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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WBC or Bust PLUS Wine Bloggers Conference 2010
By Phil Anderson The past five days has been all about Walla Walla (and Washington, in general) wines and hospitality. It’s all in the rear view mirror I just wrapped up a five day wine tasting frenzy that started last Wednesday, June 23, in Seattle and finished last night back in Seattle. What happened in between
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
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
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
And Now For Some Great Juice
The past couple of posts I have written about some decent wines at rather low prices. Not today. Recently I had the privilege of tasting a couple of very good and well thought of wines and one very interesting one from a highly thought of winery. I’ll start with that one. I was
Have You Heard of Madeleine Angevine?
Last year, on Fathers Day, we volunteered to help with Taste Washington. There are two events, one in Seattle, which is very large, and one in Spokane, which is about half the size. Over 100 Washington wineries were present and many, many restaurants (I don’t remember exactly because, well, I’m getting old and can’t remember!).
