Between the two vineyards, Stephen Reustle grows 1.5 acres of Sauvignon Blanc among the 200 acres he and his family farm across their Southern Oregon estate that’s also a home for beehives, alpacas, ...

Perhaps no planting in the Pacific Northwest gives winemakers the ability to produce superbly hedonistic reds as often as Tedd Wildman’s StoneTree Vineyard on the sultry Wahluke Slope, a Missoula ...

The Blakeslees tasked storied McMinnville winemaker Robert Brittan with this Chardonnay-ish winemaking approach of estate Pommard clone Pinot Noir. While there was no skin contact with the juice, the ...

Best Buy! In the past, this bottling was the bargain known as Skyline Red. Under the “Core” tier, this still fits the bill with winemaker Meredith Smith in her second decade leading Precept’s premium ...

UpWest Wines 2024 Frenchman Hills Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc, Royal Slope, $12 July 8, 2025 by Great Northwest Wine Leave a Comment ...

Best Buy! For the second straight vintage, Boomtown’s Sauvignon Blanc has earned our top rating. Considering that historic Evergreen Vineyard near the Gorge Ampitheater and Olsen Vineyard in the ...

There are only two red varieties planted across both the Prayer Rock and Romancing Rock sites by Stephen Reustle — Pinot Noir and Syrah — and those combined 7 acres of Pinot Noir are the most for any ...

About Eric Degerman Eric is the President and CEO of Great Northwest Wine. He is a journalist with more than 30 years of daily newspaper experience and has been writing about wine since 1998. He ...

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The Tucker family started expansive Sandpiper Farms in the Horse Heaven Hills near Paterson, Wash., and they also played a key role in the establishment of Canoe Ridge Vineyard back […] ...

When Dr. Earl Jones and his wife Hilda moved across the country to pioneer Spanish-inspired Tempranillo production, Port-style wines with Tinta Roriz — the Portuguese name for the grape — […] ...

Some of the easiest Northwest wines to enjoy are blends — red and white — featuring Rhône varieties. Napa-trained winemaker Elizabeth Keyser pays a delicious tribute to the 10th anniversary of the ...