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By Duane Pemberton Winery website: http://www.eroicawine.com Chateau Saint Michelle produces more riesling than any other single producer and a part of its program for this wonderful varietal is the Eroica program. It’s a label that produces rieslings with an old-meets-new world approach. This particular single berry select harnesses the know how of the famous Dr. [...]

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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: http://www.longshadows.com Made by German great, Armin Diel, this Washington Riesling has been a rising star and is widely considered one of the front-runner’s in the industry. It’s known for that classic German richness and acidity with an overall balance but at it’s price point, it’s one of the more expensive [...]

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Craig Mitrakul is the owner and winemaker of Crayelle Cellars and has quite a long resume of making award-winning wines for a number premium Washington Wineries and has emerged onto the radar of Washington wine aficionados as one of the wine-makers to watch. Blend: 100% Riesling (clones 90 and 198) Fermentation: Primary fermentation was in [...]

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Hailing from the greater Wenatchee Washington area, Saint Laurent winery makes a big deal of owning its own fruit which in this day and age can be a good thing. While it’s clearly not a guarantee of great wine it can help and it certainly hasn’t hurt the flavor of the 2009 Riesling. Its winemaker, [...]

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Located in Yakima Washington, Kana Winery has a knack for producing wines from some of the state’s less-popular grapes – like Lemberger, Marsanne and Tempranillo to name a few. Even though Yakima proper hasn’t really been known as a “winery town” – Kana seems to do quite well for itself. You’ll find its tasting room is [...]

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Prosser Washington is in the heart of the famed Columbia Valley appellation and started off as a farming community. That spirit of farming the fertile soils over that area live on in the likes of the Olsen Family who now have their own estate winery. What really makes wines shine, from any region, is when [...]

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For years, too many American wineries were making riesling wines which were entirely way too sweet – they were, after all, trying to cater to the palates of their clients. Thankfully, however, both their approach and the greater palate at large have matured to the point where we as users demand more food-friendly wines and [...]

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Winery Website: www.tsillancellars.com The name Tsillan is the original Native American word we now say as Chelan – which is a deep, long, lake up in north-central Washington State and is quickly rising up as one of the state’s destination wine tourist spots. Know for its long, hot summers and aird climate, it’s no wonder [...]

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Price: $18 Winery Link: http://rieslingrules.com  Many wine drinkers today have sorta given sweeter wines a bat rap – I mean, who can handle all that sugar on ones palate, right? Well, outside of wine-newbies (who tend to gravitate towards the sweeter side), there’s a lot one can appreciate with wines of this fare if you either [...]

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