We are quickly coming up on the first weekend in November when the valley hosts its popular Fall Release Weekend. Crush is winding down and winemakers are ready to party with the release of their latest vintages. The valley’s wine alliance have issued a booklet with their members’ hours and activities.  However, frequent wine visitors know that there are a number of great wineries not listed in the official booklet.

Be sure to check with Walla Walla Wine News for a listing of all the winery events all weekend. Join in the fun by posting status updates, great happenings by using #WWFallWines as the weekend twitter handle.

Currently, we have more than 50+ events listed on our event calendar that weekend, here is our growing short list of some of the best!

“MUST-SEE HIGHLIGHTS”
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Every year, we publish our “must-see” wineries and let you know what new releases and events you can’t miss. Here, in the countdown to this year’s Spring Release Weekend, is wallawallawinenews.com’s short list. (more…)

Any key wine destination, such as Walla Walla, is bound to have its home-state critics. Earlier this month, a developer in Yakima, called WW ‘cute’, saying “however, there was a lot of cute towns in E. Washington.”

Well, here in Walla Walla, we have never aspired to ‘cute’, preferring to reflect the genuine lifestyle that is our community. However, WWWN did like the comment made by the new majority owner (see our story below) of Three Rivers Winery, in the formal announcement of his purchase. William Foley (former Fidelity CEO and California winery owner) remarked, “(Walla Walla is) …the center of the wine world in terms of the state of Washington.”

Of course, the Three Rivers ownership change signals a huge wave of recognition from outside the state as to our importance as a wine growing region.

Add to that, the news that Precept Brands intend to build a 250,000 case winery and tasting room near Lowden (more in the article below.)

This super-charged attention to our valley, is (more…)