Winemaker Comments on My Reviews

In the process of producing each issue of the Review of Washington Wines, I email copy of the reviews to the winemakers to check for accuracy. The replies I receive often have comments on my reviews. Here are some that I received about reviews that will be in the November issue which goes on line October 25.

From the Mongata Winery on the South Fork of the Walla, I got this from Scott and Vicki Nokleby, Founders and Partners: "For both Scott and I, reading and experiencing this has been fantastical. We wouldn't want to change or add a single thing in this beautiful music to our ears. We love and appreciate the thoughts and so many awesome textured words.I want to open a bottle of each right this minute!" Vicki added, "...how amazing to see the sensory experience you drew up for the Resurgent vineyard place of wines."

I replied, "Thanks for your kind words. For me, the most rewarding aspect of being a wine writer is making discoveries of new wineries that are dedicated to quality such as yours."

Here are comments from a couple of other winemakers.

Rich Funk, Saviah Cellars: "Your wine descriptions sound like a beautifully written poem, thanks for the excellent write up of our first Tempranillo from The Stones Speak vineyard."

Devyani Gupta, Valdemar Estates: "Thank you so much for visiting us this weekend. I love your copy on the 2019 Klipsun Cabernet. Many of your descriptors match a rather daring food pairing we will be doing for fall release dinner (spoiler - it includes olive...and chocolate!)."