Wine Peeps is an independent wine blog dedicated to helping you get the most bang for your buck in wine. We do this through blind tastings of wine from around the world and calculations of Quality-to-Price Ratios (QPRs). We have a special interest in Washington State wines.
Getting right to the point, a high QPR Rating here on Wine Peeps means that the wine has a great price compared to wines of similar quality [i.e. same Quality Rating] within the same varietal/type. But there’s much more to the story. When we started publishing QPRs for all the wines we reviewed, there weren’t […]
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This week’s Wine Word of the Week is crushing. Official definition from Jancis Robinson’s The Oxford Companion to Wine: Crushing is the wine-making operation of breaking open the grape berry so that the juice is more readily available to the yeast for fermentation. Modern winery equipment that permits sufficiently thorough crushing has effectively speeded up […]
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Woodinville has definitely become a must-visit destination in Washington wine country. Home of the state’s oldest, largest, and most well-known wineries, Chateau Ste. Michelle and Columbia Winery, the Woodinville area is also home to over 90 wineries and tasting rooms, with new ones opening all the time. Woodinville boasts the second largest concentration of Washington […]
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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 2011 The Crusher Rosé of Pinot Noir from the Clarksburg region […]
Filed under: A Wine for Tonight, American Wine, California Wine, Pinot Noir, Rose Wine, Wines Under $15, Wines Under $20, Wines Under $25 |
Taste Washington, held in Seattle annually, is the nation’s largest single-region wine and food event. This past weekend brought Washington wine lovers from around the country to Seattle to drink, eat, and be merry. This year, the event was expanded to two days, with Seminars offered each morning followed by the Grand Tasting each afternoon. […]
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This week’s Wine Word of the Week is harvest. Official definition from Jancis Robinson’s The Oxford Companion to Wine: Harvest is both the process of picking ripe grapes from the vine and transferring them to the winery (or field pressing station), and its occasionally festive, if frenetic, duration. This transition period in the wine-making cycle […]
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Brothers Matthew and Patrick Rawn established Two Mountain Winery in 2002. Located in the Yakima Valley of Washington State, Two Mountain Winery is named for the two mountains, Mt. Rainier and Mt. Adams, which form the beautiful backdrop of their estate vineyard. They planted Copeland Vineyard in 2000 on land that their family has farmed […]
Filed under: American Wine, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Lesser Known Varietals, Merlot, Red Wine, Washington State Wine, Wines Over $25, Wines Under $15, Wines Under $20, Wines Under $25 |
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