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Benchmark Grenache
Wines of modest price - if well-made - can assist in our wine education by offering "benchmark" examples of varietal character and offer a fine way to train our palates while enjoying the wine.

Powers/Badger Mountain Celebrating with Bags-in-the-Box
Greg Powers, co-owner and winemaker at Badger Mountain/Powers winery, has always tried to think outside the box. That's why, to celebrate the winery's 25th anniversary, he's putting no-sulfite-added wine into a 3-liter carton.

Gunk!
I got a little surprise when I pulled the long natural cork from this bottle of bargain-priced Bordeaux: An inky black sludge coated the inner end of the cork with a shiny goo, and more of the same muddy stuff filled up the neck.
Ick...

Goose Ridge Getting Bigger, More Competitive
Goose Ridge Winery is spending $6 million on its new winemaking facility and grooming a new line of wines aimed at competing with the big boys...

Bargain Wines End Up on Top with Platinum Awards
It's a rare opportunity to find bargains when it comes to platinum-award wines, but that's what happened with the recent Wine Press Northwest "Best of the Best" judging...

Barlow Vineyards
Barlow Vineyards is an up and coming Napa Valley wine producer. Definitely a winery to watch, Barlow Vineyard wines exemplify quality, family tradition and an incredible value for wine enthusiasts...

A Rosé Blooms in January
When I think about pink wine it strikes me as a wine for summertime, to be sipped chilled with alfresco fare, or by itself to take the steam out of a sultry July afternoon. But who drinks rosé in midwinter? Not me! Or not, at least, until now...

Where Cab Franc Shines
If you paid attention to all the wine-geek trivia in the wine-road movie comedy Sideways, you may have noticed that in addition to his infamous dismissal of Merlot, the twitchy character Miles also roundly dissed Cabernet Franc. If you paid close attention, you also noticed that one of the wines he considered most glorious - Chateau Cheval Blanc St.-Emilion - just happens to be made from a blend of mostly Cabernet Franc ...

Benefit Auctioneer Tom DiNardo Is First US Auctioneer To Become A Credentialed Sommelier
After successfully graduating from the International Sommelier Guild’s grueling eighteen month long Sommelier Diploma Program, renowned charity auctioneer Tom DiNardo is the first auctioneer in the United States to become a fully credentialed sommelier. 

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