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Is Walla Walla Wine Special?

May 28, 2009

I wrote a guest post for Jeremy over at the Union Bulletin on what makes Walla Walla wine special. I talk about a few specific wines with tasting notes, at least my style of tasting notes.
I could take the time to pick apart my own article here, but I’ll spare you the horror of my [...]

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Isenhower Wild Alfalfa brings Alaska to Walla Walla

January 9, 2009

Wild Falafel? No, Alfalfa. You know, the green stuff in the fields, not the stuff for pita sandwiches.
This syrah is killer! Brett Isenhower says it’s his favorite syrah that he’s ever made. And now I understand why.
We recently filmed another episode of “Roots & Vines” and tasted only ONE wine… and this was it, [...]

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Syrah Grapes to be Destemmed

October 18, 2008

Steve Brooks at Trust Cellars sorts and destems Syrah grapes. Here is a cluster just before it goes into the destemmer, before it’s fall into the tunnel of attack-by-rubber-paddles-on-wands, breaking the cluster down into separate parts, berry by berry then dropping into a bin, awaiting the crush that leads to freedom… sweet fermented freedom.

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