Northwest Wine from Avalon Wine

Welcome to Northwest-wine.com,the wine buying side of Avalonwine.com. Avalonwine.com is Oregon and Washington wine articles and interviews. Northwest-wine.com is wine reviews, tasting notes, recommended wines, sale wines, and new wine releases.

What Makes Avalon Wine and Northwest-wine.com Different? It's our relationships. Avalon Wine started selling Oregon and Washington wine in 1988 - from many of the wineries we still offer today. We're working with the second generation of some family wineries. For almost a generation, Avalon Wine has represented Oregon and Washington's small, highest rated wineries, many since their first vintage releases.

Northwest-wine.com identifies the future stars of Oregon and Washington wines first. Tasting over 50 wines a week for almost twenty years, Avalon's staff draw from a massive database of notes to locate and offer our customers the very best. Some of the most creative and best value wines from Oregon and Washington come from small indepent wineries - "The Indies". Traveling the backroads from the Willamette Valley to Walla Walla to British Columbia, Northwest-wine.com seek out the wineries you want to know.

So many wines, so little time - how to sort through the dozens of magazine ratings, the long lists of wines recommended by wine magazines and wine "experts". Every wine on this site has been tasted and all members of our tasting panel have agreed to carry it -- and we still manage to keep hundreds of wines on this site.

To make things easier, here are Northwest-wine.com's top ten Northwest wines under $20. All are currently available, and this list updates weekly - so check back often.

Our criteria? Best quality and value available to purchase now. Reliability of the winery - consistent quality from bottle to bottle and vintage to vintage - wines that are ready to drink - and wines that we keep going back to, take home for ourselves, and find memorable.

May/June 2008
Ten Hottest Under $20 Wines

O'Reilly's Pinot noir 07 $16.95/$15.25
Our most popular under $20 Pinot!

Jigsaw Pinot noir 06 $18.95/$17.05
Ransom's second label

Pappas Pinot blanc 07 $12.95/$11.65
Boedecker second label

Illahe Viognier 07 $12.50/$11.25
New winery offers exceptional Viognier

Chandler Reach Merlot 05 $18.95/$17.05
Big & juicy flavors rival higher end wines

Tamarack Firehouse Red 06 $18.95/$17.05
Blend of highend leftovers with great results

O'Reilly's Pinot gris 07 $10.95/$9.85
Owen Roe's value Gris

Territorial Riesling 05 $14.95/$13.45
Favorite everyday for German Riesling lovers

L'Ecole #41 Recess Red 06 $20.00/$18.00
Bargain sold mostly locally in Walla Walla

Grochau Cellars Tinto 06 $16.50/$14.85
Rich red blend, up and coming winemaker

Shipping end of May

 

 

March/April 2008
Ten Hottest Under $20 Wines

Spinnaker Pinot noir 06 $16.88/$18.75
Jezebel Pinot noir 06 $16.16/$17.95
Territorial Pinot noir 06 $17.95/$19.95
Owen Roe Sharecroppers Cab Sauv 06 $16.16/$17.95
St Bartholomew Cab Sauv 06 $12.55/$13.95
Substance Cab Sauv 06 $17.95/$19.95
Rock Creek Cellars Red Wine 06 $16.16/$17.95
Mountain Dome Brut NV $14.35/$15.95
J Christopher Chard Chehalem Mtn 06 $17.50/$19.45
Biggio Hamina Pinot Blanc $13.45/$14.95

 

 

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Under $25 Oregon Pinot noirs

 

