WALLA WALLA, Wash. – This is a tale of new beginnings and helping hands. It’s a tale of relying on your instincts and trusting those of the people around you. It’s the story of JJ and Kelly Menozzi, and their recently established Aluvé Winery read more…
HEADING east out of the city of Walla Walla you will find yourself at a crossroads. Go north and you are at the airport, where former aircraft hangers have morphed into a cluster of highly respected tasting rooms. Continue east, towards the foothills of the Blue Mountains, and the road leads through charming towns and old orchards. Armed with a…
As part of Washington Wine Month, we bring to you another winemaker interview with an exciting new wine project out of Walla Walla. Jason Fox founded Lagana Cellars in 2013 (http://www.laganacellars.com). He incorporates a different business model than most Washington wineries, focusing on high quality white wine production. Read more…
Two brothers living in Ballard have started the first African-American winery in the state. Their label, Carter-Lamour, takes its name from the middle names of the Dreux and Dain Dillingham. Between the two of them, they have almost 15 years in the industry, and being the first of it’s kind is something they said they didn’t try for, it just…
FOR THE PAST 15 years, Walla Walla Community College’s Center for Enology and Viticulture has been training the next generation of Washington winemakers. While much of the learning takes place in the classroom, winemaking director Tim Donahue and viticulture instructor Jeff Popick give their students vital hands-on experience in the cellar and amid vines that will prepare them for the…
WALLA WALLA, Wash. — Class isn’t even in session, and yet Walla Walla Community College’s famed winemaking program has its first wine from the 2015 vintage in bottle. Yes, enology instructor Tim Donahue and a handful of his future students bottled the College Cellars 2015 Muscat from Washington’s Yakima Valley on Friday, Sept. 11. “I’d be willing to bet no…
Brian Rudin frequently hauls 8 tons of Cabernet Sauvignon grapes from Red Mountain to Walla Walla in the back of his pickup. Duckhorn Wine Co.’s new Red Mountain winemaker doesn’t waste a trip between Red Mountain vineyards near Benton City and the Walla Walla custom crush facility where he is fermenting grapes for the 2014 vintage of Canvasback. Read more…
By Great Northwest Wine on April 6, 2014 “College Cellars 2012 Syrah, Walla Walla Valley, $28: Walla Walla Valley Community College’s Center for Enology and Viticulture has turned out top winemakers for more than a decade, and the future looks even brighter, if this wine is any indication. It opens with aromas of spice, ripe blackberry, minerality and pencil shavings, followed by flavors…
From Inc. Magazine April 2014 How government and business worked together to grow an industry in Walla Walla. It’s hard not to like Walla Walla, a small city (population: 32,000) in the verdant southeastern corner of Washington whose unofficial motto is “the city so nice, they named it twice.” Tyler Tennyson fell in love with the place. When he lost…
