Cabernet Sauvignon, native to Bordeaux, has thick blue skins, giving the resulting wines plentiful tannins and phenolics and making them particularly ageworthy. Over the past 50 years, Cabernet ...

L’Ecole Nº 41, one of the Walla Walla Valley’s founding wineries, has been recognized by Wine & Spirits Magazine as a Top 100 Winery of the Year for the 17th time. Only 16 wineries, including L’Ecole, ...

This dark-skinned red grape most likely originated in France's Rhône Valley, which is still considered its most famous home. Syrah is the sole grape in the reds of the Northern Rhône Valley, but it's ...

Ste. Michelle Wine Estates veteran is new chief operating officer at L’Ecole No 41. A familiar name in the Pacific Northwest wine industry is making a big switch. Ryan Pennington, who oversaw ...

WHEN JEAN AND Baker Ferguson acquired Walla Walla’s historic Lowden Schoolhouse in 1977 and registered a name for their nascent winery — L’Ecole No. 41 — they eyed it as a retirement project. They ...

Wine & Spirits magazine says five Washington wineries, including three in Walla Walla, are among the Top 100 Wineries in the world.. L’Ecole No. 41, Pepper Bridge Winery and Pasxa Winery were among ...

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