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Describing Northwest Wine
A Guide to Writing Tasting Notes
By Jean Yates

 

 
 

 

   

 



The Wine Tasting Announcement Board at Avalon Wine, the Store, in Corvallis, Oregon

 

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Best Selling Wines

Black cap Pinot noir
Black Cap
Pinot noir 04
$37.76/$41.95


Gordon Brothers Merlot
Gordon Brothers
Merlot 03
$14.80/$16.45
Wine Spectator
"Best Buy" 7-31-06

And 90 Points!


McCrea Cellars
McCrea Cellars
Mourvedre 04
$26.95/$29.95


Donedei Wines
Donedei Wines
Cabernet Sauvignon 02
$34.61/$38.45


Belle Pente
Belle Pente
Yamill Carlton
Pinot noir 04

$22.45/$24.95




St Innocent Pinot noir
St Innocent
PN Shea 04 $32.36


Evesham Wood

Evesham Wood

Chardonnay Puit Sec 05
$16.16


Chardonnay 05
$9.85

Blanc Du Puit Sec 04
$11.64


Amalie Robert
Pinot noir
Amalie's Cuvee 04
$40.46






Wine Spectator rates Oregon's 2002 vintage 97 points


New section- under $20 Pinot noirs
New Section- $20-$30 Oregon Pinot noir


Coup D'Etat:
The Quiet Revolution
of Andrew Rich

McCrea Cellars:
The Sound of the Rhone is Music
to McCrea's Ears

Top Ten
Best Value Big Reds
July 2006

Va Piano Vineyard
Producing a
Blessed Blend

Donedei Wines
Hits a Home Run

Dusky Goose
Flys High
at Paley's Place

Capitello Wines
King Estate's
Former Winemaker
Goes Indie

Apolloni:
Oregon Wine,
Tuscan Inspiration

Gordon Brothers
Rising Scores and National Profile

Coeur de Terre
Heart of the Valley
Wines

Velocity Cellars
Moving at
Velocity Speed

Westrey Wine Company
Combines Experience and Knowledge
to Make Great Wines

J Daan
Andrew Rich's
Assistant Winemaker Branches Out

Chinook Wines
Emphasizing Food

St Innocent
Top Rated Wines,
Low Key Style

A Tuscan Wine Dinner- Recipes

It Takes
A Lot of Beer
to Make Wine
Northwest Winemakers and Their Favorite Beers

Dessert Wines
and recipes
to go with Them

Delectable
Dry Rose

and recipes
to go with It

Oregon's
2005 Vintage-

A Preview

Oregon's
2004
Vintage

New Wineries
June 2006

New Pinot noirs
June 2006

Shea Wine Cellars
2004 Pinot noirs
Tasting Notes
and Reviews-
A new level of Excellence

Evesham Wood
"Think Globally, Harvest Locally

by Alison Ruch

Shea Vineyard
In Depth Tour,
Block by Block

Oregon Harvest
2005
Mid-Harvest
Report

Bottling the
2004 Vintage
From Vine to You

Betz Family Winery
New Winery,
New Syrahs

October 2005

Josh Bergstrom
on Oregon's
2004 Vintage

Avalon Recommends:
Our Favorite Wines September 2005

It's Harvest Time 2005,
and Winemakers
Rock the Cellar!
Music Winemakers
Make Wine To

My Secret Ingredient: Smoked Spanish Paprika
by Michael Sherwood

Smoked Spanish Paprika Recipes
by Michael Sherwood

IPNC 2005
A Review
by Prince of Pinot

Mystic Winery
Gettin’ Purple
with Mystic Winemaker
Rick Mafit

Smokin!
Smoking Meat

NW Style
Expertise and Recipes from a Smokin' Guy

Temperance Hill Vineyard
Manager Dai Crisp on Grape Vines and Great Wines

Wild West Walla Walla
Washington Wineries Rival Napa, Without the Crowds

Lone Canary Winery
A Winery with
a Flock of Many Colors

Oregon Wine Dinner:
The Asparagus Challenge

The Okanagan
Valley

Pioneers & Innovators

Canadian
Ice Wine

The Washington
Wine Industry
has a Friend in the Governor’s Mansion

Beyond
Expectations
On the
Pinot Noir Trail

Taste
Washington:
It's Hip to Spit

Latitude 46° N
Winery

Belle Vallée Cellars

Champagne-
Not just for Breakfast Anymore

Champagne Cocktails-
A Compendium of Recipes and Lore

Oregon Pinot noir- What to Expect in 2005

Dueling Crabcakes-
Mike Sherwood on
NW Food & Wine

"Must-Have"
Big Reds-
new Releases

Penner-Ash's
New Winery-
A Photo Tour

Ken Wright's Tyrus Evan

Vacuvin vs Private Preserve

Interview-
Veronique Drouhin

Dubrul Vyd
has Own Winery

Washington's
New Superstars

Stoller-
21st Century Vineyard

Sineann-
A True NW WInery

Aging-
Aren't We All

Cole on the
2004 Harvest

Charlie Hoppes
& Fidelitas
"Cream of the Crop"

Ciel du Cheval
Vineyard

Washington's
New Superstars

Fall Mushrooms
and Northwest Wines

Nota Bene-
First Release of Wines from Another Boeing Guy

2002 Vintage-
and the
Climate Changes
that Brought It

Winemaker Interview
Trey Busch
Basel Cellars

Cool Climate
Viticulture

Is This the End of the Willamette Valley’s Great Vintages?

What's so Scary
about Screwcaps?

by Cole Danehower

Corral Creek Vineyard

Aging Wine

Saviah Cellars
A Sense of Place

Shea Vineyard
In depth

Weather and Winemaking


Balcombe
Vineyard

Canoe Ridge Vineyard

Cataclysm, Light
& Passion:
Washington Terroir,
soils, and Light

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