Top 100 white wines of Lake Chelan

Discover the top 100 best white wines of Lake Chelan of Columbia Valley as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the white wines that are popular of Lake Chelan and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Discovering the wine region of Lake Chelan

The wine region of Lake Chelan is located in the region of Columbia Valley of Washington of United States. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine C R Sandidge or the Domaine Tsillan produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Lake Chelan are Merlot, Malbec and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Lake Chelan often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or oak and sometimes also flavors of non oak, spices or red fruit.

In the mouth of Lake Chelan is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 29 estates and châteaux in the of Lake Chelan, producing 110 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Lake Chelan go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal.

News from the vineyard of Lake Chelan

Duero’s Dehesa Peñalba vinery awarded single estate denomination

Bodegas Vizar is located in the municipality of Villabáñez, to the east of Valladolid is Spain’s Castile and León region, bordering the Ribera del Duero DO. Vizar’s application to obtain the Dehesa Peñalba vino de pago DO was first put forward to, and approved by the Agrarian and Technological Institute of Castilla y León (ITACyL), in 2019. The proposal was then submitted to the European Commission, which granted the final green light earlier this month. ‘We started the process in 2015 and ...

Decanter’s Regional Editors pick out their top wines for Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC

In the first part of this series, see the wines that the Decanter editorial team is most excited about tasting at the Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC on Saturday 18th June 2022. Amy Wislocki – Decanter Magazine Editor Cape Landing Blackwood Cabernet Sauvignon, Margaret River 2019 At the end of every year at Decanter, we organise a ‘Wines of the Year‘ tasting. We ask our key contributors and editorial staff to pick out the wines that most impressed them during the year just gon ...

Walls: Tasting the classic 2001 Guigal La Las

Like many teenagers, I was obsessed with movies when I was growing up. When I see original posters today for films I enjoyed back then, the effect is immediate – a glance somehow conjures the story, the characters and the emotional impact all at once. Today, wine labels can have a similar effect. And what more iconic labels are there in the Rhône than Guigal’s single vineyard Côte-Rôties? When I see the red and gold label of La Mouline, it has the same effect as when I’m confronted with the post ...