by Phil Anderson This is the second of a small series of articles aimed at acknowledging the importance of local wine bars and shops. Every decent city has them! The first time I walked in to bin 41 in West Seattle, one thing caught my attention immediately and that was the temperature. It was rather cool. My first thought was,
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Pond OR Ray? I’ll Tell You If You Read On!
by Phil Anderson Last Saturday night I had the fantastic opportunity to experience a wonderful winemakers dinner at Log Spirit Bed and Breakfast featuring wines from Pend d’Oreille Winery (pronounced pond-or-ray), out of Sandpoint, ID. Stopped and smelled the roses before tickling our taste buds Before I lavish praises on the wines we tasted along with the
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Taste Washington Takes On A Whole New Meaning
By Phil Anderson In the month of June “Taste Washington” has taken on an entirely new meaning for me. To start, on June 6th I completed the Hat Trick of pouring at the White Out Table at Taste Washington! Spokane for the third year which is held at the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington. This
Running Into A RockWall Tongue First
By Phil Anderson Omak, Washington. Not a place you would think to look for a quality wine. Or is it? Upon a local recommendation I seeked out and found RockWall Cellars in the phone book and realized it was only 3.2 miles from my hotel. After phoning the winery I was told the tasting room
Thank Goodness Ryan And Patrick Were Born!
By Phil Anderson For many, many months we have been drinking a particular un-oaked Chardonnay, naked Chardonnay if you will. Each time we buy it we open it, drink it and say, “This is just really good wine!” The amazing thing is that this wine costs UNDER $8 a bottle AND you can find it
Stemilt Fruit Growers Now Includes Grapes For Wine!
By Phil Anderson My travels have recently brought me to Wenatchee, Washington. As has become habit, I’ve sought out wineries first instead of the work that originally brought me here. That’s ok, noboby has to know that! The first winery I happened upon was Stemilt Creek Winery. Roni greeted me with a warm smile as I
With Their Collection of Quality Washington State Wines These Guys Have ‘Dunham’ Right!
To date, one of the best wine trips we’ve taken was the trip to Walla Walla last fall. On that trip there was a short list of wineries that I wanted to make sure we visited and Dunham Cellars was on that list. Eric Dunham, the winemaker at Dunham Cellars, which is located in Walla
Arbor Crest Is A Little Slice Of Heaven
I’ve had the opportunity to visit Arbor Crest Wine Cellars, in Spokane, Washington, three times now and each time it is worth remembering the visit. Built in 1924 by Royal Newton Riblet, the three-story Florentine house is surrounded by an arched gatekeeper’s house, sunken rose garden, open-air pagoda, terraced flower and herb gardens, and a
Taste Washington-Spokane 2009!
This is our third year volunteering at Taste Washington-Spokane, where over one hundred Washington wineries get together with many restaurants and have a big ol’ tasting. It was held on June 21st at the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington. They have an event in Seattle, as well, usually a couple of months before the Spokane event and
A Lovely Taste of Townshend
Right off the bat I want to thank all those new General Wine Thoughts subscribers. If you’re one of them, and you know who you are, I hope you will enjoy the casual talk of wine. My goal is to teach people from the ground up, from square one, from the beginning about wine. People
