The evolution of Walla Walla Vintners
Walla Walla Vintners was founded in 1995 – 28 years ago – by Myles Anderson and Gordy Venneri, two long-time home winemakers. (Read an article about the winery from 2010.) As hard as it is Read more...
Brittany Komm named vineyard operations manager at Sagemoor Vineyards
Komm replaces Lacey Lybeck, who will now be grape sales manager Brittany Komm has been named vineyard operations manager at Washington’s Sagemoor Vineyards, one of the state’s premier vineyard groups. Komm takes the reigns from Read more...
Washington wine industry rallies to aid family of late winemaker Ross Mickel
Last Labor Day weekend, winemaker Ross Mickel of Woodinville’s Ross Andrew Winery died in a seaplane crash near Whidbey Island. His pregnant wife, Lauren Hilty, and the couple’s 22-month old son, Remy, were also killed Read more...
Kate Derby named winemaker at Spring Valley Vineyard
Long-time winemaker Serge Laville laid off as part of Ste. Michelle Wine Estates February workforce reduction Katherine "Kate" Derby, whose family founded Spring Valley Vineyard in 1993, has been promoted to winemaker. Derby, a sixth Read more...
A “kick-ass, old-school country bar” is coming to Walla Walla
Get ready Walla Walla. T-Post Tavern is coming. “The general idea is just a kick-ass, old-school country bar,” says owner Dan Thiessen, founder and managing partner at Denim Hospitality. Thiessen is also a managing partner Read more...
Dick Erath, Willamette Valley pioneer, passes away at 87
Dick Erath, Willamette Valley pioneer and founder of Erath Winery in the Dundee Hills, passed away March 29th. He was 87. No cause of death was announced. “His real gift, first to Oregonians and eventually Read more...
Washington harvests third largest crop in state history in 2022
State has a bounce-back year after several smaller harvests After a series of vintages where Washington’s grape production numbers were lowered by various growing season events, 2022 was a bounce-back year for the state. Washington Read more...
Willamette Valley to host first Oregon Asian American Pacific Islander Food and Wine Festival
This May, Willamette Valley will host the first Oregon Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Food and Wine Festival. This two-day event will take place May 20th and 21st at the Stoller Family Estate Experience Center Read more...
‘First Ladies Of Washington Wine’ event raises $35,000
From left to right: Linda Mercer, Cheryl Barber, Luanne Boushey, Kay Simon, Sara Spayd, and Mimi Nye. Image copyright Patrick Bennett. The Alliance of Women in Washington Wine held an event on Read more...
What’s next for Willamette Valley’s Sokol Blosser
Earlier this month Sokol Blosser in Willamette Valley’s Dundee Hills announced that CEO and co-president Alison Sokol Blosser would step down to spend more time with her children. Her brother Alex, who has run the company with Read more...
