Winemakers in the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley and Moscow-Pullman are getting notice for their blends. Here are the awards the region’s vintners took home in 2013 from national and international competitions.
Grand Harvest Awards (Sonoma County, Calif.) • Best of Class and Double Gold: 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 San Francisco Chronicle International Wine Competition (San Francisco, Calif.) 2013 Tri-Cities Wine Festival (Kennewick) • Gold Medals: 2010 Rim Rock Red
Idaho Wine Competition (Richland, Wash.) • Gold, Best Dessert Wine: 2012 Strawberry Mead • Silver: 2011 Lemberger Great Northwest Wine Invitational (Hood River, Ore.) • Silver: 2013 Huckleberry Mead
2013 Art of Wine Central Washington Wine Competition and Tasting (Kittitas, Wash.) • Bronze: 2011 Sangiovese 2013 Washington State Wine Competition (Yakima) • Silver: 2010 Carmenere • Bronze: 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon • Bronze: 2011 Malbec • Bronze: 2010 Crimson
Clearwater Canyon Cellars, Lewiston
Northwest Wine Summit (Hood River, Ore.) • Gold: 2010 Selway, Gold • Silver: 2010 Renaissance Red • Silver: 2012 Sweet Return • Bronze: 2011 Merlot • Bronze: 2010 Carmenere • Bronze: 2010 Petit Verdot Great Northwest Wine Competition (Hood River, Ore.) • Gold: 2010 Carmenere • Silver: 2010 Malbec • Bronze: 2010 Renaissance Red Idaho Wine Competition (Richland, Wash.) • Gold: 2011 Carmenere • Silver: 2011 Umiker Vineyard Syrah • Bronze: 2011 Malbec • Bronze: 2011 Merlot • Bronze: 2011 Renaissance Red • Bronze: 2012 Lochsa Sunset International Wine Competition (Menlo Park, Calif.) • Bronze: 2010 Malbec
Not included are Colter’s Creek Vineyard and Winery of Juliaetta, which did not enter any competitions in 2013; and Wawawai Canyon Winery of Pullman, which did not respond to a request for information by press time.
