The Winter 2017-18 issue of Washington Tasting Room magazine includes a lengthy profile of Stillwater Creek, a dozen of the editor’s favorite Stillwater Creek-designated wines and interviews with several vintners working with the vineyard.
“The ability to blend a single variety with multiple clones provides incredible layers of fruit,” says JM Cellars’ John Bigelow, who credits vineyard manager Ed Kelly with growing high quality grapes. “He understands the connection between the health of the vine and the minerals it receives from the soil better than any vineyard manager I have worked with in twenty years.” For Novelty Hill winemaker Mike Januik, who advised Tom Alberg and his family on the planting of the vineyard, the site’s reds offer “a perfect combination of structure and suppleness,” according to the article.
Read more on the history of Stillwater Creek, its elite selection of clones and top wines from the vineyard, here.