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Organic grapes, blending, skill bring acclaim to Buty wines - Mercer Island Reporter
Organic grapes, blending, skill bring acclaim to Buty wines
Mercer Island Reporter
We enjoyed Buty Wines in our backyard that lovely sunny afternoon. I was probably one of the first to taste that fledgling winery's first wines. Nina Buty is one of six wine makers and/or winery owners who grew up on Mercer Island.
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You Could Win $1000 Worth of Wine at the Poverty Bay Wine Festival - The Waterland Blog (blog)
The Waterland Blog (blog)
You Could Win $1000 Worth of Wine at the Poverty Bay Wine Festival
The Waterland Blog (blog)
Hold a neighborhood block party, add select vintages to your personal wine cellar or perhaps host your very own wine tasting event? During the three days of the wine festival, Key Bank – Des Moines Branch – will sponsor a raffle with the grand prize as ...
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Savor the Flavor with Nicole Aloni - KOMO News
KOMO News
Savor the Flavor with Nicole Aloni
KOMO News
The herbs and the wine blend to create a delicate, slightly exotic poached salmon. It is so simple and fresh tasting it would be perfect for company any time of year. This is a “spa” recipe that could charm even your most devoted burger lover.
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McCrea Cellars and Walter Dacon: Wine, Women, and One Weird Winery - Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
McCrea Cellars and Walter Dacon: Wine, Women, and One Weird Winery
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
Since I love these people, I agreed to go along, despite an aversion to tasting wine in roaming hoardes of my fellow Americans that borders on…no, that IS a phobia. My exact conception of Hell on Earth is Taste Washington, that annual ants-on-a ...
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Prosser winemaker Forsyth leaving Mercer - Mid Columbia Tri City Herald
Prosser winemaker Forsyth leaving Mercer
Mid Columbia Tri City Herald
By Wine Press Northwest David Forsyth, the Washington winemaking veteran, announced Tuesday that he will leave the 25000-case winery in May. Forsyth, who completed his 30th vintage last fall, was the longtime winemaker for Hogue Cellars in Prosser.
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Cafe-deli is just the fizz with tasting series - Fife Today
Fife Today
Cafe-deli is just the fizz with tasting series
Fife Today
The Dunfermline café-deli and wine store is holding a series of events and tastings over the coming year—including Italian and Spanish evenings, cheese and wine tasting, and musical events. Reuben's, which officially opened in November 2011, ...
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TASTE THIS: Duckhorn & Hestia wine dinners, Italian Artisanal Wines tasting ... - Weekly Volcano
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TASTE THIS: Duckhorn & Hestia wine dinners, Italian Artisanal Wines tasting ...
Weekly Volcano
Half-price Wine Bottle Night with two appetizers or one entree purchase, bottles under $35, Tides Tavern, 2925 Harborview Drive, Gig Harbor, 253.858.3982. Wine tasting, noon to 6 pm, complimentary, Walter Dacon Winery, 50 SE Skookum Inlet Road, ...
Red Wine and Chocolate sale goes wellBellingham Herald
Everything's Red Wine and Chocolate at Yakima Valley wineriesYakima Herald-Republic
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FEEDBAG: Corina Bakery moves, wine dinners, HotLips tasting and more ... - Weekly Volcano
FEEDBAG: Corina Bakery moves, wine dinners, HotLips tasting and more ...
Weekly Volcano
By Volcano Staff on February 22, 2012 Understanding and tasting styles of beer with Doug Tiede, Great American Beer Festival award-winning brewer every Saturday in February from 1-2:30 pm at Morso (9014 Peacock Hill Ave., Gig Harbor).
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Here's Where the Strings Come In - Willamette Week
Willamette Week
Here's Where the Strings Come In
Willamette Week
SEE IT: Dan Balmer's Go By Train plays Rogue Distillery and Public House, 1339 NW Flanders St., on Thursday, Feb. 23. 9 pm. Free. 21+. Bill Frisell plays the Crystal Ballroom, 1332 W Burnside St., on Friday, Feb. 24. 9:30 pm. $25-$45. All ages.
