Thurston Wolfe Winery earned five Platinum Awards in 2025, which lifted the Prosser, Wash., producer into eighth on the all-time list.

International judge/sommelier Ellen Landis, left, celebrates during the 26th annual Platinum Awards with chief judges Amberleigh Brownson, Sharon Jordan and Sonnay Alvarez. (Photo courtesy of Ellen ...

The 26th annual Platinum Awards welcomed 14 wineries into the honor roll of winners during the three-day judging in Prosser, Wash.

The 2025 Cascadia International Wine Competition was held Wednesday, July 21 at the Walter Clore Wine and Culinary Center in Prosser, Wash. There are sub-categories to help vintners place their wines ...

From 1980 through 2015, the judging was operated by the Central Washington State Fair in Yakima. Fair officials discontinued the judging when longtime competition director Ruth Anglin retired. The ...

Best of the Best / Double PlatinumReustle-Prayer Rock Vineyards 2022 Estate Selection Hefeabzug Grüner Veltliner, Umpqua Valley $34.00 — 99 points Best Red / Double PlatinumSigillo Cellars 2020 ...

The sweepstakes at the 2024 Cascadia International Wine Competition along the Columbia River in Kennewick, Wash., featured the Gehringer Brothers Estate Winery 2023 Minus 9 Ehrenfelser Icewine ...

Gehringer Brothers Estate Winery along the Golden Mile Bench near Oliver, British Columbia offers some of the Pacific Northwest’s most delicoius and affordable wines with a priceless view of the ...

The Bayernmoor Cellars 2023 Bayernmoor Vineyard Clone 777 Pinot Noir from Stanwood, Wash., and the Chaberton Estate Winery 2024 Estate Siegerrebe from Langley, British Columbia were selected as the ...

Mike Dunne, author and proprietor of SignatureWines.com, served as chief of judges for the 2016 Great Northwest Invitational Wine Competition, staged at the historic Columbia Gorge Hotel & Spa in Hood ...

Joshua West, winemaker/co-owner of Elephant Seven Wine, focuses on Rhône Valley varieties grown in the Walla Walla Valley. (Richard Duval Images) Josh West of Elephant Seven Wine in downtown Walla ...

Eric is the President and CEO of Great Northwest Wine. He is a journalist with more than 30 years of daily newspaper experience and has been writing about wine since 1998. He co-founded Wine Press ...