Wine to try:Columbia Crest Grand Estates Merlot 2012. The winery was founded in 1983 and has had a series of star winemakers heading up its team. Juan Muñoz Oca joined the team in 2003, ...

Since launching its Grand Estates line of wines about 15 years ago, Columbia Crest has been setting the standard for high-quality, value-priced wines. That trend continues.

Merlot is one of the most important Bordeaux varieties along with Cabernet Sauvignon. It's fleshier and ripens earlier than Cabernet, resulting in softer wines with plush tannins and fruit. Bordeaux ...

It starts in the vineyard. Like all wines worth drinking, what comes out of the bottle has everything to do with the quality of the grapes. Since launching in the late 1970s, Columbia Crest had an ...

Founded in 1983, Columbia Crest has grown from a small winery in a relatively unknown wine region to one of the most significant wineries in the U.S., as well as one of the Northwest’s largest ...

Columbia Crest Grand Estates Merlot 2013, Washington. Beppi Crosariol Wine & Spirits Columnist. Published October 4, 2016. This article was published more than 8 years ago.

The pinnacle was the Wine Spectator award in 2009, and that was followed up last year, when the Columbia Crest 2007 H3 Merlot was No. 43 on the Spectator list - the only Ste. Michelle Wine Estates ...

Since launching its Grand Estates line of wines about 15 years ago, Columbia Crest has been setting the standard for high-quality, value-priced wines. That trend continues.

Washington state winery Columbia Crest has enlisted its two winemakers to show the passion and dedication put into the company’s wines without any snooty talk. back to thedrum.com.

The Internet now has a vineyard a premium, award-winning one at that. Beginning today, Columbia Crest the only Washington winery to be awarded Wine Spectator's No. 1 Wine in the World* will help ...

Merlot is one of the most important Bordeaux varieties along with Cabernet Sauvignon. It's fleshier and ripens earlier than Cabernet, resulting in softer wines with plush tannins and fruit. Bordeaux ...

Since launching its Grand Estates line of wines about 15 years ago, Columbia Crest has been setting the standard for high-quality, value-priced wines. That trend continues.