USA A pioneering winery with an enormous range of wines, including several vineyard-designated Chardonnays, Merlots and Cabernet Sauvignons of good quality, especially the Cold Creek, Indian Wells and Horse Heaven Vineyard wines. Together with Columbia Crest and Domaine Ste Michelle , it makes up the Pacific Northwest component of the Stimson Lane portfolio. The company now has a new production facility and estate, Canoe Ridge Estate Vineyard, where a fine range of wines including Chardonnay and Merlot are made. The range is completed by small quantities of late harvest wines including S millon Reserve and a luscious Icewine .
Whites are best young, reds are better with four to five years' age .
New is a joint undertaking with Piero Antinori , Col Solare , a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot from Columbia Valley fruit. The 1995 and 1996 vintages are sold together although volumes are small and prices high. The first wines are a dry Riesling from the Cold Creek vineyard and a rich, late-harvest example from Horse Heaven.