Greg Pieker News Today

The epicenter of Western Washington wine overflows with vintners. Here are the ones to try now.

Co-owner and winemaker Morgan Lee offers a lot of variety, but his Rhône-style wines always rise to the top, every year among the very best in the state. The Columbia Valley Syrah is a great value. So is the Make Haste Cinsault, which also happens to be one of the few cinsaults you’ll find in Washington. Lee has a vivid style, allowing the fruit and vineyards to shine.  Winemaker by day, sommelier at Seattle’s RN74 by night, Jeff Lindsay-Thorsen crafts vineyard-forward, food-fri...