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2007 Pacific Rim Sweet Riesling is named one of the top 20 wines under $40 for 2008 by the San Francisco Chronicle Magazine.

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2007 Pacific Rim Wallula Vineyard Biodynamic named one of the top 100 wines of 2008 by the San Francisco Chronicle Magazine.

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Wine Enthusiast gives 3 Pacific Rim Single Vineyard wines 90+ points.

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With Riesling’s explosion onto the wine scene, this hedonistic but intellectual wine is getting a boost from a timely, concise and extremely comprehensive guide: “Riesling Rules.”

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The San Francisco Chronicle reviews the 2006 Pacific Rim Dry Riesling, 2007 Pacific Rim Wallula VIneyard Riesling Biodynamic and the 2007 Pacific Rim Sweet Riesling.

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The annual question: Which wines go best with the mouthwtering flavors - savory, tart, sweet, salty - of the holiday feast? Our answer: whites like Riesling…

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Pacific Rim is part of a Riesling advocacy group that has put out a booklet to educate consumers.

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Attached is an interview on Radio Canada I gave last week. It is short and quite fun. Always interesting to hear your own voice on the radio.

A lovely biodynamic wine made in the Kabinett style…

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With the release of three single-vineyard Rieslings, Grahm and Quillé have become terroiristes - and serious ones at that.

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“I’m a huge fan of dry Riesling myself, and I samples dozens of good ones. My top picks include…[the] apple-y 2007 Pacific Rim Wallula Vineyard ($20) from Washington)” - Elin McCoy

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Grahm’s new 2007 vineyard designates from Solstice Vineyard in Yakima Valley and the biodynamically farmed Wallula Vineyard in the Horse Heaven Hills (both sub-appellations of the Columbia Valley) are impressive, particularly since they’re so soon out of the gate.

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Riesling Rules is a beautifully designed, very simple, 40-page booklet made up of small items carrying such titles as ‘Historic “Best” Rieslings Ever’, ‘Global Riesling Case Production’, ‘James Bond and Riesling’ and ‘Top 10 Cities to enjoy a Bottle of Riesling’.

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Edward Deitch finds some refreshing thinking by American winemakers.

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