March is Taste Washington Wine Month.
To celebrate it, I decided to attend Taste Washington, a huge event in Seattle, Washington featuring more than 235 wineries and food from 65 restaurants.
This year, the 20th anniversary of Taste Washington, I decided I’d concentrate on tasting wines from the wineries I’ve visited.
Several years ago, I was surprised to learn that wine was being made near my home south of Seattle in addition to Yakima and Walla Walla. I began wine tasting and, since then, I’ve organized wine tours in Chelan, Woodinville, Cashmere-Monitor-Leavenworth, Walla Walla, Mount Vernon, Pullman, and Thurston County in Washington state and in Sonoma, Santa Cruz, Temecula, and Amador County in California. I've also organized wine tours in Spain.
When I was growing up in Central Washington, there were no wineries. Now Chelan has about 20 wineries.
See my article "How to Organize a Wine Tour" for information on how to get started wine tasting.
Here’s a list of the wineries whose wines I sampled at Taste Washington this year:
Airfield Estates, Woodinvile, established in 2005
Makes 65,000 cases of wine a year
Ancestry Cellars, Woodinville, established in 2011
Makes 1,800 cases of wine a year
Buty, Walla Walla, established in 2001
Makes 3,500 cases of wine a year
Cougar Crest Estate Winery, Walla Walla, established in 2001
Makes 14,000 cases of wine a year
Coyote Canyon Estate Winery, Prosser, established in 2004
Makes 3,500 cases of wine a year
DiStefano Winery, Woodinville, established in 1983
Makes 2,000 cases of wine a year
Four Lakes Winery, Chelan, established in 2004
Makes 2,000 cases of wine a year
Goose Ridge Estate Winery and Vineyards, Benton City, established in 1999
Makes 8,000 – 10,000 cases of wine a year
Hard Row to Hoe, Chelan, established in 2005
Makes 3,500 cases of wine a year
J. Bookwalter Winery, Richland, established in 1983
Makes 30,000 cases of wine a year
L’Ecole No 41, Walla Walla, established in 1983
Makes 45,000 cases of wine a year
Reniniger Winery, Walla Walla, established in 1997
Makes 10,000 cases of wine a year
Seven Hills Winery, Walla Walla, established in 1988
Makes 2,500 cases of wine a year
Silver Lake Winery, Zillah, established in 1987
Makes 50,000 cases of wine a year
Three Rivers Winery, Walla Walla, established in 1999
Makes 15,000 cases of wine a year
Tsillan Cellars, Chelan, established in 2001
Makes 7,000 cases of wine a year
Tunnel Hill Winery, Chelan, established in 2002
Makes 1,000 cases of wine a year
Waterbrook Winery, Walla Walla, established in 1984
Makes 115,000 cases of wine a year
WineGirl Wine, Chelan, established in 1997
Cases of wine of produced a year not available
