Packaging plays one of the most significant roles in the success of any beverage producer. Wine is typically packaged in 750 milliliter glass bottles. But that’s changing. In recent years, there has been a significant increase...
A wine grape grower’s year is marked by milestones beginning with bud break in the spring and culminating with harvest in the fall. Between these two events the vines go through bloom, fruit set and shatter...
Spring Barrel Tasting weekend is your chance to get a jump on tasting the newest vintage from local wineries. A visit to the Yakima Valley on April 26-28 will allow you to sample delicious, unfinished...
A look back at 2018 Harvest at Owen Roe Winery during Flavor Camp. Special thank you to Crushed Grape Chronicles for capturing the video. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5ZcKUHpoo4[/embed]...
Originally printed in the Yakima Herald March 21, 2019 Let the celebrations continue. Many of us enjoyed green beer, corned beef, cabbage and the color green during last weekend’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. There’s more to celebrate,...
We had an opportunity this past fall to travel to Washington to explore their wine scene as we attending the Wine Bloggers Conference (which has since been renamed the Wine Media Conference) held in Walla...
YAKIMA, Wash. -- Yakima Valley Vintners, the teaching winery at Yakima Valley College’s Grandview campus, is not a mere academic exercise; the students down there actually make and sell wine. And it’s good — good enough...
YAKIMA, Wash. -- The state’s wine industry has been built on the backs of the Yakima Valley’s founding families, many of whom remain vital figures in the state’s wine industry. Wade Wolfe is one of those...
Mike Sauer, owner of Red Willow Vineyard in Wapato, found out he was a James Beard Award semifinalist when people started congratulating him last week. Sauer, who founded the vineyard in 1971 on the family farm...