Sidways effect on Wines.com group?

[Triple H]

I think there's some really great Merlot coming from Washington. I'm a bit biased of course, and have much better access than most of you, but some of my favorites are from:

Woodward Canyon
Columbia Crest - Grand Estates (great value and mentioned here quite often)
Kestrel
L'Ecole No 41 (had a 98 last weekend that was stellar)
Spring Valley Uriah (merlot dominant blend)
Dellile D2 (another merlot dominant blend)

It seems Washington is doing a lot more blends then other regions, even labeling wines as a blend when by law they could put Merlot on the label as the content is greater than 75% (Washington law, I think)