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Chateau Twin Hidden Oaks Peak River Valley Vineyard and Winery.
Why does it seem like the majority of small wineries in this country use the same nouns and natural features for the name of their business?  Be original.
Now for the description on the back of my label, I feel like “winemaking is my passion” has a […]

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“From an industry that produced ‘Model-T’ wines barely three decades ago have come incredibly interesting wines. Many of them have literally challenged the world’s best.
But for all my enthusiasm, I can’t help but retain a latent feeling of gloom. I worry about the American wine audience. It is […]

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I was rummaging through a stack of books that my grandmother said I could have when I found treasure. The book is called “The Treasury of American Wines” and was written by Nathan Chroman back in 1976. The book has a section each on California and New York with all other […]

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For a place that makes so much great wine, I sure wish Washington state and Walla Walla wine in particular got more attention. Oh well, more for me.

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Let’s talk about Petite Sirah.
It’s delicious.
We don’t really have a great wine store here in Walla Walla, so finding uncommon varietal wines from anywhere else can be a challenge. I went to the grocery store the other night and picked up a couple of bottles of Petite Sirah. One was a Concannon “limited […]

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Last year I came out of college with a Bachelor’s in the highly useful-to-winemaking field of …history.
 
I spent 3 long months looking for work before I found an ad in the local paper by Dusted Valley Vintners seeking help for 2007 crush. During my interview, which took place outside, bright sunlight shone into my […]

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I’m not a geologist.
Nor do I have any more than a passing interest in terroir and how important it might be.
What I do know and care about is that the story of Washington state, and more specifically, the Walla Walla Valley becoming a great place to grow grapes is fascinating. It is one that […]

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