Press Release Archives

Columbia Crest

Columbia Crest Expands Grand Estates Tier with Amitage Red Blend and Moscato

Paterson, WA

Columbia Crest, recognized as the leading producer of acclaimed, high-quality wines from Washington state, has announced the addition of Amitage, a Red Blend, and Moscato to its Grand Estates tier of wines. The 2008 Grand Estates Amitage Red Blend and 2010 Grand Estates Moscato shipped Feb. 1, 2011 and are available nationally for a suggested retail price of $12.

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Columbia Crest

Columbia Crest Names Juan Muñoz Oca Head Winemaker

Paterson, Wash.

Columbia Crest, recognized as the leading producer of acclaimed, high-quality wines from Washington state, today announced that Juan Muñoz Oca will assume responsibility for producing the winery’s portfolio of Reserve, H3, Grand Estates and Two Vines wines as Head Winemaker.

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Villa Mt. Eden Introduces Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir

New Wine Showcases Key California Growing Region for Varietal

Villa Mt. Eden, which celebrates 130 years of California wine production in 2011, has announced the introduction of a Sonoma Coast appellation Pinot Noir to its acclaimed family of wines. The inaugural 2009 vintage is available now nationwide at a suggested retail price of $20.

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Chateau Ste. Michelle

Chateau Ste. Michelle and Dr. Loosen Spearhead Global Riesling Coalition and Events

Woodinville, Wash.

In an effort to increase the appreciation of Riesling around the world, Chateau Ste. Michelle and Dr. Loosen estate recently spearheaded a coalition of prominent Riesling producers and organizations that will host Riesling events in key Riesling countries around the world on a rotating basis.

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Northstar

Follow Along as Northstar Shoots for the Stars with "The Big Dipper"

Walla Walla, WA

Can a Merlot from Washington state rank among the finest in the world? Would it be drinkable for years, even decades, to come? What would it take to craft such a wine?

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Villa Maria Estate Winemaker Alastair Maling, MW to Participate in Live, Virtual Tasting February 5 to Celebrate New Zealand Wine Day

Villa Maria Group Winemaker Alastair Maling, MW, will participate in a live, virtual tasting in Chicago on February 5 to celebrate Waitangi Day or New Zealand Day. This virtual tasting, which wine lovers across the U.S. can sign up to join, is being organized in partnership with Complexity - New Zealand Fine Wine, a group of 21 leading wineries from eight diverse wine growing regions of New Zealand.

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Ste. Michelle Wine Estates

Bob Lipinski Named National Director of Sales Training for Ste. Michelle Wine Estates

Woodinville, WA

Ste. Michelle Wine Estates (SMWE), Washington’s premier wine company and one of the top 10 premium wine companies in the U.S., is pleased to announce the appointment of veteran industry executive, Bob Lipinski, to the newly created role of National Director of Sales Training.

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Conn Creek Named International "Best of Wine Tourism" Award Winner

Winery's AVA Room Recognized as Innovative Wine Tourism Experience

Conn Creek Winery’s AVA Room Barrel Blending Experience, a unique tasting and blending experience allowing wine lovers of all levels to taste their way through the Cabernet Sauvignons of the Napa Valley in one stop, has been named the international winner of the “Innovative Wine Tourism Experience” award at the 2011 Best of Wine Tourism Awards.

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Columbia Crest

Columbia Crest 2005 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Wine Spectator’s No. 1 Wine in the World for 2009, Featured at New World Wine Experience

Ste. Michelle Wine Estates President and CEO, Ted Baseler, presented the first Washington wine to be named the No. 1 Wine in the World – the 2005 Columbia Crest Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon – at Wine Spectator’s New World Wine Experience in Las Vegas on October 30, 2010.

The weekend Wine Experience event included the "Wine Spectator’s Top 10 Wine Tasting," which showcased the Top 10 wines from 2009 as selected by the Wine Spectator board of editors and published in the December 31, 2009 issue. More than 1,000 people attended the seminar where Baseler presented the Columbia Crest wine along with a panel of luminaries from Tuscany and Spain to the Rhône Valley and California, each taking the opportunity to comment on their wine as the audience tasted.

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Chateau Ste. Michelle

Chateau Ste. Michelle Named as Wine & Spirits “Wineries of the Year” for the 16th time!

Woodinville, Wash.

Wine & Spirits Magazine named Chateau Ste. Michelle as one of its “Wineries of the Year” for the 16th time in its October 2011 Buying Guide, making it the most honored American winery in the magazine’s “Hall of Fame.” Only one other winery (Penfolds) has received more “Winery of the Year” awards with 20 honors.

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