Archive for the 'Olympic Peninsula Wine Lover News' Category

Port Townsend Wineries Feature Local Cheeses, Home Grown Appetizers for Passport Weekend

Friday, November 6th, 2009

With the holidays just around the corner, now is a good time to start considering which wines you will serve with Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner. And the Olympic Peninsula Wineries’ Passport Wine Tour offers a variety of food (and wine) for thought! Visit the wineries on November 14-15 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.and sample [...]

Black Diamond’s Cranberry Wine Featured at Passport Wine Tour

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

With the holidays just around the corner, now is a good time to start thinking about which wines you will serve with Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner. And the Olympic Peninsula Wineries’ Passport Wine Tour is perfectly timed to help with your decision! Visit the wineries on November 14-15 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and [...]

Wine Tour & Poker Run Adds to Crab Festival Fun

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

The Olympic Peninsula Wineries and Seven Cedars Casino invite you to compete for the best five-card hand and a prize wine and poker-themed gift basket during the second annual self-guided Tour of Wineries & Poker Run. The event will coincide with Port Angeles’ celebrated Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival, on Saturday, Oct. 10 and Sunday, [...]

Wine and Health

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

There is a growing body of scientific research indicating that polyphenols found in red wines may offer significant antioxidant protection. Polyphenols are chemicals found in red wines that have the potential to overcome free radicals that can cause cellular damage, which is a root cause of various forms of cancer and heart disease. MedicineNet.com, a [...]

WA Wines & Wineries on 10-Year Upswing

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

Dan Radil has written about wine for the Bellingham Herald for the past 10 years. In the article below, Radil recounts the changes he’s witnessed within Washington’s wine industry since his first column was published in 1999. http://www.bellinghamherald.com/entertainmentnews/story/1014600.html

Lavender Celebration Tour of Wineries

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

The Olympic Peninsula Wineries invite you to wind your way through beautiful fields of lavender en route to tasting the region’s best handcrafted wines during our nine-day Lavender Wine Tour, from Saturday, July 11 to Sunday, July 19. The wine tour kicks-off the Olympic Peninsula’s 13th annual Lavender Festival in Sequim, set to take place [...]

What Most People Don’t Know About Wine

Friday, June 26th, 2009

Wine enthusiasts are often quite savvy about which wines pair well with a variety of foods. But here are two things that, according to culinary experts and authors Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg, many people don’t know. Most people think that only white wine goes with fish, but stronger-flavored fish, including salmon and tuna, pair [...]

Do Wine & Vinegar Mix?

Friday, June 19th, 2009

Summer is upon us and salads created with fresh vegetables and fruits are a favorite seasonal fare. But many salad dressings contain vinegar, and the acid in vinegar can clash with wine. Is there any wine that pairs well with vinegar dressings? Here’s a tip from Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg, authors of “What to [...]

Top Ten Most Used Wine Terms

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

eBacchus.com, a premier wine information community known for its unbiased member ratings and reviews, has compiled a list of the Top Ten most used wine terms based on an extensive review of user contributions. Take a look and see if you can add any of these to your own wine vocabularly. eBacchus® Top Ten Most [...]

Hood Canal Bridge Set to Reopen Ahead of Schedule!

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

Work that began on May 1 to replace the east half of the Hood Canal Bridge and the east and west trusses may be completed more than a week ahead of schedule, according to the Washington State Dept. of Transportation website, http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/regions/Olympic/. The overall project is currently estimated to be 97 percent complete, despite some [...]