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Grape expectations: Help make wine in Woodinville

Every autumn, just about now, when the deep purple syrah grapes of Eastern Washington burst with telltale blackberry, leather and Asian spice notes, and when bright-green sauvignon blancs make growers' cheeks pucker at hints of gooseberry, grass and lime, Woodinville's winemakers put out the call: It's crush time.

The term means what it suggests.

By Tyrone Beason | October 5, 2006