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Monday, April 5, 2010

Walla Walla Wine Wine Woman Woman






For those of you not familiar with the Pemco Insurance advertisements and their Helpful Guide to the People of the Northwest. I am Northwest Profile #96. Walla Walla Wine Wine Woman Woman! Please visit the site for a full description at:

http://www.werealotlikeyou.com/#profiles/96wallawallawinewinewomanwoman

"Its all about pairings: A chardonnay with a local trout. A cabernet with a filet mignon. Walla with Walla. The only person in the world who would pair wine with a sweet onion."

We usually visit the Walla Walla Valley each year during the crush. Upon moving to California this year, many of my friends have asked about Washington wines and what I can tell them about them. Here is a list of my favorite wineries:

We will just start with the best Leonetti Cellars - IF you can find it. They have a private air strip where people in the know fly in each year and pick up their reserved shipments. If you ever see it on a wine list and it is a VERY special occasion, you should give it a try.

The next group are small, very special wineries focused on big reds with lots of body. These are still expensive wines and hard to find but well worth the effort
  • Delille Cellars
  • Januik Cellars
  • Dunham Cellars
  • Cayuse
The next group are still very special and have smaller case counts but deliver on sheer genius!

  • Andrew Will
  • Seven Hills
  • Whitman Cellars
  • Reininger
  • Nelms Road
  • Walla Walla Vinters
Now let's get down to the every day wines. Bottles you can find across the country that offer good value and still give you a feel for why Washington wines are VERY different from California grapes:

Chateau Ste. Michelle is a very large bottler in Washington. They make a broad range of wines and offer some excellent wines such as there award winning Eroica.

Columbia Crest is always rated as top value wines in Wine Spectator especially in the whites.

And now for my favorite Washington winery:

L'Ecole No. 41 - made in Walla Walla in an old school house. Absolutely the best wine club and the nicest people. You can read their history yourself at the website:

http://www.lecole.com/

I would highly recommend ordering a bottle and experiencing the big, bold, and balanced wines that are differentiating Washington wines today.



Now that is Walla Walla Wine Wine Woman Woman! Enjoy. And NEVER taste and drive!













4 comments:

  1. Great tutorial! If you approve, I would be happy to link to DailyKos...there are some wine drinkers there : )

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  2. Great wine tutorial!
    Hey, if you approve, I would be happy to provide a link at DailyKos...lotsa wine drinkers there.

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  3. Thanks for the link! Always good to have more followers!

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  4. here's a link to a diary on seafood...
    note the activity...I think you should join up over there: )

    http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/4/8/850671/-Tales-from-the-Larder:-Seafood-Diaries-Part-2

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