For the past 5 decades, Washington's Ste. Michelle winery has been instrumental in the state's evolution in becoming the popular wine region it is today. And if Ste. Michelle can still wake up palates nearly a half century later, perhaps even greater things are yet to come. Wine Spectator's Harvey Steiman explains.
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