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competitionsLack of corked wines in Riesling judgingDuring our judging Saturday of 116 Pacific Northwest Rieslings, we had just one corked wine. In fact, the far bigger problem was oxidation. One might see this as a good trend that we found just one wine infected with TCA, the compound that makes a wine smell like a wet dog sleeping on rotting cardboard in a musty basement. By aperdue at May 13 2008 - 6:38am | competitions | corks/closures | white wine | aperdue's blog | login or register to post comments | read more | 47 reads
NW wineries fare well at Riverside judgingOn Sunday, I posted an item about Ste. Michelle's 07 Dry Riesling winning best white wine at the annual Riverside International Wine Competition, run by Dan Berger, an international wine judge, writer, author and columnist for Wine Press Northwest. Ste. Michelle wasn't the only Northwest winery to do well amid the 2,500 entries. By aperdue at May 5 2008 - 7:43pm | competitions | news | aperdue's blog | login or register to post comments | read more | 346 reads
Ste. Michelle Dry Riesling tops Riverside judgingChateau Ste. Michelle not only makes the most Riesling in the world - but it also produces some of the finest. This was proven once again this afternoon in Southern California. Ste. Michelle's 2007 Dry Riesling won the sweepstakes award for best white wine of the Riverside International Wine Competition, which concluded this afternoon. By aperdue at May 4 2008 - 6:35pm | competitions | news | Washington | white wine | aperdue's blog | login or register to post comments | read more | 294 reads
And the winner is ...For the second consecutive year, a wine from British Columbia has won best of show at the annual Northwest Wine Summit. This year, however, the victorious wine was more "traditional." The winner was Mission Hill Family Estate for its 2006 Select Lot Collection Riesling Icewine. By aperdue at Apr 29 2008 - 2:53pm | British Columbia | competitions | Idaho | news | Oregon | Washington | aperdue's blog | 10 comments | read more | 957 reads
NW Wine Summit drawing to a closeWe're wrapping up the superlative rounds for the massive Northwest Wine Summit competition at Timberline Lodge on Oregon's Mount Hood. Some 20 judges have been tasting through more than 1,150 wines since Sunday afternoon. This is, by far, the largest and most important wine competition in the Pacific Northwest. By aperdue at Apr 29 2008 - 12:30pm | competitions | aperdue's blog | login or register to post comments | read more | 345 reads
NW Wine Summit under wayThe Wine Press Northwest crew is up on Mount Hood for the annual Northwest Wine Summit, the largest judging of Pacific Northwest wines. This year, we have nearly 1,200 entries, a big increase over last year's 1,060. Judges the South and Pacific Northwest began judging after lunch today and will continue through Tuesday afternoon. By aperdue at Apr 27 2008 - 10:28pm | competitions | Oregon | aperdue's blog | login or register to post comments | read more | 366 reads
Walter Dacon Wines the real dealAt Saturday night's Capital Food & Wine Fest* in Lacey, Wash., Walter Dacon Wines of nearby Shelton won best in show for its 2006 C'est Syrah Beaux. This is no fluke. By aperdue at Mar 30 2008 - 12:15pm | competitions | red wine | Washington | aperdue's blog | 2 comments | read more | 647 reads
SamplesTom Wark over on Fermentation does an occasional post interviewing various wine bloggers. He asks the same questions to each blogger, so it's interesting to see their answers ("Prius or BMW?" "Chablis or California Chardonnay?"). One question whose answer interests me is, "Do you accept samples for review?" Many bloggers do not, it appears, but that's because they might have special interests and do not review wines. By aperdue at Feb 10 2008 - 2:03pm | books/reference | competitions | aperdue's blog | login or register to post comments | read more | 386 reads
Thoughts on judging Pinot NoirToday, we concluded our judging of Pinot Noirs. We tasted through 133 Pinots from Oregon, Washington and Idaho. We plan to do a separate tasting of B.C. Pinots in the Okanagan, as it is nearly impossible to get samples across the border anymore. By aperdue at Feb 9 2008 - 4:47pm | competitions | corks/closures | grape varieties | red wine | aperdue's blog | 2 comments | read more | 547 reads
Tasting Pinot NoirWine Press Northwest is tasting 133 Northwest Pinot Noirs today and Saturday. In the magazine's 10-year history, this is our third "big Pinot tasting" - and some of these Pinots are big. Said one judge after the second flight: "Some of these folks sure aren't shy with the alcohols." By aperdue at Feb 8 2008 - 10:55am | competitions | grape varieties | Idaho | Oregon | red wine | Washington | aperdue's blog | login or register to post comments | read more | 430 reads
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