I first met Jeff Lindsay-Thorsen back in 2015, when I had a chance to taste through his wines at his garage winery in Woodinville, near Seattle. I was immediately impressed,…
Highlights from the Washington State and Oregon tasting
These were some of the highlights from this week’s Washington State and Oregon tasting. Some really lovely wines from the Pacific Northwest. Gramercy Cellars Forgotten Hills Syrah 2014 Walla Walla, Washington…
Washington wines on the world stage: a seminar looking at Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon
This was an interesting tasting that attempted to put Washington State’s wines in context by blind tasting them with some stiff international competition. We tasted double blind, although in each…
Dinner at Grain Store with the Hedges dudes, and ‘Score Revolution’
I had dinner last week with Boo Walker and Christophe Hedges, of Hedges in Washington State. I visited Hedges, the custodians of Red Mountain, this summer and it was a…
Washington State wine adventure, day 6
The last day of a really interesting trip. The subtle temptation when you are touring wine country is to be nice and like every wine you taste. People love praise,…
Washington State wine adventure, day 5
Day 5. By this stage, our small group of four had begun to develop quite a bond. And there had been no arguments or cross words. Just a lot of…
Washington State wine adventure, day 4
Day 4 of this Washington State wine adventure was full of incident and fun. This is really proving to be an interesting trip, with lots of contrasts. We began at…
Washington State wine adventures, day 3
Day three of this trip began with Butch Milbrandt. A fourth generation farmer, Butch and his brother Jerry began farming together in 1969, and seeing the success of wine grapes…
Washington State wine adventures, day 2
The vehicle the four of us are driving around Washington State is big enough to fit a hot tub in the back. It’s really, really big, and all the doors…