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November 2018

November 14, 2018
Accolades, Washington State

DeLille’s 2015 Four Flags Honored as one of the “Year’s Best US Cabernets” by Wine & Spirits Magazine

Aside from the D2, DeLille's Four Flags Cabernet is one of their most popular wines. Year after year it garners high scores and praise from major critics. 94 Points     Wine Advocate "The 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Four Flags reveals and attractive bouquet of cassis, black plums, dark chocolate, warm spices and loamy soil that has already nicely integrated its 100% new oak. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, deep and layered, with a chassis of rich, fine-grained, but firm tannins, good concentration and a long, youthfully firm finish. This is very impressive and an appreciable step up above the D2 this year. It will demand several years of bottle age and enjoy two decades of longevity, perhaps more." 94 Points     Jeb Dunnuck The 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Four Flags comes from the top four vineyards in any vintage and in 2015 is 30% Grand Ciel, 30% Upchurch, 25% Ciel du Cheval, and the...

by chavens@cascadiafinewines.com
November 9, 2018
Accolades

Cascadia Fine Wines is proud to represent five of the top US wineries in Asia

[siteorigin_widget class="WP_Widget_Media_Image"][/siteorigin_widget] ARGENTINA  Catena Zapata Zuccardi AUSTRALIA D’Arenberg Giant Steps Grosset Voyager Estate Yalumba AUSTRIA Stift Göttweig CHILE Concha y Toro Errazuriz FRANCE Bouchard Père & Fils Domaine Vincent Carême Domaine Marcel Deiss Delas Frères Larmandier-Bernier J. Lassalle Philippe Livera Domaine Marc Morey et Fils Domaines Ott Bruno Paillard Domaine du Pégau Domaine de la Pousse d’Or Eric Rodez Louis Roederer Rotem & Mounir Saouma Domaine Vacheron Trimbach Domaine de la Vougeraie Domaine Zind-Humbrecht     GERMANY Dreissigacker Fritz Haag Robert Weil GREECE Estate Argyros Boutari Domaine Sigalas ITALY Marchesi Antinori Tenuta di Biserno Conterno Fantino Elvio Cogno Gulfi Mastroberardino Oddero Poggio di Sotto Le Ragnaie Rocca di Montegrossi Le Salette Sandrone NEW ZEALAND Felton Road PORTUGAL Aphros Blandy’s Kopke Casa da Passarella Soalheiro Wine & Soul SLOVENIA Kabaj SPAIN Comando G Forjas del Salnés Luis A. Rodríguez Vázquez R. López de Heredia Palacio de Fefiñanes Raúl Pérez     SPAIN (Continued) Palacio de Fefiñanes Raúl Pérez Terroir al Limit Scala Dei Vega-Sicilia UNITED STATES Anthill Farms Bergström Big Basin Vineyards Buena Vista Col Solare Corison Cristom DeLille Diamond Creek Donkey & Goat Drew Evening Land Vineyards Gramercy Cellars Heitz Cellar Hermann J. Wiemer Hirsch Iron Horse Keenan King Estate Lingua Franca Matthiasson Melville Ovum Radio-Coteau Ravenswood Raymond Robert Mondavi Winery Roederer Estate Rose & Arrow Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars Stags’ Leap Winery Storybook Mountain Williams Selyem The Withers Walter Scott ...

by chavens@cascadiafinewines.com
November 7, 2018
Accolades, News, Oregon

Meet Oregon’s French Winemakers

These pioneering expats have ventured to Oregon and are showing the world why this state is called the Burgundy of the Pacific Northwest.By Paul Gregutt | Posted November 7, 2018To some degree, the diversity and excellence of Oregon wines makes comparisons to Old World styles irrelevant. But those factors should not undercut the influence French-born and trained winemakers have had on the state’s success.Along with the pioneering Drouhin family, which enters its fourth decade making Oregon wine, a number of more recent arrivals have put their winemaking expertise to work in the state, which remains one of America’s leading producers of Pinot Noir.These French winemakers praise Oregon’s welcoming winemaking community and open horizons. Moreover, they seem to have a lot of fun as they revel in the palpable sense of freedom that the state’s wineries enjoy.Perhaps it’s simply the break from the constraints of tradition, but the biggest reward to leave home, and...

by chavens@cascadiafinewines.com
Harvest Underway at Resonance Vineyard
November 6, 2018
News

Oregon Wine Press Reports: This Year’s Harvest Simply Too Good To Be True

By Hilary Berg If, indeed, karma exists, we, as a group, must have done something spectacular in our past lives to deserve this year’s wine grape harvest. Around the state, wineries are reporting flavorful fruit with ideal sugars and spot-on acidity. The weather this harvest has also made it memorable. Here in the Willamette Valley, early rain was a welcome sight, settling the dust from an extremely dry summer, giving the grapes a final drink before picking. Beyond that small amount of precipitation, the days have been clear and the nights cool. Overall, crews in both the cellar and vineyard appear happy, albeit tired, this crush. Winemakers are also quite pleased. [caption id="attachment_10027" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Harvest Underway at Resonance Vineyard. Photo by Andrea Johnson[/caption] On Sept. 25, in the southern Willamette Valley, Danuta Pfeiffer of Pfeiffer Winery reported, “Harvest is lovely this year. The weather is warm, not hot, and the September rainstorms are holding...

by chavens@cascadiafinewines.com