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Patrick Comiskey

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Patrick Comiskey has been a Senior Contributor for Wine & Spirits Magazine since 2000. He is the chief critic for all domestic wines not from California, and regularly contributes articles devoted to California, Oregon and Washington wine, winegrowing, and wine culture.

Comiskey is a native of Wisconsin and attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he graduated in 1983 with a B.A. in English and Psychology. He graduated from the MFA program at Brown University in 1987. In 1995 Comiske…

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West of the West – Santa Cruz Mountains

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By Patrick Comiskey
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Part 4 of an exploration of California’s westernmost vineyards. Above, the Split Rail vineyard in Corralitos (credit: John Benedetti). See also California’s far-coast vineyards, the SLO Coast and coastal Monterey. Continuing our way up California’s west coast, by the time we’ve reached the Santa Cruz Mountains, a new muddle of fault lines has disrupted the landscape, creating a breathtaking, disorienting fairyland of coastland that happens to serve as an exceptional source for wine grapes.
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Grenache - now a headliner in Washington

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By Patrick Comiskey
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Error message To log in to this site, your browser must accept cookies from the domain . USA Washington Grenache red wine Cab may be king but Grenache is where the excitement is in Washington State. Above, terraced bush-vine Grenache in WeatherEye vineyard. It took only sixty years for Grenache to earn some respect in Washington State. For six decades, its reputation in the Columbia Valley was amenable but dull, a backup at best to Syrah’s baritone in GSM cover bands.
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L.A.'s king of super chuggers keeps making wild wines - and serious ones too

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By Patrick Comiskey
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With his nimbus of graying hair and penchant for tracksuit casual, Scott Sampler looks more like an aging deejay than what he is: a winemaker.
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