This week’s Wine Word of the Week is custom crush facility. Official definition from Jancis Robinson’s The Oxford Companion to Wine: Custom crush facility is an American term for a winery specializing in vinifying grapes on behalf of many different vine-growers, typically those without their own winemaking equipment. The various wines are kept separate and […]

Kori S. Voorhees, our Wine Peeps Editor-in-Chief, is also a regular contributor to Washington Tasting Room Magazine, a quarterly magazine that focuses on Washington State wine with articles about wineries, vineyards, travel, and lifestyle. The following article, written by Kori, appeared in the Fall 2010 issue. A source of elegant wines, grapes from Ciel du […]

Would you like a quick suggestion for a good wine to drink tonight (or this weekend) that won’t break your budget and is widely available? Many of our readers have said this is something they would like, so here is this week’s selection, the 2007 Chateau Thieuley Bordeaux Rouge from the Bordeaux region of France. […]

Wine Press Northwest is running their second annual “Washington Wine Super Fan” contest in which the winner will receive VIP treatment at Taste Washington in Seattle, the largest single-region wine and food event in the country. It’s easy to enter. Just fill out an entry form and write a brief essay on why you are […]

Let me cut right to the chase. If you ever plan to go to Walla Walla, Washington (or go back to Walla Walla), you need to buy this book, WineTrails of Walla Walla. You can find it in most Washington wine shops and winery tasting rooms, or you can order it online. This is Steve […]

This week’s Wine Word of the Week is shoot positioning. Official definition from Jancis Robinson’s The Oxford Companion to Wine: Shoot positioning is the spring and summertime viticultural practice of placing vine shoots in the desired position to assist in trimming, leaf removal, and harvest operations, to facilitate the control of vine diseases and vine […]

Washington State ranks second nationally in wine production with over 700 wineries and 40,000 vineyard acres. As I’ve said numerous times before, Washington wines are perfectly positioned to thrive in our current economy. Washington State is producing outstanding wines that consistently deliver great bang for your buck. If you love Washington wine, want to learn […]

Would you like a quick suggestion for a good wine to drink tonight (or this weekend) that won’t break your budget and is widely available? Many of our readers have said this is something they would like, so here is this week’s selection, the 2009 Columbia Winery Cellarmaster’s Riesling from the Columbia Valley of Washington […]

Recently, the Wine Peeps team hosted our third Digging into the Cellar Party for about fifteen of our closest wine loving friends. For our first DITC Party, the theme was Rhone-style wines. For our second DITC Party, the theme was Red Blends. For this party, the theme was Washington Syrah, and we bookended a blind […]

This week’s Wine Word of the Week is shoot thinning. Official definition from Jancis Robinson’s The Oxford Companion to Wine: Shoot thinning is the vineyard operation normally carried out by hand in the early spring which consists of breaking off unwanted shoots arising from the vine’s head or cordon. …. The aim of shoot thinning […]