Merlot and Malbec(Part 3 of a 3-part Series)By Chuck Hill – Wines Northwesthttp://www.winesnw.com/chuckhill_winesofweek.htm Each year when I enjoy the fall pairing of sausages, spaetzle and juicy red wines, I marvel at the delicious simplicity of the matchup. Indeed, you can create restaurant-quality fare with a few store-bought ingredients (use pasta if you don’t want to …
Last year, Ste. Chapelle Winery introduced a new tier of limited-edition, barrel-aged wines that show the winery’s more sophisticated potential called the Panoramic Idaho series. Featuring some of Idaho’s most beloved natural landmarks on its photographic labels, these wines start at $20 and include such varieties as Chardonnay, Grenache, Petit Verdot, Cabernet Sauvignon and a …
Another coup for Snake River Valley and Idaho wine, Sawtooth Estate Winery’s 91-point-scoring 2011 Syrah made an encore appearance in the Feb. 2014 issue of Wine & Spirits, this time ranked in as a “Year’s Best US Syrah.” Over the past 12 months, the magazine’s blind panels tasted more than 234 new-release Syrahs. Of that, …
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 …
(Abstracted from www.wineeconomist.com) Read the full story here. We spent a weekend in the Idaho wine country last month and I’m still trying to make sense of the experience. It seems like every time I think I know what Idaho wine is I shift my ground a little bit and see something new and usually …