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Paul Gregutt

Paul Gregutt has been reviewing the wines and wineries of the Pacific Northwest since the mid-1980s. Career highlights include serving as the wine columnist for the Seattle Times (2002 – 2013) and Contributing Editor for Wine Enthusiast magazine (1998 – 2022). He lives with his wife Karen and his rescue dog Cookie in Waitsburg (pop. 1204), a Walla Walla County farm community. When not tasting and writing about wine he writes songs, plays guitar and sings in his band the DavePaul5 (davepaul5.com). Follow his writing here and at www.paulgregutt.substack.com.
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Walter Scott: Rise of the Oregon Chardonnays

After decades of site development and evolving winery practices the subtlety and intensity of Oregon’s best Chardonnays clearly differentiates them from the crowded West Coast competition.
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Small but Mighty: Washington’s Rosés

For all their charm, rosés are not subject to any particular regulations other than those that apply to every wine of any type. In other words, there is nothing that specifically defines a rosé.
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How to Plan a Willamette Wine Tour

This is an overview of my recent three day visit to a dozen Willamette Valley wineries. I want to focus on how I approached planning such a trip and...
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Out from the Shadows: The Best of Old Vines

Seminal projects blossomed into Long Shadows in 2002, when Allen Shoup rolled out a portfolio of ultra-premium wines carefully concepted to have each of them express a particular Washington wine industry strength.
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Liminal Greatness: The Fruits of WeatherEye

The extreme terrain, wild variations in soil types and labor-intensive cultivation pay off, the principals believe, by providing "opportunities for growing wine grapes, limited only by our imagination."
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Mobile Chickens: Farm Ecosystems and the Evolution of Wine

"Instead of cleaning the coop, we have ours on wheels so we can move it around with the tractor. So as a concept, there were no plans we could find but it was something we came up with so we could have laying hens. They’ll eat the grass – it’s like salad. It also thwarts predators, because they habituate.
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Gregutt: How I Ended Up Writing About Wine

There was no single 'Aha!' moment; it was a gradual dawning of attention to this unique product.
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Is Building a Wine Cellar Worth It?

A well-cellared bottle can unfold a wine that may have been austere or even impenetrable when it was first released.
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Under the Radar: A Family Winery in the Dundee Hills (Plus Classic Domaine Drouhin)

Every single one of the dozen wines I tasted held together beautifully on the third and sometimes fourth day. Ageworthy? You bet. But with a bit of aeration they are fine for drinking immediately, the older vintages of course, but even the most recent releases.
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Three New and Exceptional Northwest Wine Releases

The wines are highly allocated and offered on a first-come, first-served basis.
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