MEDIA

The Lewis-Clark Valley AVA is pleased to assist journalists, editors and other members of the trade by providing information, contacts and other resources connected to our wine industry. We encourage all media representatives to visit and experience Lewis-Clark Valley wine country firsthand. If you are interested in touring wineries, vineyard or wine facilities; interviewing winemakers, winery owners or growers; or attending one of our region's signature events, please contact us.

PRESS & ACCOLADES

Lewis Clark Wines Fly Free on Alaska Air

Your favorite Lewis-Clark Valley wines fly free with you when you travel via Alaska from the Lewiston-Nez Perce County Regional Airport (LWS). Beginning June 1, 2017, all Idaho wines will be cleared for takeoff from Lewiston (LWS) airport on Alaska Airlines flights. What that means to a consumer? Any Alaska Airlines mileage plan member can…

Basalt Cellars Rim Rock Red a Wine Enthusiast Editor’s Choice

Basalt Cellars Winery 2013 Rim Rock Red was rated 91 pts and selected as “Editor’s Choice” by Wine Enthusiast! The 2014 Merlot and Syrah were each rated 91 pts and the 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon was rated 90 pts. These wines are going to go quickly, stock up now! Congrats on this recognition on a national…

Lewis Clark Wines Make Seattle Times Top 50 List

Three Lewis Clark Valley wineries took three of the top 50 spots on Seattle Times Top 50 regional wines of 2016 list. Kudos go to our local winemakers who are making our region known for producing top quality wine. Clearwater Canyon Cellars 2014 Phinny Hill Vineyard carménère, Washington, $28: The Northwest’s rising star of winemaking…

Wine Gifts Bring Holiday Cheer

Let’s face it. The holidays are upon us. Whether we love it or despise it. We have a tiny suggestion to help make everyone’s holiday a little brighter. A bottle of wine and fun wine apparel from one of the Lewis-Clark Valley wineries is sure to add holiday cheer to anyone on your list. Don’t…

Idaho – The Newest Real Estate Investment in Wine

“Where would you invest in vineyard real estate?” It’s a question I hear surprisingly often and since I travel extensively to track business developments in the wine industry, I do have access to information that enables and shapes my answer. The “short list” of where I’d personally invest in vineyard land has held steady at…

New Lewis-Clark Valley appellation established on Washington, Idaho border

Source: Good Fruit Grower The federal government has designated a growing wine grape region on the border of Washington and Idaho as the Lewis-Clark Valley American Viticultural Area. The appellation sits in a geographic region known as the “banana belt” for its high temperatures compared with surrounding areas. Almost 150 years ago, farmers who had…

Lewis‐Clark Valley Named Newest American Viticultural Area

AVA designation shows continued growth of Idaho’s wine industry Boise, Idaho – Idaho’s wine industry continues to flourish with the newly approved Lewis-‐Clark Valley American Viticultural Area (AVA). The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) today announced this important federal designation, which defines the geographic region of northwestern Idaho and bordering eastern Washington…

Honoring Our Past

By Trevor Hertrich, Edible Idaho South Lewiston area winemakers push for recognition of Northwest’s pioneering wine region A wine’s noblest aspiration, it can be argued, is its expression of character from the place where it was grown. And the finest of those places have names. Names that even the most casual wine drinker knows: Chablis,…

Lewis-Clark Valley Would Add AVAs to Idaho, Washington

By Andy Perdue , Great Northwest Wine LEWISTON, Idaho – By the end of this year, Idaho could have its second American Viticultural Area – and Washington could have its 14th. The Lewis-Clark Valley was introduced by the federal government last week to begin a 60-day commenting period. “We are growing a lot of grapes…

AVA Applications Spring Up in Idaho

Wines from Lewis-Clark Valley and Eagle Foothills would be recognized by Peter Mitham Juliaetta, Idaho—Idaho’s second and third AVAs (American Viticultural Areas) are in the offing, putting more science behind the geography of grapegrowing in the Northwest. Petitions for the Lewis-Clark Valley and Eagle Foothills viticultural areas were announced in mid-April. If approved, Eagle Foothills…

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