On Friday evening, we hosted our 100th wine tasting dinner. Early on in our wine journey when we found what we thought was a good wine while visiting a winery, we would buy a case and take it home. Too often the wine did not taste nearly as good at home as it had in […]

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 2008 Chateau Ste. Michelle Syrah from the Columbia Valley of Washington […]

As Yogi Berra once said, it’s déjà vu all over again. About a year ago, I wrote a similar post recommending a “yes” vote on I-1100. Now we have I-1183 on the ballot, and some of you are asking for our thoughts and recommendation again. While the two initiatives have a similar primary objective of […]

This week’s Wine Word of the Week is vineyard designated. Official definition from Ron Herbst and Sharon Tyler Herbst’s The New Wine Lover’s Companion: Vineyard designated is a term indicating that a wine is made with grapes from the specific vineyard named on a wine’s label. In the United States, a vineyard name on a […]

Kori S. Voorhees, our Wine Peeps Editor-in-Chief, is also a 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 Spring 2011 issue. A tour of Boushey Vineyards with renowned grape grower Dick […]

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 Jacob’s Creek Reserve Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon from the Coonawarra region […]

Founded in 1987 by Champagne Taittinger of France in partnership with Kobrand Corporation, Domaine Carneros is located in the heart of Carneros in California’s Napa Valley. Claude Taittinger, the president of Champagne Taittinger, began searching for a site to open a winery in the United States in the late 1970’s. He selected a site in […]

This week’s Wine Word of the Week is pupitre. Official definition from Jancis Robinson’s The Oxford Companion to Wine: Pupitre is the French name for a hand riddling rack, traditionally used for riddling sparkling wines by hand. Layman’s terms from Kori: Pupitre is an A-shaped riddling rack for sparkling wines.

Chateau Ste. Michelle is Washington State’s founding winery with its roots dating back to the repeal of Prohibition. In 1976, Ste. Michelle built a French-style chateau in Woodinville, just northeast of Seattle. While all of Chateau Ste. Michelle’s vineyards are located on the east side of the Cascade Mountains, all of their white wines are […]

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 2008 Rocca di Montemassi Le Focaie Sangiovese from the Maremma Toscana […]