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Chateau Ste. Michelle is a winery in Woodinville, Washington, United States, 20 miles (32 km) east of Seattle.It is the state's oldest winery and produces Chardonnay, Cabernet, Merlot, and Riesling, and has winemaking partnerships with two vintners: Col Solare is an alliance with Tuscany's Piero Antinori [1] and Eroica Riesling is a partnership with the Mosel's Ernst Loosen. [2]
The Andrews family first planted wine grapes in 1980, nearly 40 years after it began farming in the Horse Heaven Hills around Prosser. Today, it grows 27 varietals on 2,400 acres and sells grapes ...
Chateau Boswell Winery: Napa Valley, California: Operates Bure Family Wines with his wife, actress Candace Cameron [45] [46] Raymond Burr: Raymond Burr Vineyards: Dry Creek Valley, California: Established by actor in 1986 and left to his partner, Robert Benevides. The vineyard was closed and sold in 2018, but since reopened. [8] [7] Jonathan ...
In 1990, Paul and Judy Champoux began leasing the vineyard land from the original owners. Paul, who previously did viticulture work for Chateau Ste Michelle, had been working at the vineyard since the mid-1980s. In 1996, the Champouxes formed a partnership with the owners of the Washington wineries Andrew Will, Powers Winery, Quilceda Creek and ...
A modern era of quality wine production began in the late 1960s when a new owner of Simi Winery sought to revive the area's long winemaking history. In the 1970s, a new wave of producers, such as Chateau Souverain and Jordan Vineyard & Winery, descended upon the area and started making wines that received critical and consumer acclaim. Wine ...
Tanner started her own winery in 1989, Lane Tanner Winery. [3] [5] The label became the first in the Central Coast region to devote itself to Pinot noir. [1] The winery is located in the Santa Maria Valley AVA and the first wine was a 1989 vintage. [3] [5] The label made approximately 1,800 cases a year and specialized in Pinot noir. They also ...
In 1980, the winery produced Michigan's first commercial ice wine and the 1987 vintage of Chateau Grand Traverse Johannisberg Riesling Ice Wine was served at the presidential inauguration of George H. W. Bush. By 2009, Chateau Grand Traverse was producing over 80,000 cases of wine a year and is one Michigan's largest wine producers. [3]
The other valley winery, Concannon Vineyard, was also established in 1883 and their vintages are nationally marketed with a tasting room for direct sales. The relatively obscure Petite Sirah grape produced Livermore's best historically known red wine , although the climate also produces interesting dessert wines as well as excellent Cabernet ...