{"id":318,"date":"2008-10-07T07:38:10","date_gmt":"2008-10-07T14:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danthewineguy.com\/?p=318"},"modified":"2008-10-14T07:43:09","modified_gmt":"2008-10-14T14:43:09","slug":"mike-scott-of-lone-canary-continues-to-produce-unabashedly-washington-wines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/?p=318","title":{"rendered":"Mike Scott of Lone Canary Continues to Produce &#8220;Unabashedly Washington&#8221; Wines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During a recent trip to Spokane I paid a visit to Lone Canary Winery, which has always been a favorite of mine. While I was there, I had the good fortune of spending a bit of time with winemaker Mike Scott.<\/p>\n<p>Scott is wonderfully outspoken about his wines and has proclaimed that they are \u201cunabashedly and unapologetically Washington State wines.\u201d That\u2019s great news for those of us who enjoy their wines with beautiful aromas, plenty of mouthwatering fruit flavors and just the right amount of acidity to keep things in balance.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lonecanary.com\/images\/DuBrul.gif\" alt=\"null\" \/>And did I mention the incredibly reasonable prices? With the exception of the <strong>2004 DuBrul Vineyard Reserve<\/strong> (a stunning red wine blend worthy of its $35 price tag), all of his current releases \u2013 including the <strong>2004 vintages<\/strong> of his velvety smooth <strong>Merlot and Cabernet<\/strong> \u2013 are about $20 a bottle or less.<\/p>\n<p>Scott\u2019s <strong>Sauvignon Blanc<\/strong>s have always been a thing of beauty and his <strong>2007 vintage <\/strong>(about $13) is no exception. Lovely aromas and flavors of honeydew melon, a touch of stone fruits, and a bright, clean finish cap this white wine gem.<\/p>\n<p>Also worth noting is the <strong>2007 Cuvee Ros\u00e9 <\/strong>(about $13), which I think is really more of a \u201creverse ros\u00e9.\u201d That is, instead of starting with a red grape and leaving the skins on for just a short time, Scott starts with a sauvignon blanc and blends in 5 percent Barbera to achieve a lovely, salmon\/coral hue.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of <strong>Barbera<\/strong>, if you haven\u2019t tried this Italian-based varietal consider the Lone Canary label, which may well be the benchmark for Washington winemakers. The <strong>2006 vintage <\/strong>(about $15) is loaded with red berry flavors wrapped in a splash of acidity and followed by a long, sultry finish of dried cherries. Outstanding!<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll find Lone Canary wines locally at the Food Pavilion, selected Haggen stores and Anthony\u2019s Restaurants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a recent trip to Spokane I paid a visit to Lone Canary Winery, which has always been a favorite of mine. While I was there, I had the good fortune of spending a bit of time with winemaker Mike Scott. Scott is wonderfully outspoken about his wines and has proclaimed that they are \u201cunabashedly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-washington-wines","category-from-the-bellingham-herald"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318","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=318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}