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Golden hills covered with green rows of
vines are a stark but beautiful contrast
to the clear blue sky in this Walla
Walla wine country scene.
Photo Courtesy Walla Walla Valley Wine Alliance/Richard Duval Images
We have wined and dined in Seattle cro climates that produce some seri-
numerous times but never explored ously fine wines.
the state’s wine countries which be-
gan with grapes planted at Fort Van- Our focus on this visit was three wine
couver by the Hudson’s Bay Company regions: Red Mountain, Walla Walla
in 1825. Second in American wine and an unlikely place for wine tasting
production only to California, Wash- called Woodinville. These three wine
ington State offers an eclectic col- countries are not the prototypical Na-
lection of 13 wine districts or AVAs. pa-Sonoma wine country experience –
Each has a wide range of soil and mi- but all offer some surprisingly tasty
wines and welcoming hospitality.
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