April 15, 2007

There's wine in Washington!? You're kidding, right?

Time to shake our collective heads. Anyone with half a glass and half a brain knows there's terrific wine in Washington. Chateau Ste. Michelle has been an industry leader for over two decades; we've gone from a handful of wineries to 500 licensed producers since 1980; we're the envy of the growers worldwide. But that obviously excludes the business staff at the Seattle Times. They can't even run a google search on their own content.

Just look! With enormous fanfare this weekend, the paper trumpets the arrival of a cult winemaker from California, Randal Grahm, in our "mostly overlooked" region.What? Just because a quirky guy from Santa Cruz is setting up shop in Benton City, it's front-page news? What about the international awards (reported on this very site from time to time) garnered by folks who've lived here all their lives?

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If we were Paul Gregutt, the witty and perceptive wine writer whose columns appear weekly in the Times, we'd take up arms against the business department. Don't these guys ever read their own freaking paper? "Mostly overlooked," my glass! And they wonder why newspapers are becoming irrelevant.


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Posted by Ronald Holden at April 15, 2007 10:08 PM
Comments

Another good source for current wine events is
JuiceUpdate@localwineevents.com

Posted by: Dave L at April 16, 2007 11:36 AM

Go to: http:www.eastsidespin.com and click on the "Wine Tastings" tab or the "Seattle Ideas" tab and click on "Seattle Wine Events" tab to get great information on the best wine events and news with big bright beautiful photos and that includes the best events that some of our local wine Sommeliers, like David LeClaire and Arnie Millan and others are having on the Eastside and in Seattle. It includes fantastic wine dinners and tastings at restaurants such as El Gaucho, Canlis, Ray's Boathouse, Waterfront Seafood Grill, Daniel's Broiler, Barking Frog, Willows Lodge in Woodinville and many more fantastic venues in our area - updated daily!!!

Posted by: Lisa Hilderbrand at April 16, 2007 11:05 AM

Ron, I can't disagree with your comments about this story, which was not mine, and I do appreciate the "witty and perceptive" praise for my work. As a freelancer I can only do my best to make my column accurate, informative, entertaining, critical and most of all current. I hope Dr. Joe and others will give it a chance.

Cheers,
PaulG

Posted by: Paul Gregutt at April 16, 2007 9:48 AM

Thank you for this issue of Cornichon and another affirmation of why I do NOT subscribe to the Seattle Times. Dr. Joe

Posted by: Dr. Joe at April 16, 2007 7:40 AM