Category Archives: Columbia Valley

A Thorny Rose By Any Other Name…

Posted on January 7, 2013 by

There are many reasons why we underrated, underpaid, under-appreciated and under-the-bus thrown wine writers choose a particular wine to cover. It may be unrequited lust for the winemaker, like mine for Ontario’s Sue-Ann Staff. It may be a passive-aggressive need … Continue reading →

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Kamiak Wines Play Hail to the Chief

Posted on August 25, 2011 by

You know how there are these online translators like Babel Fish where you can paste some alien gobbledygook into a text box and it gets instantly converted into English? I’m thinking of launching a translator where you can convert ‘press … Continue reading →

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Columbia Valley: Washington’s Wine Wehrmacht

Posted on August 25, 2011 by

That’s Columbia with a ‘u’—not to be confused with Colombia with an ‘o’, though both have, over the past half-century, taken a recreational drug and elevated it from an obscure local habit to a conspicuous worldwide habit, founding, in the … Continue reading →

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Gordon Brothers Family Winery: No Snake Oil Here

Posted on August 25, 2011 by

I don’t use the word ‘repulsive’ lightly, but there’s a drink called  a Montana Mule that’s made with draft beer and tomato juice and it tastes like you swigged a V8 that had been accidentally left open on a screened … Continue reading →

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