Sean P. Sullivan Northwest Wine Report

Cascade Cliffs Vineyard, Columbia Hills by Andrea Johnson

Columbia Hills was approved as Washington’s newest appellation August 17th. Washington now has 22 federally approving grape growing regions. (See a c...

Precept Wine & Spirits has acquired the brand portfolio of Miller Family Wine Company, a California-based producer of Central Coast wines. The acquisition is Precept’s first substantial investment in California.

“The Paso and Central Coast sourcing is very strategic for us,” Alex Evans, chief marketing officer for Precept Wine & Spirits, told Northwest Wine...

30+ wines reviewed below, including the latest from Amos Rome, Ashan, Chehalem

Lightning Rock Winery, Summerland, British Columbia

On Friday, August 7th, Ron Kubek, owner and CEO of Lightning Rock Winery in Summerland, British Columbia went out to dinner with his family at 6:30 p.m. At that point, the Bald Range Fire was just over 120 acres. By the time they finished dinner at 8 p.m., Kubek says it was nearly 2,500 ...

Chardonnay at Hilltop Vineyard courtesy of Tirriddis.

Harvest has begun in the Columbia Valley. Tirriddis, a Washington sparkling wine producer, picked Chardonnay from Hilltop Vineyard in the Rattlesnake Hills on...