“I began my odyssey during my college years, enjoying and evaluating many wonderful wines from Bordeaux in the late 70’s. Since then, there have been many moments that I have truly enjoyed a glass of wine. I have tasted and admired wines from much of Europe and the rest of the world. Occasionally I’ve even […]
Planted in 2007
Spanish Grape Varieties
~Wines of Character~
EXPERIENCE THE TASTE OF CHARACTER
A small Washington State vineyard and winery focusing exclusively on Spanish grape varieties grown in an Earth friendly style in Zillah. Planted with a passion for farming and a love of wine.
Truly Handcrafted Estate Wines With a Focus on Ecological Regeneration and Sustainability
Our journey to the tasting room
seven years in the making!
After seven years of planning, we’re going to have a place for you to visit, relax, and try our wines in Spring 2023!
We strive for quality
and complexity
in every bottle
of wine
Always Improving Our Craft
The path is not easy, but our family is committed to ensuring that you enjoy each glass you pour.
From Vineyard to Bottle
Winemaking
Favorite Wine Quotes
It was like discovering a wine-cellar filled with bottles of amazing wine of a kind and flavour never tasted before. It quite intoxicated me.”
J.R.R Tolkien
“I love everything that is old; old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines.”
Oliver Goldsmith
The Vicar of Wakefield
“Wine has been part of civilized life for seven thousand years. It is the only beverage that feeds the body, soul and spirit of man and at the same time stimulates the mind.”
Robert Mondavi
“Wine & friends are a great blend.”
Ernest Hemingway
“Studying wine taught me that there was a very big difference between soil and dirt: dirt is to soil what zombies are to humans. Soil is full of life, while dirt is devoid of it.”
Olivier Magny
Into Wine: AnInvitation to Pleasure
“In the abstract art of cooking,
ingredients trump appliances,
passion supersedes expertise,
creativity triumphs over technique,
spontaneity inspires invention,
and wine makes even the worst culinary disaster taste delicious.”
Bob Blumer
“Age appears best in four things: old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust and old authors to read.”
Francis Bacon
“To take wine into our mouths is to savor a droplet of the river of human history”
Clifton Fadiman
“Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough,
A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse - and Thou
Beside me singing in the Wilderness -
And Wilderness is Paradise enow.”
Omar Khayyám
The Rubaiyat
“The connoisseur does not drink wine but tastes of its secrets.”
Salvador Dali
“Wine is a living liquid containing no preservatives. Its life cycle comprises youth, maturity, old age and death. When not treated with reasonable respect it will weaken and die.”
Julia Child
“Wine enters through the mouth,
Love, the eyes.
I raise the glass to my mouth,
I look at you, I sigh.”
William Butler Yeats
our blog
...and now for the geeky stuff
Wine lovers can learn direct from the Winemaker in our periodic news posts about his care of the vineyard and crafting of wines.
Ryan was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. She lived there until graduating high school when she moved to Denver hoping to go to college to become a veterinarian. Things didn’t quite work out for her, and she subsequently returned to SLC a few years later. She purchased her first vehicle when she […]
Join us each week for more “geeky stuff”. We grow 5 varieties of wine grapes! Tempranillo, Graciano, Garnacha Tinta and Alvariño are our main grape varieties, as well as a dozen Orange Muscat vines and four table grape vines along our driveway for shade (and raisins)! The varieties ripen at different rates and are generally […]
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Tour the Vineyard
We are currently scheduling vineyard tours on weekends by appointment only. Please allow up to 90 minutes for your tour and visit.
