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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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A Passion for Pinots

Pinot Noir is special to me, partly because I live so close to some of the greatest Pinot producers in the world, partly because it is by general acclaim one of the world’s most challenging grapes to grow and wines to make.
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Master Merlots and More: L’Ecole No. 41

Way back when Merlot was in the doghouse following the release of the film 'Sideways' it was already known to a handful of producers that Walla Walla was a special place to make this particular Bordeaux red.
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Breaking Boundaries in Walla Walla: The Wines of Itä

Apart from my own enthusiasm at seeing Walla Walla wines reach a new and exciting stage in their ongoing evolution, wines such as these wines challenge me to work past my own limitations, spurred on by the simple excitement of trying something new.
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Mom and Pop’s Old Vines

My own wine country explorations are often focused on seeking out old vine vineyards, and Oregon has a surprising number tucked away.
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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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