Albariño Is At It Again!


Great Northwest Invitational Wine Competition 2022

Great Northwest Wine conducts a one-of-a-kind wine competition each year. The 2022 judging was staged the first week of October with influential wine professionals recruited as judges, and held at the historic Columbia Gorge Hotel in Hood River, Ore. This contest contains dozens of wineries from Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. With hundreds of wines submitted to this competition, we are proud to say that our 2021 Albariño brought home a gold medal. If you haven’t had an opportunity to taste this award winning wine, please check  out the information on our website here, or come out to the tasting room and purchase one to take home. 
Cheers!


one bottle red wine and one bottle white wine next to wine barrel

Idaho Wine Competition 2022

We are thrilled to have two of our favorite wines as gold medal winners at this year’s Idaho Wine Competition. If you haven’t had the opportunity to taste our Sangiovese and Albariño, what are you waiting for?

one bottle white wine and one bottle red wine against a tree backdrop

2021 Albariño won Double Gold and our 2019 Sangiovese won a Gold. Check out more detail at our webstore here: Williamson Vineyards wine shop

If you’re interested in more  information about this year’s Idaho Wine Competition, head over to their website here: Idaho Wine Competition

Available for purchase in our tasting room or via our webstore. Psst! Wine club members – remember to sign into your account to receive your special discount.

2020 Albariño Receives Double Platinum

We have received a wonderful acknowledgement of our delicious 2020 Albariño with a Double Platinum from Great Northwest Wine. It’s available for purchase right now, check out the webstore here for more details. Of course, we love to see you in the tasting room too! If you’re interested in what Great Northwest Wine has to say about our award winning Albariño, check out their details here.

 

Idaho Wine Competition 2021

Bringing in the Gold

Both the 2020 Albariño and 2019 Malbec received Gold Medals at the Idaho Wine Competition on August 17, 2021. It’s always great to be included in the best that Idaho wines have to offer. The Albariño and Malbec are available for purchase in the tasting room. The 2020 Viognier is available to our wine club members and we expect to release the 2019 Petite Sirah in October.

2020 Viognier received a Silver Medal
2019 Petite Sirah received a Bronze Medal

Head over to our webstore for more information and to make purchases!

Williamson Vineyards Syrah – Making It’s Mark

Anyone who knows us knows how much we love our Syrah. It was one of the first of three grape varieties planted in the Williamson vineyard back in 1999. We sent our currently available Syrahs to a Syrah competition and at the beginning of 2020 where they received top awards. Wine Press Northwest recently completed their 2020 Platinum Invitational. Wines had to receive gold or higher awards during the 2020 year to be invited. With hundreds of northwest wines submitted, our 2018 Syrah received a Double Gold, and our 2016 Reserve Syrah was awarded a Gold. This wine is still available in our tasting room and from our webstore. Cheers!

Syrah Making A Splash

The wine gurus at Wine Press Northwest highlighted our delicious 2016 Reserve Syrah as their Wine of the Week. This wine was also Rated “Unanimously Outstanding!” by Wine Press Northwest. We hope you’ve had a chance to purchase this amazing example of Williamson grown Snake River Valley Syrah. This link will take you to the Wine Press Northwest article.


Outstanding Rating by Wine Press Northwest

Rose Line Up

WINE PRESS NORTHWEST GIVES THE NEWEST WILLIAMSON WINE AN “OUTSTANDING” RATING!

Williamson Vineyards 2016 Dry Rosé, Snake River Valley •  $16 This multi-generation farming family on Idaho’s Sunnyslope has switched its focus from orchard fruit to vineyards, and their partnership with winemaker Greg Koenig shows no signs of slowing down. The Williamsons grow some of the best Syrah in the Snake River Valley, and that’s used in this version of rosé. Its light peach color comes with alluring aromas and charming flavors of strawberries and cream. The addition of Rainier cherry and delicious balance gives this a wow factor. (14.5% alc., 108 cases)

Read More


Don’t let roadwork keep you from visiting Idaho Wineries

Grand_Opening-142Don’t let roadwork keep you from visiting Idaho Wineries

We encourage you to read this great article and filmed interview by the Idaho Statesmen on Williamson’s winery as well as others in the Valley.

It’s a good time to be a fan of Idaho wine.

Gem State winemakers produced two best-of-class awards and 11 gold medals at this spring’s international Cascadia Wine Competition in Hood River, Ore. And with spring in full bloom, Treasure Valley residents and tourists alike are making the tasting rounds.

Alas, the proposed weekend lane reductions on Interstate 84 between Nampa and Caldwell for resurfacing work mean it may take wine lovers from the Boise area more time to reach the Sunnyslope Wine District. Both the eastbound and westbound lanes on the stretch between Franklin Boulevard and Franklin Road will be repaved by the Idaho Transportation Department, and the bulk of the work is expected to take place over four weekends. Those dates haven’t been set yet. There will be some additional overnight work on I-84 as well as roadwork on some other southern Idaho routes this summer.

Read More