COR Cellars Featured in the NYTimes

“Here, at last, was my first winery, Cor Cellars (151 Lyle White Salmon Road, Lyle; 509-365-2744; www.corcellars.com), opened in 2003, a year before the gorge was designated an American Viticultural Area by the Treasury Department. The grounds were spare, unused barrels stood in the gravel driveway, and the tasting room was a narrow cement-floored space warmed by a cat named Catastrophe and a signed Jasper Johns poster.”

— Matt Gross, The New York Times

Read the full story about Touring Wine Country in the Columbia River Gorge and the review of COR Cellars in The New York Times.

COR Cellars: The Promise of Youth’

“Samples of Luke’s wines include cabernet sauvignon, chardonnay, sauvignon blanc, riesling, and pinot blanc. However, his aptly named red table wine called Momentum reflects Luke’s ‘movement, impulse, and effort’ to make great wine. Everything about Cor Cellars reflects the promise of youth: a startup winery, a recently planted vineyard adjacent to the winery, and a youthful vintner. For those who celebrate life’s pleasures (especially wine), it will be fun to watch the maturation of Cor Cellars.”

— Wine Trails NW

2007 Alba Cor

“This blend of Pinot Gris and Gewurztraminer is from a relatively new winery near the town of Lyle in the Columbia Gorge. Nose offers pear, mineral, vanilla and tropical fruits. Palate offers rich flavors of apple, white peach and lychee/rose finish. A very nice wine and complementary to mussels!”

— Chuck Hill, Wines Northwest

Cor Cellars 2007 Riesling, Columbia Valley

“... a sharp, spicy, wine with sweet grassy flavors.”

— Paul Gregutt, Author of “Washington Wines and Wineries The Essential Guide”