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Article: David Lake, at 66; helped put Wash. wines on the map
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- October 17, 2009
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NEW YORK - David Lake, a pioneering Washington winemaker who
made the state's first vineyard-designated wines and its first wines
from the syrah, cabernet franc, and pinot gris grapes, died Oct. 5
at his home in Sammamish, Wash. He was 66.
His wife, Connie Sile-Lake, confirmed the death. She did not give
a cause but said he had been in poor health for years.
When Mr. Lake arrived in Washington in 1979, hired as an
enologist by the company that would become Columbia Winery, he was
venturing into virgin territory. As few others could, he foresaw
great days ahead for Washington wines, especially the syrah, which
is now, largely because of his efforts, the state's third-most-
widely-planted ...