Wine Class at BTC
2:00 to 4:30 pm – Beginning Wine Tasting. The perfect class for those just getting started with wines. The format will be relaxed, yet informative, with plenty of wines to sample. No wine snob attitudes permitted! Click on the Wine Classes Page for more information.
Washington Tasting Rooms Go Upscale
The days of the rustic tasting room – where visitors would assemble behind a plywood countertop supported by two oak barrels – appear to be over. Enter the state-of-the-art wine facility, where customer service, comfort and, of course, quality wines are the top priority. Nowhere is this more evident than in Eastern Washington’s Red Mountain […]
2007 Harvest Update
The word I’ve gotten from many winemakers around the State is that 2007 may go down as yet another superior vintage for Washington wineries. I know this sounds like a bit of a broken record, since several people said this same thing about the 2005 and 2006 harvests. The problem with that? Absolutely nothing…it just […]
Food & Wine Class at Fools Onion Restaurant
6:00 to 8:30 pm – An Evening of Wine and Food Pairing – Aussie Style. Dan teams up with Whatcom County chef and cookbook author Mary Ellen Carter for a autumn menu paired with stunning Australian wines. Click on the Wine Classes Page for more information.
Washington Malbec: A Fine Example of the Stellar 2005 Vintage
A few weeks ago I attended a blind tasting with friends where malbec was the featured varietal. Eight wines were poured into identical decanters, numbered, and then ranked in order of preference after each was sampled two to three times. The tasting included six malbecs from Argentina and two from Washington. The overwhelming favorites – […]