Washington Wines and Wineries: The Essential Guide

Washington Wines and Wineries: The Essential Guide

by Paul Gregutt
Washington Wines and Wineries: The Essential Guide

Washington Wines and Wineries: The Essential Guide

by Paul Gregutt

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Overview

As the global wine industry reinvents itself for twenty first–century palates, Washington is poised to become as important and influential as California on the world stage. National and international attention has brought interest in the state’s wines to an all-time high. Yet, in just the past few years, a tidal wave of change has rolled over the state’s wine industry. To keep wine enthusiasts thoroughly up to date, Paul Gregutt has now completely revised and expanded his critically acclaimed guide to Washington’s best grapes, vineyards, wines, winemakers, and wineries. With twice as many winery and vineyard profiles, updated tasting notes, and new recommended producers for each grape variety, this edition of Washington Wines and Wineries will continue to be the definitive reference on the subject.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780520272682
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 10/11/2010
Edition description: Second Edition
Pages: 360
Sales rank: 685,146
Product dimensions: 6.60(w) x 9.70(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Paul Gregutt has covered Washington State's wine industry since the mid-1980s. He is the wine columnist for the Seattle Times and other Blethen newspapers in Washington, the Northwest editor for Wine Enthusiast magazine, and writes the Northwest Watch column for Vineyard & Winery Management. His blog (at www.paulgregutt.com) offers daily updates on Washington wines and wineries, as well as other topics of general interest to the wine community.

Table of Contents


List of Wineries     xi
Preface     xv
Acknowledgments     xvii
Introduction     1
History and Background
Which Side of the Potomac? A Brief History of Washington Wines     13
The AVAs     27
The Grapes     49
The Top Ten Vineyards     81
Winery Profiles
The Leaders     113
The Specialists     145
The Bench     186
The Rookies     214
The Future
Where the New World and the Old World Meet     249
A Glimpse into the Future     269
Index     293

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"A superb book. . . . For those wishing to explore Washington wines in greater depth."—The Wine Advocate

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