The Wine Knows

We moved to Eastern Washington a little over a year ago in no small part due to the wonderful wines available and love it.

I am pretty sure that this shouldn't be a new forum topic on here, but I don't know where else to put it!

A friend and I are organizing a late-harvest tasting, so I wonder whether anyone has any suggestions. Botrytis preferred. Thanks. -Andy

Yo people!

We had a small discussion on wine discounts and shipping deals from NW wineries a few weeks ago.

I have another one to add to the list.

Cinder wines in Boise, ID.

If you order 6 or more bottles then shipping is free.

The Seattle Aquarium Society and Seattle Uncorked co-sponsored a first-time event featuring wines from over 50 new and relatively new Washington and Oregon (two) wineries. Held June 25th at the Aquarium, the well-attended event (dubbed "Debuts and Discoveries") offered an excellent opportunity to taste wine from a large group of geographically dispersed wineries many well off the beaten path.

Paul Gregutt put a post on his blog recently about why Washington syrah doesn't sell particularly well. One of the reasons he lists, which I agree with, is that there are not very many good Washington syrahs in the value category (less than $15). I would love to be proven wrong on this as I like syrah and enjoy a good deal as much as the next person.

I put post up on my blog today listing wines $15 and under and $30 and under that I thought represented great values for the price point. You can check out the post at the link below. Questions I would be interested in hearing people's thoughts on are:

I half-jokingly refer to my dad, Ken Degerman, as the North Idaho bureau chief of Wine Press Northwest. Well, dear old Dad came up with something that was news to me.

While my folks appreciate most any wine that I bring to share with them, they aren't shy about enjoying Stimson Estate Cellars as their Tuesday night wine. And Dad bought these 1.5-liter bottles long before he began referring to his 401(k) as his "101(k)."

Is anyone planning to attend Vintage Walla Walla this weekend? If so, how about sharing your experiences in real time via Twitter at #vintagewine.

This is always one of the best tasting events of the year -- the Vintage Pour on Friday features wines from 2002 or older. Word is that about 20 wineries are pouring this year.

I like to think that wine goes with all things good in life. What better way to spend a sunny Memorial weekend, but by sipping wines from wonderful wineries in the Red Mountain AVA.

As usual, we had a mission in mind, so we narrowed our search for only Red Mountain AVA reds and whites and if lucky, an AVA port, that we will feature for our wine club members and an upcoming wine tasting party for members. We also needed to find a reasonable red table wine for our son’s upcoming wedding. So the search was on.