The Columbia Crest Grand Estates Red Blend 2011 is 61% Merlot, 27% Syrah, 6% Cabernet Franc, 3% Cabernet Sauvignon and 3% “other” sourced from vineyards in the Wahluke Slope AVA, the Horse Heaven Hills AVA (both inside the Columbia Valley AVA) and the Columbia Valley AVA of Washington State. Columbia Crest is owned by Chateau…
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The 2012 Saviah Cellars The Jack Riesling is sourced from two contracted vineyards, Evergreen vineyard, which is one of Milbrandt’s properties (if you are into Columbia Valley wine, Milbrandt’s vineyards will come up often) located in the Ancient Lakes AVA and Elerding vineyard located in the Horse Heaven Hills AVA and both within the larger…
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The 2011 Hyatt Vineyards Rattlesnake Hills Merlot is 93% Merlot and 7% Cabernet Sauvignon sourced from Hyatt’s Rattlesnake Hills vineyards. Hyatt Vineyards is a family owned vineyard and winery, founded in 1983. Rattlesnake Hills is a relatively new grape growing area, it didn’t become an AVA until 2006 and it is located inside the Yakima…
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The 2009 NxNW Syrah is sourced from 69% The Les Collines vineyard (block 12) in Walla Walla and 31% Wallulu vineyard (block 30) in Horse Heaven Hills both located in the Columbia Valley of Washington State. NxNW is a project put together by King Estates of Oregon to explore the grapes from the inland growing…
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The 2012 Charles & Charles Chardonnay is sourced from several mature vineyards in the Columbia Valley AVA of Washington State (Click here for a list of vineyards used and other tech info). Charles & Charles is a joint project by Charles Smith (K Vintners, Kung Fu Girl Riesling, Velvet Devil Merlot, and many others) and Charles…
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The Michelle Brut Sparkling wine is a non vintage blend of 63% Chardonnay, 19% Pinot Noir and 18% Pinot Gris sourced from vineyards in the Columbia Valley of Washington State. Michelle is a rebranding (and maybe a little reconfiguring) of Domaine Ste Michelle Sparkling wines which were/are the Bubbly division of Chateau Ste Michelle. This…
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The 2012 Snoqualmie Winemaker’s Select Riesling is 90.8% Riesling, 4.8% Muscat and 4.4% Viognier sourced from several vineyards in the Columbia Valley AVA of Washington State. Snoqualmie has been in business since 1983 and has been owned by Chateau Ste Michelle since 1991. The 2012 vintage in the Columbia Valley was very good with a…
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The 14 Hands Vineyards Columbia Valley Merlot is 78% Merlot, 14% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Syrah, 1% Grenache and 1% Cabernet Franc sourced from several vineyards in the Columbia Valley of Washington State. 14 Hands refers to the height of the wild mustangs that used to roam the Columbia Valley, the average regular horse is 15…
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The 2010 Columbia Crest Grand Estates Cabernet Sauvignon is 96% Cabernet Sauvignon, 3% Cabernet Franc and 1% Merlot sourced mainly from vineyards in the Horse Heaven Hills AVA and the Wahluke Slope AVA inside the larger Columbia Valley AVA in Washington State. 99% of the grapes grown in Washington are grown in the Columbia Valley…
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The 2012 L’Ecole No. 41 Columbia Valley Chenin Blanc is sourced from four 30 year old + vineyards in the Yakima Valley AVA inside the larger Columbia Valley AVA in Washington State. L’Ecole No.41 was founded in 1983 and is the 3rd oldest winery in the Walla Walla AVA, though this bottling is from their more…
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The 2012 Kung Fu Girl Riesling is sourced from the sustainably farmed Evergreen Vineyards (one of Milbrandt’s vineyards, if you enjoy wine from the Columbia Valley in Washington State, you will find Milbrandt’s grapes in many of the wines) in the brand new Ancient Lakes AVA inside the larger Columbia Valley AVA. The Kung Fu Girl…
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The 2010 Maryhill Winery Chardonnay is sourced from 5 contracted vineyards in the Columbia Valley of Washington State. The bulk of the grapes come from Milbrandt Vineyards, it seems like every time you find a wine from Columbia Valley that isn’t produced by Chateau Ste Michelle or Columbia Crest, at least a portion of the…
