This week’s featured wine is once again from the great winemaking state of Washington.This past Sunday, Liz and I stopped by for our first visit to Hollywood Hills.  What a beautiful place to have a home and vineyard and a winery!The owner and winemaker,  Steve is THE viticulture expert of the Puget Sound AVA and [...]

We just got back from a long holiday weekend in gorgeous Lake Chelan.  We enjoyed many good wines, lots of great food, and plenty of activities and socializing.  This week’s wine of the week was one of the surprises from an afternoon of tasting.
Having never been to the recently opened Karma Vineyards on the [...]

Summer is suddenly sweltering in Seattle and the perfect cure for a sweaty evening sans AC is a bottle of crisp icy cold white wine.  Tonight, we cracked open a bottle of Joel Gott Sauvignon Blanc.  Honestly, any cold white wine would have hit the spot, but this was pretty good: light, fruity, and really [...]

A perfect wine of the week, this has got to be the best $12 wines i’ve ever had, and it was brought to us once again by the good folks at Garagiste. It seems to be going to closer to $20 at online retailers, which shows just how good Garagiste’s prices can be. Wonderfully produced [...]

Our wine of choice at dinner last night was a Spanish grenache, Borsao’s Tres Picos. The last grenache we had was from Washington’s Alexandria Nicole winery, so we were eager to look for the differences. Right off the bat Isabell simply said, “Tastes like a Spanish wine.” The wine took a while to open up, [...]

I’ve been waiting for a long time to drink a bottle of this, and tonight seemed like the perfect occasion to open up this Christmas gift.
From Va Piano: This special blend is in honor of Father Bruno Segatta. Father Bruno’s artistry and passion for living has been an inspiration to countless individuals over many [...]

Vin du Lac of Chelan "Barrel Select" Cabernet Sauvignon 2004
We had some great wine over the holidays, and I found this one to be one of our favorites, from one of our favorite wineries.   The folks over at Vin du Lac are the best, if you are ever in Chelan take the time to [...]

From the Giant Wine Company out in Woodinville, comes this pre Christmas Wine of the Week.  Liz and I are sitting around cranking out Christmas cards, listening to the Rat Pack Christmas and drinking down this fine bottle of wine. 
We first heard  about the Giant Wine Company from the Mark Ryan mailing list [...]

Something about those red italian wines get me every time.  Maybe its the purple tooth look that reminds me so much of my time over there, or maybe its the lingering dryness they so often produce on the palette.  This is one of my favorites, and at a more than fair price of $8-$10 you [...]

This French Wine, La Vieille Ferme Cotes Du Ventoux 2005 is a great deal, at $6 from the local grocer in Kirkland.
What they say: Production area is the southern slopes of the Mont Ventoux (1912 metres/ 5736 feet), 25 km/40 miles
to the east of Orange. The vineyards lie around the towns of Mazan, Moimoiron, Villes [...]