This wine was inspired from the wines of the Loire. We have always admired the completeness of the Sancerre wines. The ability to create a white wine that showed more than just acidity to cut through spicy foods on a hot summer day. We liked the fact that Sauvignon Blanc from Sancerre had that little bit extra. A wine that you could sit and deconstruct, or sit on your patio and enjoy. We aimed to produce a wine for the connoisseur and the consumer alike. The Columbia Valley Sauvignon Blanc is certainly a wine to be taken seriously. We often hear people mention they don't like Sauvignon Blanc but they certainly like this.

• VINTAGES
• 2009
• 2008
• 2007
• 2006

In 2006, Matthews made a sharp change to their Syrah program. Our idea of what Syrah was in Washington state changed, and we began to attempt producing a Syrah more condusive to Washington State. We wanted to showcase a wine with hints of smoke followed by rich fruit, bits of game and smoked meat. We have the ability in Washington to get the dark game and smoke aromatics that are more common to cooler climate syrah, with the the texture and depth that rich fruit can bring. Our 2006 Syrah showed a move toward that direction, athough the next few vintages show continued evolution toward our original goal.

• VINTAGES
• 2007
• 2006
• 2005
• 2004
• 2003
• 2002
• 2001

The Claret for Matthews has always filled the traditional role of a second selection wine in a winery with a flagship blend. The Claret is traditionally focused more on elegance than on structure, like the Red Wine. The Claret has always been a tremendous value for our customers. Showing clean ripe fruit and a much more modest oak program, the Matthews Claret leads a segment of value driven every day wines.

• VINTAGES
• 2007
• 2006
• 2005
• 2004
• 2003
• 2002
• 2001
• 2000

Every winery has a flagship wine, and at Matthews this is it. Made almost always of the five traditional Bordeaux varietals, the Red Wine has consistently been the insiders standard for Cabernet Sauvignon based blends in Washington. The goal has always been to produce the best possible wine in every vintage, believing that the blend will always create the most complete wine. There have been vintages in which the Red Wine didn't exist- only because those vintages did not meet our rigorous standards.

• VINTAGES
• 2005
• 2003
• 2002
• 2001
• 2000
• 1999
• 1998
• 1997
• 1996
• 1995

The 2007 Blackboard Syrah is the first vintage of this wine. 25% of the proceeds from each bottle purchased will benefit the Ackerley Partnership, a program of the University of Washington College of Education. The Ackerley Partnership provides resources to tweny four Washington schools to improve student learning and train new K-12 teachers.

• VINTAGES
• 2007