Then one evening in early August (or was it late July?), I had an opportunity to further substantiate Riesling’s status as the most food-versatile of all varietals when I sipped the Pacific Rim Dauenhauer Vineyard bottling from Oregon ($24, 8.6percent alcohol, 3.9percent residual sugar) with beef and bean chili topped with cheese and sour cream [...]

Then one evening in early August (or was it late July?), I had an opportunity to further substantiate Riesling’s status as the most food-versatile of all varietals when I sipped the Pacific Rim Dauenhauer Vineyard bottling from Oregon ($24, 8.6percent alcohol, 3.9percent residual sugar) with beef and bean chili topped with cheese and sour cream (yum). The next evening (day 3 open) I very much enjoyed it with a rueben sandwich sans sauerkraut and with a Cheetos chaser. The vintage was 2007 and was a fine example of how Riesling develops texture and aromatics in the bottle, striking a delicious balance between residual sugar and acidity.

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FOR MANY years Washington wines were damned with faint praise by both buyers and some critics. Accused of being good enough, but too pricey, our wines’ reputation always seemed to suffer in comparison with other new and emerging wine regions such as Argentina, Chile, New Zealand and even Old World regulars such as Italy and [...]

FOR MANY years Washington wines were damned with faint praise by both buyers and some critics. Accused of being good enough, but too pricey, our wines’ reputation always seemed to suffer in comparison with other new and emerging wine regions such as Argentina, Chile, New Zealand and even Old World regulars such as Italy and Spain.

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On the next sunny weekend, we suggest holding a summer lunch for friends. Plan to make the wraps and buy a bottle of the Pacific Rim Riesling and Gewürz, then let your guests decide which they like better with the meal.
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On the next sunny weekend, we suggest holding a summer lunch for friends. Plan to make the wraps and buy a bottle of the Pacific Rim Riesling and Gewürz, then let your guests decide which they like better with the meal.

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