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By Duane Pemberton Winery website: http://www.pepperbridge.com/ Few wineries in the Walla Walla AVA capture more brand-name recognition than Pepper Bridge and that’s most likely because of its famous vineyards which many wineries source fruit from. Its know-how with Walla Walla Cabernet Sauvignon is extremely prevelant in this wine and its one that you should seriously [...]

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By Duane Pemberton Winery website: http://www.amavicellars.com Winemaker, Jean-François Pellet has been really on fire lately with his wonderful kung-fu-like skills helping to make kick-ass wines at both Pepper Bridge and Amavi. He’s one of the most likable characters you can run into while visiting Walla Walla and he has a keen palate and passion for [...]

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By Duane Pemberton Winery website: http://tamarackcellars.com/ Many of the 2008 reds from Washington State are really starting to open up nicely right now and I found this Cabernet Sauvignon from Tamarack Cellars no exception. Technical Data: Release Info: Bottlesd November 2011 & Released November 2011 Appelation: Columbia Valley Vineyards: Bacchus Vineyard, Tapteil Vineyard, Weinbau Vineyard, [...]

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By Duane Pemberton Winery website: http://www.watermillwinery.com/ The Brown family got it start in the apple business and several years ago started venturing in wine. Its first couple of vintages were made by Richard Funk of Saviah Cellars and that got them off to a great start. Andrew Brown is now the winemaker and from my initial [...]

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By Duane Pemberton Winery website: www.jonesofwashington.com The Jones family is one of the most pervasive produce-growing families in the State of Washington and like many who started off growing things like potatoes, grains and forages – figured it’d be good to use some of their resources (land) to get some grapes going and start a [...]

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For anyone who follows the Washington State wine scene, it’s hard to not know about John Bookwalter. His family has played a part of the success of the wine industry here and his passion not only leads him to make good wine but to also serve on the Washington Wine Commission on the board of [...]

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By Duane Pemberton Winery website: http://www.vapianovineyards.com Justin Wylie’s passion for quality wine continues to come through in this 2008 release of his Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. It’s composition 100% cab and that’s not a common thing to find any more as most “cabs” are actually blended with another grape. Pulling grapes from the greater Columbia [...]

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By Duane Pemberton Winery website: http://www.saviahcellars.com A lot of wineries have figured out that in order to grow revenue, coming up with a quality second-label at the sub-$20 price-point is a great idea. Even though Saviah has been lavished in praised by both fans and crititcs, owner/winemaker, Richard Funk launched the “Jack” line of second-label [...]

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By Duane Pemberton Winery website: www.snoqualmie.com  Joy Anderson is one of the State of Washington’s most under rated winemakers. Her wines constantly win critical acclaim and have a loyal fan base of people who appreciate good quality to price ratio. The Reserve wines are priced at $20, have good availability and generally very solid wines [...]

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Substance winery, located in Walla Walla, is a relatively new brand to the Washington wine scene and has been doing a pretty decent job of getting itself marketed in a viral sort of way. Through both social media, blogs and event pourings, this brand has created a nice little identity for itself. Many of us [...]

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