Category Results for: Spotlight On

 

Spotlight On: Peter Lehmann

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

Peter Lehmann Wines, founded in 1979 by Peter Lehmann, is located in the Barossa Valley of Australia. Tanunda, South Australia, about 70km north of Adelaide, is home to the winery and cellar door (aka tasting room). Peter Lehmann has become affectionately known as the “Baron of the Barossa.” Prior to founding Peter Lehmann Wines, he […]

Filed under: Australian Wine, Shiraz/Syrah, Spotlight On |

 

Spotlight On: Dunham Cellars

Monday, November 24th, 2008

Dunham Cellars is a family-owned winery located in a remodeled World War II airplane hangar in Walla Walla, Washington. Eric Dunham began making wine under the Dunham Cellars name in 1995 in his spare time. By 1999, he decided to devote his full attention to his wines and together with his parents, Mike and Joanne, […]

Filed under: American Wine, Cabernet Sauvignon, Five-Bangs For Your Buck Wines, Red Wine, Spotlight On, Washington State Wine, Wines Over $25 |

 

Spotlight On: Adams Bench

Monday, October 20th, 2008

Adams Bench Winery is a small, family-owned winery located in Woodinville, Washington. The owners and co-winemakers are the husband/wife team of Tim and Erica Blue. Their winemaking consultant is Chris Camarda of Andrew Will Winery. In order to pay the bills and fund their winery operation, Tim has maintained his day job as an attorney […]

Filed under: American Wine, Cabernet Sauvignon, Red Wine, Spotlight On, Vineyards, Washington State Wine, Wines Over $25 |

 

Spotlight On: Fielding Hills

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

Fielding Hills Winery is a small, family-owned winery located in Wenatchee, Washington. Owner/winemaker Mike Wade and his wife Karen are longtime apple and cherry growers who have turned a middle portion of their orchard near Mattawa into a vineyard. Their Riverbend Vineyard, planted in 1998, is in the warm Wahluke Slope AVA. Strictly red wine […]

Filed under: American Wine, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Five-Bangs For Your Buck Wines, Five-Star Quality Wines, Merlot, Red Wine, Shiraz/Syrah, Spotlight On, Washington State Wine, Wines Over $25 |

 

Spotlight On: Gilbert Cellars

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

Gilbert Cellars is a family-owned winery located near Wiley City in the Ahtanum Valley west of Yakima, Washington. Even though Gilbert Cellars is only a four year old winery, the Gilberts are veterans when it comes to producing high-quality fruit. The Gilbert family has been in the tree-fruit business since 1897. In 2001, they planted […]

Filed under: American Wine, Malbec, Shiraz/Syrah, Spotlight On, Washington State Wine |

 

Spotlight On: Saviah Cellars

Friday, August 15th, 2008

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 […]

Filed under: American Wine, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Red Wine, Shiraz/Syrah, Spotlight On, Washington State Wine |

 

Spotlight On: Watermill Winery

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Watermill Winery is located in Milton-Freewater, Oregon, in the heart of the Walla Walla Valley AVA just 10 miles from downtown Walla Walla, Washington. Watermill Winery was founded in 2006 by the Brown family, a third generation apple-growing family and the owners of Blue Mountain Cider. Before launching their own winery, grapes grown by the […]

Filed under: American Wine, Cabernet Sauvignon, Oregon Wine, Shiraz/Syrah, Spotlight On |