Congratulations to Willow Crest Winery and Browne Family Vineyards! These two wineries, both in the Precept family, were among six best-of-variety trophy winners in the Washington State Wine Competition 2014, hosted in Yakima, WA at the Central Washington State Fair! Willow Crest Winery took the best white wine and the Governor’s Trophy for its estate …
Copyright Great Northwest Wine Radius 2012 Riesling, Washington Best Buy! Hal Landvoigt, director of winemaking for Seattle-based Precept, takes the lead on this innovation brand for the Pacific Northwest’s largest privately owned wine company. He focused the effort for this Riesling on Yakima Valley vineyards such as Airfield, Canyon Ranch, Cowan, Willard and Willow Crest, …
Wall Street Journal wine columnist Lettie Teague selected a lineup of American wine recommendations for Thanksgiving, based on her own independent purchases and tasting session with a panel of friends. Sawtooth 2011 Riesling made her list, with the comment: Idaho“The state that gave this country its favorite potatoes does an increasingly good job with popular …
This article is abstracted from Wine Press Northwest. Read the full story here. Smasne Cellars of Prosser won the Best of Show award Saturday at the 35th annual Tri-Cities Wine Festival in Kennewick for its 2010 Upland Vineyard Mourvedre. The award, an original wall sculpture by Tri-City artist Ted Neth, was presented during the public …
Copyright 2013 – Wine Press Northwest Arguably, Riesling is the most important white wine in the world. And many of the world’s top Riesling winemakers will descend on Washington to celebrate the noble grape. The annual Riesling Rendezvous begins Sunday at Chateau Ste. Michelle in Woodinville with a grand tasting of Rieslings from around the …