Sip Northwest, Fall 2016
38 S I P N O R T H W E S T C O M Best Newcomer Horsepower Vineyards Walla Walla WA Reigning from the Walla Walla Valley Horsepower brings old tradition using horses Red and Zeppo to power each aspect of preparing soil to vineyard growth and maintenance just as it had been generations before Founder Christophe Baron was born into this work and has carried it out the same way he was taught sans herbicides synthetic fertilizers chemical insecticides or fungicides in the process of producing wines of a stallions strength and elegance currently including a Grenache and two Syrahs horsepowervineyards com 3RD PLACE Castillo de Feliciana Vineyard Winery 2014 Brillánte Brut Columbia Valley 30 PANEL PICKS Elk Cove Vineyards 2011 Pinot Noir La Bohème Brut Rosé Yamhill Carlton 48 Haywire at Okanagan Crush Pad Winery 2014 The Bub Okanagan Valley 23 Drink Washington State NV Welcome to Yakima Valley Sparkling Riesling Yakima Valley 19 BEST SAUVIGNON BLANC 1ST PLACE Ancestry Cellars 2015 Réjouissant Columbia Valley ORIGIN Woodinville WA CHARACTER Thirty yearold vines fr om Bella Terra Vineyard were picked fermented and aged in BEST SPARKLING 1ST PLACE Karma Vineyards 2011 Méthode Champenoise Brut Columbia Valley ORIGIN Chelan WA CHARACTER Fizzfocused this Lake Chelan winery is one of a handful in the state making a considerable amount of traditional method sparkling wine Here Pinot Noir Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier spend 30 months on the lees resulting in a bright green apple brisk bubble with light dough nuts and a lick of fennel and salt through to a crisp fi nish 50 goodkarmawines com 2ND PLACE Karma Vineyards 2012 Méthode Champenoise Pink Bubbly Columbia Valley 40 BY CHRISTIAN CONAHAN KERRY NEWBERRY TREVE RING AND PETER SZYMCZAK All wines are listed as 750 milliliter bottles unless otherwise indicated CENTER PHOTO BY TYSON KOPFER
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