Pinot Noir

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What We’re Drinking – 2013 J Vineyards and Winery Pinot Noir

Becky Sue Epstein

Wine Reviews

1 min read

Intense is the first word that comes to mind when encountering this wine. The aroma is concentrated strawberry fruit, which continues in the flavors of the wine, surrounded by a nice thin circlet of vanilla on the palate and in the finish. The style of fruit is very New World,

End pinot racism: Skin color genetics and pink pinot gris

Erika Szymanski

Features

5 min read

You've likely heard that pinot noir and pinot gris (and pinot blanc) are genetically the same grapes. If you found that unsatisfying, you had the same reaction I did. Obviously they're not the same. Unless the interns go out and paint all of the pinot noir clusters purple at veraison,

A Sparkling Wine Movement in the Pacific Northwest

Mary Cressler

Features

9 min read

There is a wine movement happening in the Pacific Northwest and it’s probably not what you’re thinking. It’s not pinot noir in Oregon. That happened years ago. And no, it’s not merlot in Washington. It’s sparkling wine. Though there are no exact numbers to show how many producers are currently

Countdown to New Year’s Eve: Franciacorta

Becky Sue Epstein

Feature Stories

3 min read

Never heard of Franciacorta? No worries. It’s this week’s featured sparkling wine. [Franciacorta -- pronounced FRAN-sha KOR-tah] Each week until the end of the year we’ll take a look at different types of sparkling wines – champagne included, of course – so you’ll be able to make a great choice for your

Are millennials wine illiterate?

W. Blake Gray

Features

4 min read

Are millennials illiterate? Uninterested in where wine comes from? Or are they wine's Greatest Generation? My working assumption has been the latter: that people in their 20s are willing to spend money on wines from anywhere, and are more concerned with drinking something interesting than impressing their peers. But

Shadows in the Vineyard gives a sunny view of Burgundy, DRC

Evan Dawson

Features

6 min read

Mozart was born in 1756. This is an admittedly odd way to begin a review of a book about wine, but stay with me. In Shadows in the Vineyard, author Max Potter tells the story of the attempt to extort the owner of the most famous vineyard in the world.

When your iconic wine is everything: Washington’s diversity issue

Erika Szymanski

Features

5 min read

The Washington state wine industry is almost unbearably diverse. Just when you think you have a handle on the shapes and styles of Walla Walla – a name shared by eastern Washington’s most well-developed wine-town and one of its more populated American Viticultural Areas (AVAs) – someone pulls a Barbera

Apples and Grapes: A New Couple at Bellwether Cidery and Winery

Kristina Anderson

Features

5 min read

There is something very sweet in the story of the family winery, where each generation is groomed from birth to take over the family business one day and preserve the family traditions. The story often goes like this: Grandpa still has a presence in the tasting room, but Dad now

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