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Merlot Thursday: Chateau Ste. Michelle “Indian Wells” Columbia Valley Merlot (2022)
It’s an uncomfortable experience to re-watch a movie you loved as a kid. Often, the jokes are stupider than you remember, and the special effects look like crap. Worst of all, you may find yourself thinking that the hero is acting like a selfish twerp, and that the villain–the school principal or parent or cop…
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Merlot Thursday: Boomtown by Dusted Valley Columbia Valley Merlot (2023)
It’s mind-boggling to think about just how new most of the New World wine regions are. Bordeaux was refining its Merlot in the Middle Ages and making lists of the top vineyards two centuries ago. By comparison, Washington’s Columbia Valley became an AVA in 1984. (Which, contrary to what social media is always trying to…
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Merlot Thursday: Goose Ridge “g3” Columbia Valley Merlot (2021)
Happy #MerlotThursday, wherever you happen to be imbibing! The Wine Fairy is at home, where I’m about to take a gander (sorry) at today’s wine, the “g3” Merlot from Goose Ridge Estate Vineyard. With 1800 acres under vine, Goose Ridge is the largest contiguous estate vineyard in Washington state. It sits between the Horse Heaven…
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Merlot Thursday: Chateau Ste. Michelle Canoe Ridge Estate Merlot (2019)
For this #MerlotThursday, I’m diving into a bottle of deep red Washington Merlot from Chateau Ste. Michelle. This 2019 estate bottling comes from the Canoe Ridge vineyard of Horse Heaven Hills. In keeping with the spirit of the exercise of Merlot appreciation, I was poking all over The Wine Authority‘s shelves for an example of…