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Chateau Ste. Michelle

Chateau Ste. Michelle Named Wine & Spirits “Wineries of the Year” for the 21st time!

Woodinville, Wash.

Wine & Spirits magazine named Chateau Ste. Michelle as one of its “Top 100 Wineries of the Year” for the 21st time, making it the most honored American winery.

The magazine article highlighted Chateau Ste. Michelle's wine quality and consistency, particularly with white wines. “Founded 81 years ago, Chateau Ste. Michelle’s history in the Northwest and in the pages of this magazine (21 years as a Top 100 winery) is an unparalleled achievement for an American winery. This year it sets the pace with new styles for a broad range of whites.”

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Chateau Ste. Michelle

Chateau Ste. Michelle Partners with Local Restaurants to Support Future Grape Growers and Winemakers of the Pacific Northwest

Woodinville, Wash.

“Raise A Glass, Fund A Scholarship” Program Runs Through December

Washington's founding winery Chateau Ste. Michelle is partnering with Washington restaurants to support the eighth annual "Raise a Glass, Fund a Scholarship" program to benefit Viticulture and Enology programs at Washington State University and other Northwest universities. More than 300 restaurants will participate in the "Raise A Glass, Fund a Scholarship" program which runs now through the end of December 2015.

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Seven Falls Cellars

Seven Falls Cellars Launches Single-Vineyard “GPS” Wines

Paterson, WA

Seven Falls Cellars has announced the launch of a new single-vineyard “GPS” tier of wines sourced from the Wahluke Slope appellation in Washington State. Carefully selected from only the finest blocks, these three remarkable wines are now available for purchase at SevenFallsCellars.com. The white wine varietal became available in August 2015, while the red wine varietals launched in October 2015; all for a suggested retail price of $40.

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Columbia Crest

Columbia Crest Experiments with Wild Fermentation in the Vineyard

PATERSON, WA

Each harvest brings Columbia Crest a new opportunity to bring the expressive terroir of Washington State to wine drinkers around the world. Harvest also provides a once-a-year platform for creativity and ingenuity in the vineyard. Currently nestled between the Wautoma Springs vines is a half-ton concrete fermenter holding Clone 8 Cabernet Sauvignon grown from the very vines that surround it. For the first time, Columbia Crest will be fermenting the Wautoma Springs Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon not only from yeast indigenous to the vineyard, but also physically in the vineyard.

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Chateau Ste. Michelle

Guests Create Their Own Wine at BLEND by Chateau Ste. Michelle on Holland America Line’s ms Koningsdam

Seattle, Wash.

Wine connoisseurs and novices alike can experience the art of winemaking at BLEND aboard Holland America Line’s new ms Koningsdam when the ship debuts in April 2016. In collaboration with Chateau Ste. Michelle, Washington State’s oldest and most acclaimed winery, the intimate venue will enable guests to blend their own wine and enjoy it at dinner or in the privacy of their stateroom.

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Marchese Piero Antinori releases his latest book Tignanello – A Tuscan Story

Italy

Marchese Piero Antinori, 25th generation patriarch of the historic Antinori winemaking family, is proud to release Tignanello. A Tuscan Story (CinqueSensi – Officina Libraria / Publishers; Available for purchase starting August 31, 2015 via Amazon.com; $50.00; Hardcover). Tignanello. A Tuscan Story is Marchese Piero Antinori’s first-person look into the ideas, people, places and genesis of the revolutionary wine, Tignanello, which created the Super-Tuscan wine category and has become one of the best-known Italian labels in the world.

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Ste. Michelle Wine Estates

Ste. Michelle Wine Estates Kicks Off 2015 Harvest

WOODINVILLE, Wash.

Winemakers and grape growers across Washington State have officially started the 2015 harvest and are eager to see what nature has delivered. Winemaking and viticultural experts at Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, the Northwest's oldest and most-acclaimed producer of premium wines, report that the 2015 harvest is expected to be yet another in a string of great vintages yielding outstanding wines from across the state’s growing regions.

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Chateau Ste. Michelle

Chateau Ste. Michelle & Dr. Loosen to Host 5th Riesling Rendezvous July 17-19, 2016

Woodinville, Wash.

Celebrate Riesling with top Producers & Experts from around the World!

Chateau Ste. Michelle of Washington state and Dr. Loosen estate of Germany will host the fifth Riesling Rendezvous July 17-19, 2016 at Chateau Ste. Michelle and Bell Harbor International Conference Center in Seattle. The event brings together leading experts and producers to explore the versatility of Rieslings from around the world, discuss issues and opportunities surrounding the advancement of Riesling, and forge alliances among producers and Riesling enthusiasts.

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Chateau Ste. Michelle

Chateau Ste. Michelle Partners with Dale Chihuly to commemorate the 20th vintage of Artist Series

Woodinville, Wash.

For two decades, Chateau Ste. Michelle’s Artist Series wines have celebrated the inspired collaboration between artisan winemaking and fine art. To commemorate the 20th vintage, Chateau Ste. Michelle is partnering with Dale Chihuly, the first artist to present artwork on the Artist Series label with the 1993 vintage. The commemorative 2012 Artist Series featuring Chihuly will release nationally in August with a suggested retail price of $65.

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ANEW Wines Names K.D. Organ Winemaker

Woodinville, Wash.

Washington's ANEW wines recently named K.D. Organ as its new winemaker. Launched in 2013, ANEW features a Riesling, Pinot Grigio and Rosé from Washington state. ANEW wines are crafted by Chateau Ste. Michelle, Washington’s founding winery.

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