Where To Buy Insania Wine

Three Rivers Winery is a destination winery located just west of Walla Walla, Washington in the Columbia Valley wine country. Founded in 1999, Three Rivers Winery continues the tradition of acclaimed Walla Walla winemaking, handcrafting premium wines under the direction of Washington winemaking veteran Holly Turner. The winery is recognized for its quality and value driven wines, which are sourced from established vineyards and famed appellations from across Washington State. The 18,000 sq. ft. facility is set atop a small knoll overlooking the surrounding vineyards and includes a tasting room, meeting room and three short holes of golf for winery guests. Three Rivers Winery is a favorite destination for enthusiasts seeking a unique wine country experience.

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Red wines make up the majority of production in the Columbia Valley. Cabernet Sauvignon is the dominant variety here, where it produces wines with a pleasant balance of dark fruit and herbs. Wines made from Merlot are typically supple, with sweet red fruit and sometimes a hint of chocolate or mint. Syrah tends to be savory and Old-World-leaning, with a wide range of possible fruit flavors and plenty of spice. The most planted white varieties are Chardonnay and Riesling. These range in style from citrus and green apple dominant in cooler sites, to riper, fleshier wines with stone fruit flavors coming from the warmer vineyards.

The Pinot Gris opens up with a nutty, flowering fruit fragrance, along with citrus notes and a hint of bacon. The palate is slightly creamy with nice fruit flavors. The wine has a lively acidity, fine tannins, some mineral notes which then give way to a with creamy tart finish.

Geoff Tate, 49, lead vocalist of Queensrÿche, the heavy metal band that earned multiple gold and platinum records albums with hits like "Jet City Woman" and "Silent Lucidity," is one busy guy. More than 27 years since they first formed in Seattle, winning worldwide headbanger adulation while touring with bands like Iron Maiden, Kiss, Def Leppard and Metallica, the band continues to rock. They're even putting the finishing touches on a new Queensrÿche album, to be titled American Soldier, which is scheduled for a spring 2009 release. In the midst of creating music, singer Tate is also taking some time to develop his passion for wine.

Like writing hit songs, Tate knows that making great wine is difficult, but that hasn't stopped him from trying. In partnership with Holly Turner and Andy Slusarenko of Three Rivers Winery in Washington's Walla Walla appellation, Tate is taking on a new role as a winemaker-in-training, and is set to release 190 cases of a Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec-based blend next February called Insania ($35). Tate took a break from recording to talk to Wine Spectator about the similarities between making wine and making music.

WS: What were some of your early wine influences? GT: One of the earliest Napa wines that really left an impression on me was the Joseph Phelps winery. Their Insignia is pretty intense stuff. I really liked what they did with the Cabernet Sauvignon. The first time I had their wine was sometime in the '80s, and I just bought a lot of their stuff. In fact, I bought several cases from the late '70s. That really turned me on to some of the Napa area wines. We travel a lot in Europe, so I get a chance to sample a lot of wines, and that's been more of what shaped my tastes, but then discovering Napa later on was shocking to me.

WS: When did you know that you wanted to go into the winemaking business? GT: I never actually thought about going into the business until the last two years. My wife is from Germany, and her family has a vineyard. We were visiting with them, and they invited us to work in the vineyard, and we both just loved it. It's really hard work, but it's really satisfying. A short while later, we met Holly Turner and her husband, Andy, in Walla Walla and started talking with them about making Insania.

WS: How involved are you in the winemaking process?GT: Well, I get to wear a lab coat, and I get to do a lot of tasting. I'm definitely not a winemaker. I'm a disciple. I think we all have our limits to what we can and can't observe, taste-wise, but I definitely know what I like and what I don't like. Through our friendship with Holly and Andy, we found that we like and dislike a lot of the same things, so that helps. Like all things, making music, making wine, you make plans. You start with communication, defining what it is you want to do and then the more you talk about it, you find that you're on a path. We were like, "Let's make something really insane."

QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate will host a signing and tasting of his Insania wine at Silver Spirits in Akron, Ohio on October 29 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Come down, taste Geoff's wine and get your bottle signed.

In a November 2011 interview with Broward-Palm Beach New Times, Tate stated that he had always been a fan of wine. "I made my first batch of wine when I was 14," he revealed. "It was an experiment when I was in scouts to earn my merit badge. I kind of became fascinated with the whole chemistry aspect of it. The more I learned about it as I grew up, the more interested I became. About six years ago, I partnered up with Holly Turner out of Three Rivers Winery in Walla Walla, Washington, and we started making Insania brand. We released our third vintage last year in April. Two batches of white. Washington wines in the French Bordeaux style."

Former QUEENSRŸCHE and current OPERATION: MINDCRIME singer Geoff Tate has announced the release of his wine, Insania, in Europe. He will be working with Friedhelm and Anne Rinklin of the Rinklin winery to release an amazing white wine.

Geoff chose to work with Friedhelm Rinklin and his wife Anne because he felt that they care so deeply about their wines. They intentionally reduce yield which increases the quality. The wine matures with as little intervention or technology as possible. Geoff says: "Rinklin wines are such a product of nature with all the natural variations. They deliberately emphasize these variations which makes the wines more exciting. They run the winery according to old artisanal tradition believing nature provides everything a good wine needs."

Geoff's U.S. version of Insania red and white wines were released annually in the U.S. starting with a 2007 vintage. The wines are made by Holly Turner of Three Rivers Winery in Walla Walla, Washington. Geoff's U.S. Insania is almost completely sold out, with a few bottles of red left at the Three Rivers Winery and a few cases scattered across wine shops in California.

On Saturday, August 18th at 11:00pm Eastern/Pacific, VH1's That Metal Show will be featuring ex-QUEENSRŸCHE vocalist Geoff Tate's wine, Insania, among other libations during the show. Check local listings for details. Click here for That Metal Show updates.

Tate, a Washington native, has been making wine with Walla Walla producer Three Rivers Winery for the last few years, starting off with a Bordeaux-style red blend called Insania and recently adding a Bordeaux-style white blend to the Insania lineup.

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I grew up rocking to Queensryche and playing my air guitar until y became a muscician my self and sarted guetin in the wine world about 6 years now, but if this wine is just as fool of pasion likwine is as much full of pasion like this guy's music,my search for this powerful wine has just started

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Tate is a wine enthusiast. He started making wine at age 14,[49] explaining: "I was a boy scout and you could get a merit badge if you created a beverage or a food product and I made dandelion wine, which wasn't very good but definitely sparked my interest and got me started on that passion."[50] The passion for wine further developed when Tate was in Queensrÿche: "I have been collecting wine seriously since the band first got signed back in 1983 and we were touring the world. I'd make special arrangements to leave at certain point of the tour and take off and head into the wine regions. I started to become even more interested in how it was made and how grapes were grown and which grapes grew best where and that type of thing."[49] Tate has given several interviews to the magazine Wine Spectator. In 2010, Geoff and Susan Tate launched their own brand of wine, "Insania".[51] 041b061a72