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  • May 15th 2013 Issue
  • Story by Melissa Hansen
  • Yakima Valley is the industry’s backbone

    Washington’s oldest appellation deserves more attention, says a Northwest wine writer.

    Two Blondes Vineyard near Zillah was planted in 2000 by Andrew Will and Chris Camarda. PHOTO CPHOTO COURTESY OF WASHINGTON WINE COMMISSION Andy Perdue has thought a lot about why the wine spotlight seems to shine brighter on areas other than the Yakima Valley appellation, Washington State’s oldest and biggest producing wine grape region. He doesn’t have a good answer for why the region is sometimes forgotten, but says it’s not because of the quality of grapes or wines produced there. Perdue, veteran journalist and wine judge from Richland, Washington, moderated a panel discussion held earlier this spring to toast […]

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