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- Last year, during the 23rd annual Platinum Awards, no winemaker received more praise for their wines than Carter. Seven of the Brian Carter Cellars entries were voted Platinum — five of them earned Double Platinum status as unanimous selections of judges who blind tasted through 679 wines. All seven were for work with blends.
greatnorthwestwine.com › 2023/04/02 › brian-carter-cellars-2023-pacific-northwest-winery-of-the-yearBrian Carter Cellars: 2023 Pacific Northwest Winery of the Year
A winemaker named Paul Thomas, who made wine in Bellevue, and remains a good friend of Carter’s, came down to California to meet him and hired him as winemaker for Paul Thomas winery. “That was August of 1980 and at the time, there were 16 wineries in Washington,” Carter said.
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Brian Carter Cellars was the first winery in Washington to focus entirely on blends [today just 5% of the state production is varietal wines]. Aside from being the most enjoyable part of winemaking, I think blending makes the best wines. Most wines have their little imperfections and blending is the best way to solve them. Balance! Complexity!
Brian Carter Cellars: The Right Blend. On the cutting edge of winemaking for 40 years, veteran Brian Carter crafts the right blend of inspiration, knowledge and passion into every bottle. IT STARTED with a microscope.
He is a frequent wine judge at international wine competitions throughout North America and orchestrates 10 Northwest competitions each year. Great Northwest Wine Magazine has named Brian Carter Cellars in Woodinville, Wash., as the 2023 Pacific Northwest Winery of the Year.
Brian Carter Cellars became the first winery in Washington dedicated exclusively to producing blends. Brian was twice touted as “Winemaker of the Year” by Washington Magazine, and he is the only three-time recipient of the Pacific Northwest Enological Society’s Grand Prize.
This year marks Brian Carter’s 40th anniversary as a Washington winemaker, and according to the latest Platinum Judging, the Woodinville producer is making some of the best wines of his storied...
THIRTY-FIVE years ago, a young Brian Carter made an extraordinary decision to leave the relative comfort and likely success of California’s Napa Valley for the new frontier of winemaking.
