Category Results for: Five-Bangs For Your Buck Wines

 

Tasting Group: Gigondas

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Since we live in Washington State and often drink wines from Washington State, we want to make sure that we continue to hone our knowledge of the entire world of wine and maintain well-rounded palates in order to make us even more objective when we evaluate wines from Washington State. Therefore, we are thoroughly enjoying […]

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Saviah Cellars: More Good Wine from Rich Funk

Monday, May 31st, 2010

Saviah Cellars is a family-owned winery located south of downtown Walla Walla, Washington, near the Oregon state line in the Walla Walla Valley AVA. Owner/winemaker Richard Funk and his wife Anita, both natives of Montana, moved to Walla Walla in 1991. Rich became acquainted with a number of the area wineries while working as an […]

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A Wine for Tonight: 2009 Corvidae Crowe White Blend

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

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 Corvidae Crowe White Blend from the Columbia Valley of Washington […]

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Challenging Wine Pairing: Chicken Stir-Fry

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

We have had beautiful warm weather in Seattle lately, so I decided that this month’s challenging wine pairing should be something easy and light that would call for refreshing white wines. My family and I love Asian food, so I decided to prepare a chicken stir-fry with rice and egg rolls. All items were easily […]

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A Wine for Tonight: 2005 Columbia Winery Syrah

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

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 2005 Columbia Winery Syrah from the Columbia Valley of Washington State. […]

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Wine Tasting Dinner: Washington Syrah 2006, Part 2

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

Last Friday, we hosted our monthly wine tasting dinner featuring Washington Syrah from the 2006 vintage. You may remember that we also had Washington Syrah 2006 in our December tasting dinner. Since that was such a stellar tasting, we decided to have another one to try more wines from this vintage that is sometimes forgotten […]

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Texas Wine Country 2010

Friday, May 14th, 2010

According to the Texas Department of Agriculture, Texas is the 5th largest wine producing state in the U.S. (behind only California, Washington, Oregon, and New York), with more than 180 wineries contributing $1.35 billion annually to the Texas economy. Nearly 1 million travelers a year visit Texas wineries. I would bet that most of our […]

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A Wine for Tonight: 2007 M. Chapoutier Belleruche Côtes du Rhône

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

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 M. Chapoutier Belleruche Côtes du Rhône from the Rhône Valley […]

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Current Releases from Boudreaux Cellars

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

Boudreaux Cellars, located just outside Leavenworth, Washington, was founded by owner/winemaker Rob Newsom in 2001. A Louisiana native, Newsom has lived on the property that is home to both his log home and Boudreaux Cellars since 1981. He began making wine in his garage in 1998 and started building the winery facilities in 2001. Boudreaux […]

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A Wine for Tonight: 2007 Milbrandt Traditions Merlot

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

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 Milbrandt Traditions Merlot from the Columbia Valley of Washington State. […]

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