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By Duane Pemberton Winery website: http://www.dunhamcellars.com Dunham Cellars has been producing wines in Walla Walla since 1995 and as far was the Washington Wine industry goes, that’s a long time. Winemaker, Eric Dunham, started things off and handed over most of the wine-making duties to Dan Wampfler back in 2008. Technical Data:  Vineyard: Lewis Estate [...]

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By Duane Pemberton Winery website: http://www.eroicawine.com/ The Eroica project is a joint-venture between Chateau Ste. Michelle and world-famous Dr. Loosen of Germany – widely considered the mastermind of Riesling. This is a special wine label for CSM and has done a lot to really showcase how great Washington State Riesling can be. Technical Data:  Total [...]

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By Duane Pemberton Winery website: http://nhvines.com/ Naches Heights Vineyard is a winery that’s run by Phil Cline – a Yakima area resident who’s passion and personality for wine come through in each bottle. This affordably-priced riesling represents a good quality of wine for the money. Technical Data:  Harvest Date October 28th. 2010 Brix’s  21.6 TA [...]

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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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