Category: Taste Washington

Sparkling wine has been popular the past few years, in part due to people enjoying Prosecco.  But there is a more ancient sparkling wine making method known as Pétillant Naturel (pét-nat).  I spoke with Lisa from Foundry Vineyards in Walla Walla, WA, about their pétproject, which as you may guess is a type of sparkling wine.  I enjoyed a sip…

Have you attended Taste Washington before?  It is located in Seattle, WA and I’ve read that it is the largest single-region food and wine event in the USA.  The Grand Tasting is the festival’s flagship event with more than 250 wineries pouring their wines and the state’s best restaurants offering small bites.   My first interview at Taste Washington 2024 during…

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Archipelago Beverage Company specializes in making sparkling wines.  I was lucky to meet one of the owners and winemakers, Chris Lawler, as he told me about a new vineyard that they have where they are making sparkling Chardonnay wine.  Listen in to my discussion with him at Taste Washington 2023.

One of the wineries I looked for when I attended Taste Washington 2023 is Camaraderie Cellars as they make top-quality wines.  I’ve been to the winery in the past and did a blending session using barrel samples with winemaker Don Corson.  I had the pleasure of speaking with Don at Taste Washington.  I hope you enjoy our discussion.

Spring is here and summer will be on its way.  Rose wine is appreciated on the patio and pairs with many dishes.  I spoke with Rob Campisi, Head Winemaker, from Dunham Cellars during Taste Washington about their Rosé wine that we were sampling.  Enjoy.

It has been four years since I last attended Taste Washington in Seattle.  COVID shut down the event, but now Taste Washington is back and maybe even better.  This is the event where you can taste the wide variety of wines made across Washington state, without having to drive yourself.  Winery focus seems to have changed.  During my tasting time,…

Pet-nat wines were quite plentiful at the Grand Tasting during Taste Washington this year.  I really enjoyed the pet-nat wine from Walla Walla’s Foundry Vineyards, who created this new winery, Pét Project Wines, to solely produce organic, low-intervention, pet-nat wines.  Listen to co-owner Lisa Anderson tell me about one of their pet-nat wines.

Have you ever tried an “orange wine” before?  An orange wine is a wine made with white grapes that have extended skin contact like is done for red grapes to extract colour and tannins from those grapes.  While white grape skin does not have much colour to extract, you do get some orange colour plus tannins from the skins.  At…

At the Grand Tasting Room during Taste Washington, I had a few brief interviews with winery principals about the wines they were pouring at the event.  In my first video, I had the pleasure of speaking with Donald Januik.  This is a long-established Washington State winery that has a relationship with the Novelty Hill winery as well.  Here is the…