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“From an industry that produced ‘Model-T’ wines barely three decades ago have come incredibly interesting wines. Many of them have literally challenged the world’s best.
But for all my enthusiasm, I can’t help but retain a latent feeling of gloom. I worry about the American wine audience. It is […]

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I was rummaging through a stack of books that my grandmother said I could have when I found treasure. The book is called “The Treasury of American Wines” and was written by Nathan Chroman back in 1976. The book has a section each on California and New York with all other […]

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For a place that makes so much great wine, I sure wish Washington state and Walla Walla wine in particular got more attention. Oh well, more for me.

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Let’s talk about Petite Sirah.
It’s delicious.
We don’t really have a great wine store here in Walla Walla, so finding uncommon varietal wines from anywhere else can be a challenge. I went to the grocery store the other night and picked up a couple of bottles of Petite Sirah. One was a Concannon “limited […]

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