For more than 30 years, Peter Dow, founder of Cavatappi Winery, has been a significant driver behind Washington-grown Italian wine grape varieties. His latest accomplishment, the Cavatappi 2014 Sangiovese, landed a #79 spot on Great Northwest Wine’s Top 100 of 2015. At just $12-13 around the Pacific Northwest, the wine not only sings alongside spicy, tomato-sauced …

Copyright Great Northwest Wine (excerpted). Looking for a Thanksgiving wine? Great Northwest Wine calls out a baker’s dozen of options (and it’s not the usual suspects). Among them: Waterbrook 2012 Sangiovese Rosé Best Buy! Sangiovese is still a niche grape in the Northwest, but it is proving its worth both as a red wine and a …

By Jackie Johnston – Copyright Wine Press Northwest  (This article is abstracted. Read the full story here) An astonishing number of Pacific Northwest wineries are now making rosés — and Oregon’s Willamette Valley is making some of our region’s best. In our judging of Northwest rosés, those made by Willamette Valley producers using the region’s …