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Highest Rated Northwest Cabernet,
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Black Cap Chardonnay 06 challenges Burgundy's best -Black Cap rises miles above the usual Oregon Chardonnay - and stands toe to toe with white Burgundies at five times the price. Save
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Black Cap Pinot noir 06 unfolds over hours and days. Complex and captivating, it begins with pretty red fruit and earth nuances that, with air, open to a spicy display of lush cherry and raspberry
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Cote Bonneville Carriage House Dubrul Vineyard 04 Wine Spectator rating 94 points: "This is dense, juicy and savory, with a meaty edge to the plump cherry and boysenberry flavors g
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Previous vintage 2004 tasting notes: Wine Spectator 91 points: "Dense in texture, but not heavy, with bright red cherry, pomegranate and plum flavors piercing a distinct layer of fine-grained t
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Maresh Vineyard, one of the oldest in Oregon, contains a few rows of old vine Chardonnay fruit. Easily one of the top Oregon Chardonnays we've tasted in a decade, this sophisticated white offers
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An ethereal and elegant example of 2006 Pinot noir. Jim's style emphasizes texture, and the Dundee Hills 06 shows its seamless, supple body at first sip. Picked a bit earlier than most 2006 Pinots,
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Liquid candy! This juice is mesmerizing, filled with seductively sweet strawberry-rhubarb pie. Ripe and mouthfilling, but not the tiniest bit cloying, the White Rose adds delicious cherry and candie
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Beaux Freres Pinot noir Ribbon Ridge The Upper Terrace 06 Wine Spectator 94 Points and Wine Spectator "HOT" Wine in Wine Spectator "Insider" for May 7, 2008:

Elegant and refin
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O'Reilly's Pinot noir is the most popular value Oregon Pinot noir we sell. Every year the wine's d
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Boudreaux Cabernet Sauvignon 05 is an Avalon NW Big Reds Club selection. Wine club members receive a 15% discount on this wine.

No Washington Cab cellar is complete without the Boudreaux 05 Cab.
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Rose hips, chamomile and light pretty flowers on the nose open to red current, rose, and black bramble notes on the palate. Like a mid-summers rain shower. Really lovely.
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92 points Wine Spectator! "Lithe in texture, with refined tannins, wrapping around a glowing core of raspberry, cherry and cinnamon flavors, drifting through the finish as if unmoored from the cris
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Big toasty oak nose, hints of smoke, dark roasted espresso bean, black stone fruit and berry flavors, hints of licorice, mint and anise. Layering of flavors makes this a special Syrah, it challenges t
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Grochau Tinto red wine is a Syrah and Tempranillo blend from a very promising new winery. Best value. Shipping late May/June 2008.
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Mark Ryan offshoot Guardian Cellars was formed by Jerry Riener and Mark McNeilly, who work together at Mark Ryan Winery.

Avalon tasting notes: Wow! An intense nose, redolent of cedar, black
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"cool and beautifully complex nose of briar, dark berry fruit and a nuance of animale merges into barely medium weight flavors that possess impressive focus and detail on the pure and linear finish
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Ice Wine Case Pack

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The Pacific Northwest offers values like no where else. We offer the rare and authentic ice wines, made from frozen grapes picked off the vines on a cold morning. We also offer ice-style wines mad
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Exceptional value. Juicy raspberry and cherry fruit glides softly on the palate, while the finish lifts with balancing acidity, subtle pie spice, and earth. Nice length, echoing bright yet sweet red
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Exceptional value. Sweet vanilla and coffee notes are layered throughout the nose and palate. Sweet cinnamon spice and black cherry have slight pie like quality that is appealing. Lush and slightly
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Did we say Mark Ryan and Willamette Valley? Indeed. Mark loves Pinot noir, and decided to source grapes from Lachini Vineyard to produce four barrels of 2006 Pinot noir, named Black Love after th
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Mark Ryan Dead Horse Red 05

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Whoa Nelly! The biggest of Mark's 2005 wines opens slowly to aromas toasty sweet black and Bing cherries, buttery coffee bean, baking spices, cassis, tar, cocoa powder, and black plum. The flavors
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Mark Ryan Long Haul Red 05

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A rock opera of a wine-massive and monumental. The nose has mocha and sweet allspice, black currant, black plum, and black cherry liqueur. Plums, black currants, and hints of mixed berries and sweet
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If you haven't discovered Northwest Cab Franc yet, this is the wine for you. It exemplifies the grape and the vineyard, with it's huge sweet cherry core and ancho chili spice in the nose and finish.
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New Pinot from CA fruit.
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HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BEST BUY!

