Category Archives: Heard Through the Grapevine
The Journey of 30 Years of Wine Festivals Begins With a Single Sip
Anyone with an interest in wines can probably recall the occasion or a particular wine that led to their wine tasting epiphany. For me, it was sometime in the early 1980’s. Then Bellingham resident Marsha Kremen (cousin of current Whatcom County Councilmember Pete Kremen) introduced me to a beautiful white wine called Macon Fuissé. At […]
Pontin del Roza Celebrates 30 Years
Pontin Del Roza Winery is celebrating thirty years in the Washington State wine industry. What began as winemaker Scott Pontin’s high school FFA project has culminated into a 30 year legacy of estate winemaking. Pontin Del Roza translates roughly in Italian to mean “Pontin family farm on the Roza”. The winery uses the grapes grown […]
Vinostrology Wine Lounge Offers “Tax Relief”
Vinostrology Wine Lounge & Merchant is giving consumers a break this season with a tempting combination of tax relief and good wine. The downtown wine bar’s “Tax Relief” package is being offered to all taxpayers who join its wine club for six months. Members who join the 13th Sign Wine Club between now and April […]
Columbia Winery Rolls Out New Label, New Wines
Woodinville’s Columbia Winery has a new label and four nicely priced wines produced by winemaker Sean Hails that have recently been released. Hails is an Ontario, Canada native who gained experience in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley and California before moving to Columbia in 2012. Here are my tasting notes on the wines, each of which […]
A Look Back at 2013 and What to Expect From Washington Winemakers
I’m down to my final two columns of 2013. So I ask myself, “Do I feature sparkling wines and Champagne the week before New Year’s or wait until New Year’s Eve?” Then I remember this is Bellingham and nobody plans for New Year’s until a day or two beforehand. That settles it…year in review this […]