{"id":230,"date":"2007-08-27T08:23:57","date_gmt":"2007-08-27T15:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danthewineguy.com\/?p=230"},"modified":"2009-02-21T22:55:49","modified_gmt":"2009-02-22T05:55:49","slug":"yellow-hawk-provides-washington-wines-with-an-italian-flair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/?p=230","title":{"rendered":"Yellow Hawk Provides Washington Wines with an Italian Flair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Sampson, Owner\/Winemaker for Walla Walla\u2019s <strong>Yellow Hawk Cellar<\/strong> has a mantra that appears on every label: \u201cWine should taste like fruit.\u201d The first time I heard this, an alarm went off inside my head warning me that I might be trying a high-priced knockoff of a Boone\u2019s Farm fruit salad.<\/p>\n<p>But in this case, nothing could be further from the truth, and Sampson has done an excellent job of producing handcrafted wines that display just the right balance of fruit, acidity, structure and taste \u2013 all at reasonable prices.<\/p>\n<p>Yellow Hawk specializes in wines with an Italian flair, using grapes from the Columbia and Walla Walla Valleys. And while the fruit flavors in Sampson\u2019s wines are prevalent, they\u2019re equal to their Italian made counterparts in that they all make excellent food wines.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.yellowhawkcellar.com\/images\/05CVBarberaWeb.jpg\" alt=\"null\" \/>Current releases include the <strong>2006 Muscat Canelli <\/strong>(about $14), a nearly bone dry white wine with floral aromas and flavors that suggest pear and citrus. The <strong>2004 Sangiovese <\/strong>(about $18) is perfect for tomato-based dishes with plenty of bright cherry flavors backed by brisk acidity.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>2005 Barbera <\/strong>(about $20, pictured at left) is loaded with dark fruit and herbaceous flavors with a slightly spicy finish. It\u2019s complex, tasty and versatile and I think it\u2019s an absolute gem of a red wine. And if you like blends, the <strong>2003 Mescolanza di Rosso Riserva<\/strong> (about $28) is a must try. Dark berry flavors, hints of black licorice and a polished finish add up to what Sampson feels is his best effort to date.<\/p>\n<p>Yellow Hawk Cellar wines can be purchased or ordered at Gateway Wines, The Vines, Purple Smile Wines, the Community Food Co-Op and most Haggen stores.<!--8dca1b1728db2ce8856d3e9df47ddf60--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Sampson, Owner\/Winemaker for Walla Walla\u2019s Yellow Hawk Cellar has a mantra that appears on every label: \u201cWine should taste like fruit.\u201d The first time I heard this, an alarm went off inside my head warning me that I might be trying a high-priced knockoff of a Boone\u2019s Farm fruit salad. But in this case, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-from-the-bellingham-herald"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}