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Chateau Ste. Michelle

Chateau Ste. Michelle Announces its 2009 Summer Concert Series

Net Proceeds to Benefit Regional Charities

Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery in Woodinville will kick off its 26th summer concert series on July 10th with a special performance by Tears for Fears. Tickets for the winery’s concerts will go on sale Saturday, April 25th at 10 a.m. through all Ticketmaster outlets or online at www.ticketmaster.com.  Tickets may also be purchased in person at the Chateau Ste. Michelle wine shop from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

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Columbia Crest

Columbia Crest and Food Network Star Bobby Flay Offer Opportunity to Cook with the World-Renowned Chef

Expanded “Flayvors of Washington” Recipe Contest Announced; Judged on Their Video Submissions, Finalists Will Compete in "Face-Off" Challenge in New York

Columbia Crest Winery, in conjunction with Chef Bobby Flay, today announced the launch of the "Flayvors of Washington" video recipe contest. The winner will have the opportunity to cook one-on-one with Flay, as well as enjoy a prize package valued at more than $5,000. The contest is being hosted on Food Network’s Web site, FoodNetwork.com. The contest is part of the continuing partnership between the Washington-based winery and Flay, which highlights the unexpected rewards of dining with Columbia Crest Grand Estates wines.

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Chateau Ste. Michelle

Chateau Ste. Michelle & Dr. Loosen set to Host “Riesling Renegades” Road Show in Washington, D.C., Boston and Atlanta March 24-27, 2009

Woodinville, Wash.

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Northstar

Washington State Merlots Trump Bordeaux in Blind Tasting

Walla Walla, Wash.

Northstar Wines Voted Favorites Over Prestige French Competitors at Miami Taste-Off

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Ste. Michelle Wine Estates

Ste. Michelle Wine Estates Launches New Trade Web Site

Woodinville, WA

Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, the Northwest's oldest and most acclaimed producer of premium wines, announces the launch of its new trade Web site http://www.mySMWE.com. The site provides users with an elegant, intuitive functionality with real time data.

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Marchese Piero Antinori Receives 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award from Wine Enthusiast Magazine

Woodinville, Wash.

Marchese Piero Antinori, one of Italy’s most highly regarded winemakers, received Wine Enthusiast Magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Award during the publication’s 9th annual Wine Star Awards gala dinner on Monday, January 26.

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Chateau Ste. Michelle

Chateau Ste. Michelle announces 2009 Culinary Events

Woodinville, Wash.

The culinary team at Chateau Ste. Michelle is pleased to present its 2009 chef dinners. Join our talented chefs for these specially themed dinners that will be showcased with award winning wines from the Ste. Michelle portfolio.

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Chateau Ste. Michelle

Chateau Ste. Michelle Harvests Ice Wine during Bitter Cold Temperatures

Woodinville, Wash.

Unseasonably cold temperatures well below freezing in Eastern Washington this week allowed Chateau Ste. Michelle winemakers to harvest Riesling ice wine Tuesday (Dec. 16) in 0 degree temperatures. Weather conditions have enabled Chateau Ste. Michelle to harvest ice wine only six times in the Washington winery’s 40-year history. (Previous vintages were produced in 1978, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2006 and 2008.) Chateau Ste. Michelle was one of the first producers of ice wine in North America when it released its 1978 Ice Wine. Ice wine is rare because it requires a hard freeze below 14 degrees.

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Chateau Ste. Michelle

Chateau Ste. Michelle Expands Renowned Cold Creek and Canoe Ridge Estate vineyards

Woodinville, Wash.

Washington state’s pioneering winery, Chateau Ste. Michelle, is expanding and replanting its renowned estate vineyards of Cold Creek and Canoe Ridge Estate, employing the latest technology and sustainability standards. More than 38 acres of new vines were planted this year at Cold Creek’s original 691-acre vineyard – mostly to Cabernet Sauvignon. At Canoe Ridge Estate more than 30 acres were added in 2008 to the vineyard’s 531 existing acres, primarily to Merlot, Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon. Additionally, in 2009 nearly 45 original acres at Cold Creek will be replanted to different varieties, and 14 acres will be replanted at Canoe Ridge Estate. Both sites are famed for providing fruit for some of the state’s most acclaimed wines over the past several decades.

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Columbia Crest

Columbia Crest Winery Ships Two Million Cases for the First Time Year-to-Date

Paterson, Wash.

Columbia Crest, Washington state’s largest producer of premium wines, today celebrated a historic milestone with the shipment of its two millionth case of wine year-to-date.

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