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The 2011 Columbia Crest Two Vines Cabernet Sauvignon is sourced from grapes grown in multiple vineyards in the Columbia Valley of Washington State. Two Vines is the entry level label for Columbia Crest, who is owned by Chateau Ste. Michelle, together they are the largest wine producer, by far, in the state. In the past,…
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The 2009 Thorny Rose Cabernet Sauvignon is a blend of 83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Merlot and 3% Syrah sourced from vineyards in Columbia Valley, Washington, along with vineyards located in sub-AVA’s, Horse Heaven Hills and the Wahluke Slope, located inside of the Columbia Valley. Thorny Rose is one of Hogue Cellars labels, which in turn is…
Read MoreThe 2010 Renegade Wine Co. Columbia Valley Red (their motto: Glasses? We don’t need no stinking glasses!) is a blend of 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 19% Merlot and 1% Malbec sourced from vineyards in the Columbia Valley AVA of Washington. If at least 75% of a wine is made up from one grape varietal (here 80%…
Read MoreThe The Velvet Devil Merlot 2010 is 91% Merlot and 9% Cabernet Sauvignon sourced from the Milbrandt Vineyard and the Purple Sage Vineyard in the Wahluke Slope AVA and the Upland Vineyards in the Snipes Mountain AVA (inside the Yakima Valley AVA) and filled out by grapes from other vineyards in the Yakima Valley and…
Read MoreThe 2011 Pedigris Pinot Gris is a $5.99 Trader Joe’s exclusive, 100% Pinot Gris sourced from vineyards in Columbia Valley, Washington. The wine is made for Trader Joe’s by The Ranch Winery (the parent company is Wine Trees), a custom winemaking facility in St. Helena, California. You tell them what you want and at what price,…
Read MoreThe 2010 Maryhill Rose’ of Sangiovese is sourced from the Tudor Hills Vineyard in the Yakima Valley AVA inside the Columbia Valley AVA in Washington. In Tuscany, Sangiovese is the grape used to create Chianti, to be called a Chianti, the wine must contain a minimum of 80% Sangiovese grapes. To describe it in simple terms, a…
Read MoreCopa di Vino translates to wine by the glass and that is exactly what it is, no wine bottle but a shatterproof plastic (looks like glass) recyclable container that holds 6 1/3 oz. of wine. The container looks more like something they would serve orange juice in at a good breakfast restaurant, but it is…
Read MoreThe 2009 Maryhill Winemaker’s White is a blend of 35% Chardonnay, 27% Viognier, 25% Sauvignon Blanc and 13% Semillon sourced from vineyards in the Columbia Valley of Washington State. Maryhill Winery is family owned, was founded in 1999 and was recently named “2009 Washington State Winery of the Year”. This is a fairly small production…
Read MoreThe 2009 House Red Wine is a blend of 68% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot, 4% Malbec, 4% Syrah and 2% Petit Verdot sourced from vineyards in the Columbia Valley in Washington State. This blend was originally put together by Charles Smith of Kung Fu Girl Riesling and Velvet Devil Merlot fame (among many other wines)….
Read MoreThe Domaine Ste Michelle Blanc de Blancs (translates to white from white, meaning white wine from white grapes, usually Chardonnay; Blanc de Noir is white wine from red grapes, usually Pinot Noir) Sparkling wine sourced from grapes grown in the Columbia Valley AVA of Washington. This bubbly was made with the Traditional Method, the same…
Read MoreThe 2010 Pacific Rim Organic Riesling is 99.7% organic sourced from several of Pacific Rims’ sustainable and organic vineyards in Columbia Valley, Washington. In keeping with the all organic nature of this wine, they use natural yeast to start fermentation. When a winemaker uses natural yeast, that means they use the yeast floating in the…
Read MoreThe 2008 Milbrandt Vineyards Traditions Merlot is 78% Merlot, 16% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Malbec and 1% Barbera sourced from several of their Estate vineyards in the Wahluke Slope sub-AVA in the Columbia Valley in Washington State. Milbrandt has 12 vineyards in the Columbia Valley and if you have had a wine produced in Columbia Valley…
Read MoreThe 2009 Seven Hills Viognier is 100% Viognier sourced from a single vineyard, Talcott Vineyards, which is located in the recently established Wahluke Slope AVA, which in turn is located inside the Columbia Valley AVA in Washington State. A reasonably small production wine, only 960 cases produced. The wine is aged in new French oak…
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