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Here's Where the Strings Come In - Willamette Week
Willamette Week
Here's Where the Strings Come In
Willamette Week
SEE IT: Dan Balmer's Go By Train plays Rogue Distillery and Public House, 1339 NW Flanders St., on Thursday, Feb. 23. 9 pm. Free. 21+. Bill Frisell plays the Crystal Ballroom, 1332 W Burnside St., on Friday, Feb. 24. 9:30 pm. $25-$45. All ages.
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Spit Bucket President Jen Amis Featured as a Guest Speaker at Wine Sisterhood ... - PR Web (press release)
Spit Bucket President Jen Amis Featured as a Guest Speaker at Wine Sisterhood ...
PR Web (press release)
Spit Bucket President Jen Amis will be a guest speaker at the upcoming first annual Wine Sisterhood Gathering in Napa on Tuesday, February 29, 2012. Ms. Amis has been asked to speak in “The Wisdom on Women” seminar, which is focused on female ...
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Relax with California B&B Spa Package Deals this Spring - PR Web (press release)
PR Web (press release)
Relax with California B&B Spa Package Deals this Spring
PR Web (press release)
Packages often include couples' massages and an array of romantic extras such as dinner, wine tastings, and even a hot air balloon ride. Spa packages often include couples' massages and an array of romantic extras such as dinner, wine tastings, ...
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Casino serves up Cajun Cook-off - The Spokesman Review (subscription)
Casino serves up Cajun Cook-off
The Spokesman Review (subscription)
Chefs participating include Ryan Stoy of Downriver Grill; Troy Chandler of Bonsai Bistro; Nick Mikkelson of Bardenay Restaurant and Distillery; Derek Eakin of 315 Martini and Tapas and the Greenbriar Inn; Brett Petticolas, Terry Alexander and Matt ...
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The charm of Oregon's wines | David White - Tukwila Reporter
The charm of Oregon's wines | David White
Tukwila Reporter
Oregon's top sparkling wines are absolutely stunning. It's a region well worth exploring. The modern Oregon wine industry traces its roots to the late 1960s, when a number of young idealists moved to the state. The trailblazer was David Lett, ...
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Health and Fitness Menu - Portland Monthly (blog)
Portland Monthly (blog)
Health and Fitness Menu
Portland Monthly (blog)
On the liquid side of things, Steve McCarthy of Clear Creek Distillery has a shot at the Outstanding Wine & Spirits Professional Award and Clyde Common snagged a nod for Outstanding Bar Program. The full list of Semi-Finalists will be narrowed down to ...
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San Diego Limo Company Extends Deals on Temecula Wine Tasting Tours - PR Web (press release)
PR Web (press release)
San Diego Limo Company Extends Deals on Temecula Wine Tasting Tours
PR Web (press release)
Aall In Limo Service, LLC is announcing that it is offering great deals on Temecula Valley wine tasting limo tours booked before Feb 29. Mike brought us to five wineries, and at every one we were given a deal on tastings. Each winery was different, ...
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James Beard Foundation announces chef, restaurant award semifinalists - OregonLive.com
OregonLive.com
James Beard Foundation announces chef, restaurant award semifinalists
OregonLive.com
Vitaly Paley was named as a semifinalist in the prestigious Outstanding Chef category; Ken Forkish of Ken's Artisan Bakery to Outstanding Pastry Chef; Steve McCarthy of Clear Creek Distillery to Outstanding Wine and Spirits Professional; ...
Health and Fitness MenuPortland Monthly (blog)
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Emergency legislation would remove little-known tax on free sips of wine at ... - The Spokesman Review (blog)
The Spokesman Review (blog)
Emergency legislation would remove little-known tax on free sips of wine at ...
