Copyright 2014 Knoxville News Sentinel Anyone who has been to Washington State and left the luscious green confines of the western part can tell you; once you travel through the mighty Cascade Mountains, you are entering a high elevation desert. That’s because Eastern Washington is a rugged landscape that gets a meager nine inches of …

The News Tribune recently posted praise for the easy-drinking, aromatic white wine blend from Waterbrook: the 2012 Melange Blanc. “Winemaker John Freeman continues to knock this great sipper out of the park as he’d had this blend earn our top rating more than once in the past several years. He gathered up Riesling, Pinot Gris, …