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CRITIC'S CHOICE
Wilridge Wines have been recognized internationally in recent years. Below are links to reviews and some wonderful news articles that have featured Wilridge Winery.
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Wine News Aug-Sept 2001 issue
Washington vs. Oregon
- Distinguishing the Northwest's two unique wine regions
By Robert Mayfield

...At Wilridge Winery in Seattle, Paul Beveridge makes big Columbia Valley Cabs and Merlots, but also turns out a small amount of Oregon Pinot Noir every year. "In Washington you simply wait around for the grapes to get ripe," he says, "but in Oregon, it's always nail-biting time. As you get closer to ripening, the rains come, then you ask yourself, 'Do I pick, do I wait?'" The challenge is in guessing right.

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Sept 2000
by Bruce Schoenfeld

Single - vineyard success
Wilridge, specializes in single-vineyard Washington reds. Having started with Bordeaux varieties, Beveridge has lately added a Pinot Noir from a fruit source in Oregon, and this year a Nebbiolo, Washington's third. These wines augment a portfolio that already includes one of the state's most balanced and refined Cabernet Sauvignons, a varietal Cabernet Franc and a Merlot-dominated Meritage called Melange that has earned high scores and high praise for its lush fruit and drinkability.

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The Best American Merlots

Wilridge Merlot1996
Yakima Valley Klipsun Vineyards
Score: 92

"Fragrant oak and tar, almost pungent,
with black fruit underlay. Rich, ripe,
firm, concentrated black fruits, with
oaky accents, chewy texture."

-Wine Enthusiast

Winning Wine
Wilridge Winery is an avocation for the founders, who produce 1,000 cases each year
by Steve Wilhelm Staff Writer

In just a few years Seattle-based Wilridge Winery has won some of the nation's most prestigious awards for its merlots and other reds.

In March, for instance, the New York-published Wine Enthusiast magazine called Wilridge's 1997 merlot this year's top Washington-made red wine.

"This is a deep, aromatic wine, with hints of rose petals, herbs and allspice," the review said. "Highlights are the fine tannins, blackberry fruit and shapely body and finish. Lush enough, but plenty of backbone, too."

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 This issue's label art pick pays tribute to the benefits of having artistic friends. Wilridge Winery's Corral Creek Vineyard Oregon Pinot Noir 1997 features the label art of winery friend Isa F. D'Orleans. Born in France and now residing in Seattle, D'Orleans dreamy art evokes Chagall and Modigliani.

Wine Press Northwest
2000 Seattle Northwest Enological Society judging

Wilridge Winery Merlot 1998
Klipsun Vineyard
Yakima Valley - Silver Metal

Wilridge Winery Pinot Noir 1998
Corral Creek Vineyard
Willamette Valley - Bronze Metal

Wilridge Winery Merlot 97
Klipsun Vineyards

Wine Enthusiast says: "A deep, aromatic wine, with hints of rose petals, herbs, and allspice. Highlights are the fine tannins, blackberry fruit, and the shapely body and finish. Lush enough, but plenty of backbone, too. What Merlot should be.---"

Wilridge Cabernet Sauvignon 97 Klipsun Vinyard

The Cabernet Sauvignon is perhaps our favorite Wilridge wine of the 97 vintage; it has the structure one expects from Klipsun as well as the dark fruit flavors that are a signature of Washington Cabernets.

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"Highest Rated Washington Red Wine"  
Wine Enthusiast, April 2000

Winner: "Best Red Wine of Show"
Olympic Wine Festival

   
 
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