WASHINGTON STATE: EUROPE'S NEWEST APPELLATION?

摘要

More and more of Europe s most talented winemakers are becoming impatient with the Old World's traditional methods. They are looking to Washington State with ambitions to create wines for sophisticated 21st-century palates. The Riesling renaissance? Both Ernst Loosen and Armin Diel are focusing their New World Riesling efforts on high-profile projects in Washington. New World super Tuscans? Now in their 11th vintage, Piero Antmori and winemaker Renzo Cotarella are taking their Col Solare collaboration with Ste. Michelle Wine Estates to the next level, building a dedicated winery and vineyard on Red Mountain. Frederique Spencer, a native of Provence, visited Washington in 1993 to find "something different." Since 2002 she has been the winemaker for Chalone s Sagelands winery.