Category Archives: Past Articles
California: Big Area, Big Wines Featured at Vancouver BC Festival
Washington has become a major player in the production of domestic premium wines. But when it comes to overall size, California is still king – and the difference between the two states isn’t even close. So how big is big? Imagine the roughly 45,000 planted acres of vineyards in Washington, times ten, and you’ve got […]
A Wine’s Fruit Flavors Can Come Into Play When Pairing With Food
Last week I discussed the importance of a wine’s acidity level when choosing a food to pair with it. Today I’ll focus on the fruit flavors of a wine and how these can also play a significant role in determining a good food/wine combination. Like any element of taste in a wine, there can sometimes […]
Consider a Wine’s Acidity When Choosing a Food Pairing
While reading recommendations on wines, you might notice the words, “good acidity,” and there are several reasons for that. Acidity gives a wine a bit of lift and provides brightness to one that might be categorized as either flat or flabby. It also helps balance out a wine’s residual sugar content if it might otherwise […]
Syrah Earns Its Place as One of Washington’s Top Red Varietals
Despite a few downturns on the global scale, syrah continues to hold its own as a solid wine grape in Washington. While consumers have gradually moved away from a flood of overripe, fruit-bomb Australian shirazes (the equivalent of our syrah) over the past several years, Washington continues to quietly carve out a niche of its […]
Get to Know the Basics of Washington Wine Labels
When shopping for certain foods, the label gives you useful information such as where it came from, nutritional values or ingredients used in the final product. If only wines were that easy. Yes, there are rules for labeling Washington wines, but sometimes it’s what you don’t see that can be just as important as what […]