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By Duane Pemberton Let’s face it, American Viticulture Areas are a “brand” – they’re a brand of a geographical area that grows grapes. They help customers become familiar with the various regions and sub-regions of vineyards all over the country and the reason wineries love them is because they can bottle wine, stamp a specific AVA [...]

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This past weekend, I was invited to the 40th Birthday Party for Gilles Nicault, winemaker at Long Shadows Vintners – it was a great time to be had by all – here are a few pics that can say a lot more than I can put into words about how much fun folks had. I [...]

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By Duane Pemberton If I were paid a quarter (I know it used to be a nickle, but times have changed) for every time I approached the table at a wine event of a winery or visited a winery I’m not familiar with,  and they start going into their spiel about: “”We’re a family winery” – blah [...]

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By Duane Pemberton I often find myself in this quandary- trying my best to give my honest opinion about a wine – even rating that wine with our W.E.P. system – while trying to balance my own likes/dislikes with what others may like or dislike. It’s a balancing act and one that I don’t take [...]

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I’d like to thank our readers for helping us hit the number one spot on PostRank! We could not have done it without each and everyone of you – thank you so much!

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The recent news of the Naches Heights AVA has got some folks asking:” is this really a good thing? Another AVA?” Some in the industry feel that the more smaller AVA’s that are created, the more it takes away from the Columbia Valley “brand” which to this day still has a long ways to go in regards [...]

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