wines to concentrate on high-end Pinot Noirs and special Bordeaux and Rhone blends. The results are very good.
• willamette valley vineyards
• wine
• wine collecting
• pinot noirs and special bordeaux
• white wines to concentrate
Winemaker Magazine Leaves Precious Memories
Romeo Conca, founder of Lost Mountain Winery in Sequim, WA. knew how to throw an impromptu party that could make the Gods shiver with envy. Memories of the generous winemaker and chef still linger as his winery lives on through his son. See June 24 article for information on the winery.
• romeo conca
• lost mountain winery
• wine
• food and wine
• winemaking
Secret House, Good Wine, Great Blues Festival
The value of Secret House wines has not been a secret, but the quality is surprising. The Oregon winery also sponsors a great blues festival each year.
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• wine-collecting
• secret house winery
• oregon winery also sponsors a great blues festival
• pinot noir