The Spokesman Review (blog)
Roger Batt, lobbyist for the Idaho Grape Growers and Wine Producers, told the House Revenue & Taxation Committee today that Idaho wineries were surprised last August to receive a letter from the Idaho State Tax Commission, telling them go through their ...
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Sicily and Sardinia Host the Best of Italy's Island Wines – Part II (Sicily) - PR Web (press release)
PR Web (press release)
Sicily and Sardinia Host the Best of Italy's Island Wines – Part II (Sicily)
PR Web (press release)
OperaWine looks at the largest Mediterranean island Sicily and discovers the particularities of its winemakers Planeta, Duca di Salaparuta, Donnafugata, Tasca d'Almerita and Cusumano, which all will be part of "Finest Italian Wines: 100 Great ...
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Hundreds toast Red Wine & Chocolate event - Peninsula Daily
Hundreds toast Red Wine & Chocolate event
Peninsula Daily
By Arwyn Rice PORT ANGELES — The 2012 Red Wine & Chocolate Tour was busy, with plenty of local visitors, according to winery owners and operators who participated in the event. “It's been very busy,” said Dave Shellington, cellar master at Harbinger ...
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Cellar Picks
| Seven Hills Syrah Walla Walla 2008 |
| The Magnificent Wine Company, The Originals Syrah, 2007 (Walla Walla WA.) $22 |
| Apex, Merlot, 2006 (Sunnyside, WA.) $35 |
| Castello di Gabbiano, Chianti Classico Reserva DOCG, 2006 (Tuscany, Italy) $22 |
| Penfolds, Bin 407 Cabernet Sauvignon, 2007 (Australia) $33 |
| King Estate, Domaine Pinot Gris, 2008 (Eugene, Oregon) $25 |
| Dry Creek Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 (Healdsburg, CA.) $25. |
| Graham’s 20 Year Tawny Port, NV (Portugal) $29 |
| King Estate Pinot Noir 2008 (Eugene, Oregon) |
| Pommery, Springtime NV Brut Rose’ Champagne, NV (France) $65 |
| Don Miguel Gascon Reserva Malbec |
| Château Trimoulet St. Emilion Grand Cru 2005 (France) $35 |
| Waterbrook Merlot Reserve 2006 (Washington) $23 |
| Rosa Regale Red 2008 (Italy) $24 |
Value Picks
| Maryhill Winemaker's Red |
| StoneCap Syrah 2009 |
| Murphy Goode Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 |
| Robert Mondavi Private Selection, Sauvignon Blanc, 2009 (CA.) $11 |
| Cupcake Vineyards, Pinot Noir, 2008 (Central Coast, CA.) $14 |
| Ravenswood, Vintners Blend Zinfandel, 2008 (CA.) $10 |
| Waterbrook, Sangiovese Rose’, 2009 (Walla Walla WA.) $15 |
| Rodney Strong Vineyards, Estate Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley, 2008 (Healdsburg, CA.) $20 |
| Concha Y Toro Marques de Casa Concha Carmenere 2007 |
| Nobilo Sauvignon Blanc 2008 (Marlborough, Australia) $15 |
| Hogue Cellars Genesis Chardonnay 2008 (Prosser, WA.) $15 |
| The Magnificent Wine Company Steak House Cabernet Sauvignon 2008 (Walla Walla) $13 |
| Maryhill Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 |
| Dry Creek Merlot 2006, Dry Creek Valley (Healdsburg, CA.) |
| Waterbrook Melange Blanc 2008 |
| Kermit Lynch Cotes du Rhone |
| Paul Jaboulet Cotes du Rhone 2007 "Parallel 45" |
| Jean-Luc Colombo Cotes du Rhone "Les Abeilles" |
| Gordon Brothers Chardonnay 2008 (Washington) |
| Melini Chianti “Borghi d’Elsa” 2007 (Italy) |