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Coeur d’Alene Cellars Wins Wine Honor

There is little doubt that Idaho's Lake City is home to one of the best producers of Rhone varieties in the Northwest. Why Coeur d'Alene Cellars belongs in that discussion - and rates as Wine Press Northwest's 2010 Idaho Winery of the Year - deserves some explanation. "It does create a bit of confusion sometimes being an Idaho winery with Washington grapes," said Kimber Gates, co-owner and general manager of Coeur d'Alene Cellars/Eric Degerman, Wine Press Northwest. More here. (SR File Photo: Jesse Tinsley)

DFO: I have 2 strong ties to wine. I enjoy drinking it (in moderation, of course). And my sister was and remains the first female vice president of a large, central California winery.

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