Wine Yakima Valley is inviting
wine enthusiasts to its annual
Catch the Crush event
October 13, 14.
Each winery offers its own
celebratory events, including grape stomps,
harvest and crush activities, tours,
free-run juice, hors d’oeuvres, live
music, and of course wine
Learn about the Yakima Valley's journey from the early pioneer growers to today's modern wine industry.
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The Yakima Valley was designated as an AVA in early 1983; but the story began much earlier…fifteen million years earlier.
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Many associate Washington State with rain, but the snowcapped volcanoes of the Cascade Mountains dramatically influence the weather in our corner of the country.
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August 14th observations from the Naches Heights! We see signs of veraison in all of the grapes with some color appearing in Syrah and Tempranillo. This is our first relatively normal year since 2009. We still see the affects of the 2010 freeze in
Read More ▸Where o where has time gone? Oh well, it means bottling and harvest are that much closer, so…who cares!? As Mick Jagger once sang, “Time is on my side, yes it is.” Instead of the time gone, we concern ourselves
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Winemaker’s Tad and Sarah Fewel of Cultura Wine in Zillah, WA. grew up in the Yakima Valley. They know this sunny hill country well. Both come from orchard farming families. Sarah’s great-grandfather arrived from Scotland and immediately started the pear orchard that
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SUN – Use the picnic table and RELAX. Try our two summer wines, cold and refreshing: 2012 Chardonnay (no oak) crisp and fruity or our (New Release) 2011 Rose’ which tastes like strawberries with hints of grapefruit and honey. You
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“Our vines are the happiest they have been in years,” according Kerry Shiels of DuBrul Vineyard. The vines have flourished with the normal year’s heat pattern. Excellent quality is forecast, crop load should be normal, the current heat wave will boost
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Dick Boushey is one of Washington’s premier Syrah growers. He has 39 acres designated to Syrah and has planted the vines on hillsides with rocky, impoverished soils. The slope and the shallow soil curtails syrah’s natural vigor. It is this planting
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Take a guided, air conditioned tour to numerous vineyard sites owned by Upland Vineyards within the Snipes Mountain AVA. At each stop (4 or 5), you will hear from a different Yakima Valley winemaker about what makes Upland Vineyard’s terroir and fruit
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Guests will enjoy an intimate tour of this highly acclaimed vineyard and a taste through some of Cote Bonneville’s exclusive wines. Vineyard owners Hugh and Kathy Shiels have strived to produce grapes that express the unique terroir that is Dubrul.
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Touring Red Willow Vineyard with growers Mike and Jonathan Sauer is a rare treat. Learn first hand about one of the state’s oldest vineyards, the birthplace of Washington’s first Syrah, and a pioneer of Cabernet franc and Sangiovese. This tour offers
Read More ▸GROWERS TAKE CENTER STAGE IN YAKIMA VALLEY SUMMER VINEYARD TOUR SERIES July Tours With Four Notable Grape Growers The growing trend of Americans wanting to know the ingredient source of everything they consume is quickly taking them to local farms
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