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Pair of Blaine wineries producing excellent reds, whites

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Marsanne wines superb with seafood, can be cellared

Last week I focused on the white-wine varietal roussanne. This week it's marsanne, a grape with many similarities.

20 days ago
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Roussanne, a unique and enjoyable white wine, escapes obscurity

Roussanne is a white wine grape that's probably been around for centuries, and yet, until recently, has remained in relative obscurity in Washington state.

26 days ago
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Tiny Silver Bell Winery in Burlington produces fine wines

Sometimes I find myself discovering a new winery in the most unlikely places. This one comes to me by way of my dad, who hobnobs at Skagit Golf & Country Club with Alan Holtzheimer, the owner and winemaker of Silver Bell Winery.

34 days ago
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Wines sampled at Taste Washington clunker-free

Taste Washington, the state's largest exhibition of wines under one roof, was held in Seattle March 31 and April 1. The Washington Wine Commission estimates that the 225 participating wineries poured more than 200,000 tastes from the 800-plus featured wines during the two-day event.

41 days ago
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Thurston Wolfe reaches a quarter-century of excellence

Wade Wolfe has influenced the direction of the Washington wine industry more than most people realize.

45 days ago
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Washington state's private-liquor law to change how the wine world operates

Change is on the horizon for how and where you buy wine.

47 days ago
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Bellingham and Friday Harbor wineries release superb reds, whites

Despite what the nagging, winterlike weather may suggest, we're officially into spring, when many local wineries traditionally begin to unveil their new releases.

54 days ago
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Domaine de Chaberton Estate Winery in Langley, B.C., well worth a visit

Looking for a wine-related getaway to a foreign country that will comfortably have you back home in a day? It's easily done with a visit to Domaine de Chaberton Estate Winery, in nearby Langley, B.C.

62 days ago
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Chilean climates produces syrah wines to savor

Earlier this month, I traveled north to the Vancouver Playhouse Wine Festival and took a break from Northwest wines to attend a seminar that featured a tasting of syrahs from Chile.

69 days ago
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Sangiovese brings a taste of Tuscany to the Pacific Northwest

Sangiovese, the most-planted grape in Italy and one that's particularly famous in Tuscany, is little more than a niche wine in the Pacific Northwest. Yet many Northwest wineries are making delicious wines from the red grape and it is gaining a following with wine lovers.

74 days ago