Winemakers in the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley and Moscow-Pullman are getting notice for their blends. Here are the awards the regions 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 Colters 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.