Excerpts from http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/idaho-wine-region Copyright Ted Loos/Travel & Leisure, November 4, 2015 Move over, potatoes. It’s wine’s time to shine. If you’ve already acknowledged that the Northwest corner of our great United States is a hotbed for fine wine—Willamette Pinots, Walla Walla Cabs, and the like—then how much of a stretch is it to accept next-door …

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 …