Andrew Will Red Bordeaux Blend Sorella 2009 1.5Ltr

Winery: Andrew Will

Region: Washington State

Washington state is a fascinating region when it comes to American wine production, with the majority of their produce coming out of the desert-like eastern half of the state. This expansive region has a unique climate produced by the rain shadow of the Cascade mountain range, and here we find over ninety-nine percent of the state's vineyards which hold a wide range of classic grape varietals including Merlot, Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and others. Today, there are over forty thousand acres in Washington under vine, and the industry of the state is going from strength to strength due to the increasing popularity of the wines which are produced here. Over six hundred wineries in the state take advantage of the well irrigated vineyards which flourish there, and these numbers are expected to grow quickly over the next decade.

Country: United States

Of all the New World wine countries, perhaps the one which has demonstrated the most flair for producing high quality wines - using a combination of traditional and forward-thinking contemporary methods - has been the United States of America. For the past couple of centuries, the United States has set about transforming much of its suitable land into vast vineyards, capable of supporting a wide variety of world-class grape varietals which thrive on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Of course, we immediately think of sun-drenched California in regards to American wines, with its enormous vineyards responsible for the New World's finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot based wines, but many other states have taken to viticulture in a big way, with impressive results. Oregon, Washington State and New York have all developed sophisticated and technologically advanced wine cultures of their own, and the output of U.S wineries is increasing each year as more and more people are converted to their produce.

Appellation: Yakima Valley

The beautiful wine region of Yakima Valley is one of Washington State's key wine producing regions, with as much as forty percent of the state's wine coming from Yakima Valley each year. The region itself is characterized by its dryness, caused by a rain shadow which is created by the nearby mountains, and which often results in the dry vineyards being irrigated by local rivers or other water sources. However, this dryness makes the region ideal for growing a wide range of noble grape varietals, including red wine grapes such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah, and white wine varietals such as Chardonnay and Riesling. The wineries of Yakima Valley have a strong reputation for innovation and experimentation, and have impressed the wine world in recent years with the quality of their produce, and the innovative approaches they have used to create it.