- Pacific Rim Winemakers
Pacific Rim Winemakers is a
Washington winery owned by Randall Grahm (also owner ofBonny Doon Vineyard in California) [Bonny Doon Vineyard founder Randall Grahm's midlife crisis prompts an investment in Washington state, Jon Bonne, San Francisco Chronicle, May 18th 2007] [http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/18/WIGPOPP6HB1.DTL] . Pacific Rim's winery is located in West Richland (Tri Cities area in Eastern Washington) and specializes inRiesling . The wines have been produced since 1992 by Randall Grahm himself and more recently (since the 2006 vintage) by Nicolas Quillé [http://community.winepressnw.com/node/462] . Pacific Rim produces principally Riesling from Dry to dessert style (seven Riesling in total including several single vineyard sites in the Columbia Valley) and also small amounts ofGewurztraminer andChenin Blanc .Pacific Rim is positioning itself has a Riesling expert by the sheer volume of Riesling it makes and the diversity it provides. Pacific Rim's team has also written an extensive book about Riesling published under the name "Riesling Rules" and available on their website [http://rieslingrules.com/the_book/]
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