Tag: Walla Walla

The Vancouver International Wine Festival 2018 is almost here, and the theme countries are Spain and Portugal, but that doesn’t mean you should ignore the other wineries from around the world visiting us.  Some are even next-door.  Take for example Charles Smith Wines from Walla Walla, Washington. Who is Charles Smith? Charles Smith is known as the “rock star” of…

The Birth of Leonetti Cellar Did you know that the first commercial grape vines, that are still in use today in Walla Walla, Washington was by the Leonetti family in 1974?  There were some vines planted in the 1950s by others but a deep freeze in 1956 killed all the vines.  The Leonetti family purchased 1.5 acres, which also contained…

Washington State has a plethora of wineries, in part due to its wider spans of flat or rolling hills and valleys, and less mountain coverage compared to BC.  According to washingtonwine.org there are “…50,000 acres (20,234 hectares) of vines and more than 850 wineries.”  In BC, the interior mountain ranges really limit the number of vineyards and wineries that we…

Walla Walla has quite an interesting name.  You may know it for two things: it’s sweet onions and fabulous wines. I recently made a trip out to Walla Walla, not for the onions, but for the wines. Where is Walla Walla, Washington? From Vancouver, it is a long 1 day trip.  Excluding time to cross the border and time for…

This is my second trip to Woodinville to taste the wines from Washington State. In my first review I visited Chateau Ste Michelle, Airfield Estates, E.B. Foote, and Castle Bridge. You can read about my first Woodinville Wine Tour – Part 1 and Part 2 here. In this trip I tried wines from Ross Andrew Winery, Dusted Valley Vintners, Amavi…