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The Rewards and Costs of Wine Writing Freedom (opens the original)
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During the decades that I’ve been a published wine writer one thing has always been true, no matter when it was or where it was featured. The countless newspaper columns, magazine articles, books and digital media I’ve produced have always been filtered through the hands of editors. A few were able and willing to make me a better writer, others were more worried about pleasing the needs of their own bosses rather than giving much thought to mine. What else is always true is that there are guidel
Has The Washington Wine Industry Touched Bottom? (opens the original)
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Things are not looking up for the Washington wine industry. As Jackson Browne put it many years ago “Oh people, look around, the signs are everywhere…” In Walla Walla the downtown is awash in shuttered tasting rooms – the latest, Mark Ryan, announced just last week. Not so long ago there were two tasting rooms from Mark Ryan; as of the end of this month there will be none. In recent months Three Rivers has closed and been put up for sale; Northstar closed, Guardian closed, Prospice closed, Canva
Walter Scott Winery Inspires A ‘Signature’ White Wine (opens the original)
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Does having a ‘signature’ wine mean anything anymore? Even if there is such a thing, I’m not sure it still matters. Back when the Northwest wine industry was young and growing and in competition with bigger, more established California wine regions, it was a question often debated, at least in the wine press. It was said that a signature wine was important, especially for new, unheralded, unproven places. It was also believed that California had already claimed its signature wine – the Cabernets
A Grape To Celebrate & The Festival To Do It (opens the original)
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In the 2007 edition of my best-selling “Washington Wines & Wineries” there was a chapter devoted to the most important grape varieties in the state at the time. I had this to say about Grenache: “Grenache was one of the first successful vinifera grapes to be planted in the eastern Washington desert. Yet despite its head start, Grenache has never been more than a bit player in the region’s viticulture, as it is not especially winter-hardy.”“Most of the old vines were wiped out in the freeze of ’9
A Sneak Peek At The World Atlas of Wine 9th Edition (opens the original)
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There are only a handful of essential wine books that are genuinely authoritative, global in scope and topically current when released. Whatever you may read about the prevailing woes of the wine industry, on a global scale it remains vast, complex and evolving at light speed. Given that, researching, writing, editing and finally publishing any physical book that even attempts to stay up to date is beyond Herculean – it’s fair to call it quixotic. And yet there are those who keep at it, and chie
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