This label hearkens to the spirit of the original sharecropping ideal o
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David O'Reilly's take on the beautifully ripe fruit of Walla Walla. A more showy wine, the 06 Walla Walla Cab lays its lush cards on the table. Deep aromas of dark berries and cassis, mocha, deser
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Unforgettable. One of the most intoxicating noses of any red wine I've tried. Heady and luscious black cherry gushe
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From the Penner-Ash Estate Vineyard. Aromas of dried rose petal, baked cherry pie and spice. Lush, textured palate with hints of sweet vanilla, blackberry and chocolate. Fine tannins move into a seaml
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Pomum Shya Red 05 is the second release of this popular Bordeaux style red and it's considerably bigger than the previous vintage. A year with lots of hot weather and the incorporation of an addition
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A reserve-level Pinot without the price tag. The 2006 Cadmus opens with red and black cherries, fresh plums, and hints of dark raspberry. One-third new oak contributes an exotic, integrated spice co
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ROCO's 2006 Pinot noir's release in May 2008 coincides with Avalon Wine sending it to our Reserve Pinot noir Club. members will receive 15% off reorders.

The ROCO Pinot noir 2006's deep garnet c
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Yowza, this is delicious! Deep earthy elements on the nose open up to milk chocolate covered cherry notes on the palate. Little tinges of mineral make their way onto the palate but this is a well in
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New vintage April 2008.

2005 Vintage tasting Notes: Intense aromas of creamy black cherry, bittersweet chocolate, and a hint of dried herbs. Superdense in the mouth, with flavors echoing aromas
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Sineann's Celilo Gewurztraminer is made from a famed Washington State vineyard known for its great white wine grapes. This wine shows the clean, slightly mineral quality Celilo is know for, plus the
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The Soter North Valley Pinot noir 06 has its trademark silky mouth feel. 2006's warm vintage helped to make this vintage round, intense, and ready to drink. Flavors of red cherry, strawberries, rose
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A slightly smokey (pardon the pun) overtone, followed by big black plum and black cherry. A well balanced blend of of Cab, Merlot, Syrah and Sangiovese. This is a great daily drinker to accompany la
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Territorial's Willamette Valley Pinot noir is proof that great Pinot still exists for under $20. The nose is filled with pretty red fruit, accented by lilacs and graham. Silky smooth but juicy,
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Third release named for Father Bruno, this release is 66% Syrah, 20% Cabernet & 14% Merlot.

Bruno's Blend III is a lively, ready to drink blend of black fruit flavors, with hints of barrel sp

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Prior vintage notes:

"...The nose reminds us of the perfume you smell while torching the sugar crust for a Cr?me Br?l?e. The midpalate oozes with the flavor of toffee in a Heath Bar and has a linge
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Winderlea ANA Vineyard Pinot Noir 06

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Seamlessly lush and constantly evolving, the 05 Dusky Goose again shows why it is an Avalon favorite. The nose opens with oodles of black fruit, with a brightness (freshness) that lifts the aromas fro
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Winderlea Goldschmidt Vineyard Pinot Noir 06

$48.55 - Case price (any 12 or more bottles)

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Seamlessly lush and constantly evolving, the 05 Dusky Goose again shows why it is an Avalon favorite. The nose opens with oodles of black fruit, with a brightness (freshness) that lifts the aromas fro
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Winderlea Inaugural Reserve Pinot Noir 06

$48.55 - Case price (any 12 or more bottles)

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Seamlessly lush and constantly evolving, the 05 Dusky Goose again shows why it is an Avalon favorite. The nose opens with oodles of black fruit, with a brightness (freshness) that lifts the aromas fro
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Always one of the best value Estate-bottled Pinot noirs from Oregon. The 2006 is a little more forward than typical Witness Tree wines, making it perfect for drinking now or over the next few years.
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"This 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon was produced from grapes grown primarily at Champoux, Sagemoor, Klipsun and Tapteil Vineyards. These four vineyards are some of the most highly regarded properties in
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