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Many of the hills in the Yakima Valley
are looking different. The look of
vineyards is replacing some of the fruit orchards.
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Visitor information for the
wineries located in the Yakima Valley AVA.
Washington
State wines have
attained international status in recent years. The Wine Industry is growing by leaps and
bounds in Washington
State.
You can find lots of
information about the wine industry written by professionals or
connoisseurs. We are first
travelers and second wine consumers with the perspective of the occasional
wine drinker. We hope our
perspective will be of help when you travel to Wine Country looking for an
interesting winery to visit.
Yakima Appellation
The first wine
appellation in Washington
State was the Yakima
Valley Appellation.
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The Yakima
Valley is located in south central
Washington State
on the east side of the Cascade Mountains. The Yakima Valley Appellation or AVA (American
Viticultural Area) authorized by the US Government, contains the valley and
the hills that surround the valley.
Interstate-82 enters the
appellation just north of Exit-40, South of Yakima and Union Gap. I-82 runs right down the middle of the
appellation. I-82 leaves the
appellation to the east of Benton
City, just west of
the I-82 / I-182 junction at I-82 Exit 102.
The Cascade Foothills are
the western border of the appellation and the Kiona Hills near Richland are its
eastern boundary. Its northern
boundary runs along the top of the ridge of the Rattlesnake Hills and
across Ahtanum Ridge and its southern border is the 1000-foot contour line
level of the Horse Haven Hills to the Toppenish Ridge.
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Yakima County is shown in Yellow on the map above and
the rest of Washington’s
Wine Country is shown in red.
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The Yakima Valley AVA is
home to over 40 wineries and more than one-third, around 11,000 acres, of
all the grapes grown in the State of Washington
are grown in the Yakima Valley AVA
The wine industry is
really only now coming of age in Washington
State so you will
find no grand old historic wineries.
What you will find is wineries and tasting rooms of all shapes and
sizes in the Yakima Valley AVA. Some
are just old barns or packing sheds that have been “prettied” up a little
bit and others have put more effort into
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making their tasting room
more appealing. Although most
tasting rooms don’t have the history or grandiose architecture you find
from most of the facilities in California,
you will find Washington’s
winemakers work very hard to put a world class wine in their bottles.
The array of awards held by wineries in the
Yakima Valley AVA shows that world class vintners are busy with the
Valley’s magnificent grape crops creating fine wines.
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It is 150 miles from Seattle
to Yakima,
155 miles from Spokane
to Yakima,
and
170 miles from Portland,
OR to Yakima.
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There are far
too many wineries in the Yakima Valley AVA to visit them in only one
day. In fact, if you are going to
drive and sample wines we would suggest that it will take about 10 days to
visit all of the wineries.
Since very
few of us have 10 days to spend tasting wines your biggest problem will be
what wineries to visit on your visit.
We would suggest that, if you take small sips, you can visit a
maximum of 4 wineries a day unless you have a designated driver or take one
of the wine tours that provide a driver.
Since the
Yakima Valley AVA was designated by the US Government two other AVA’s
within the Yakima Valley AVA have been designated, the Rattlesnake Hills
AVA and the Red Mountain AVA.
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Wineries in the Yakima Valley of Washington State by area
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Naches
Running
Springs Wine 509-653-2848
9950 Highway 12, Naches,
WA 98937
Grandview
Manchego Real – 509-882-6111
604 Elm Street, Grandwiew, WA 98930
Rattlesnake
Hills AVA
Agate Field Vineyard 509-829-6097
2911 Roza Drive, Zillah,
WA 98953
Bonair Winery 509-829-6027
500 South Bonair Road, Zillah,
WA 98953
Claar Cellars 509-829-6810
1001 Vintage Valley
Parkway, Zillah, WA
98953
Eaton Hill Winery 509-854-2220
530 Gurley Road, Granger, WA 98932
Horizon’s Edge Winery 509-829-6401
4530 East Zillah Drive, Zillah,
WA 98953
Hyatt Vineyards 509-829-6333
2020 Gilbert Road, Zillah,
WA 98953
Maison de Padgett Winery
509-829-6412
2231 Roza Drive, Zillah,
WA 98953
Masset Winery 509-877-6675
620 East Parker Heights
Road, Wapato, WA
98951
Paradisos del Sol 509-829-9000
3230 Highland Drive, Zillah,
WA 98953
Piety Flats Winery 509-877-3115
2560
Donald – Wapato Road,
Wapato, WA 98951
Portteus Vineyards 509-829-6970
5201 Highland Drive, P. O. Box 1444, Zillah,
WA 98953
Sagelands Vineyards 519-877-2112
71 Gangi Road, Wapato,
WA 98951
Silver Lake at Roza Hills 509-829-6235
1500 Vintage Road, Zillah,
WA 98953
Steppe Cellars 509-837-8281
1991 Chaffee Road, Sunnyside,
WA 98944
Tefft Cellars 519-837-7651
1320 Independence Road,
P.O. Box 385, Outlook, WA
98938
Two Mountain Winery 509-829-3900
2151 Cheyne Road, Zillah,
WA 98953
Red Mountain AVA
Blackwood Canyon 509-588-7124
53258
N Sunset Rd, Benton City,
WA 99320
Buckmaster Cellars 509-628-8474
35802
Sunset Rd, Benton City, WA 98320
Chandler Reach Vineyards 509-588-8800
9506 W Chandler Rd, Benton
City, WA 99320
Hedges Family Estate 509-588-3155
53511
N Sunset Rd, Benton City,
WA 99320
Hightower Cellars 509-588-2867
19418 E PR NE, Benton City, WA
99320
Kiona Vineyards Winery 509-588-6716
44612 North Sunset Rd, Benton City 99320
Oakwood Cellars Winery 509-588-5332
40504 North Demoss Rd, Benton City, WA
99320
Sandhill Winery 509-588-2699
48313 N Sunset Rd, Benton City, WA
99320
Seth Ryan
Winery 509-588-6780
35306 Sunset Rd, Benton City, WA
99320
Tapteil Vineyard Winery 509-588-4460
20206 E 583 PR N.E., Benton City, WA
99320
Terra Blanca 509-588-6082
34715 N Demoss Rd, Benton City, WA 99320
Sunnyside – Yakima Valley AVA
Apex Cellars – 509-839-9463 or 1-800-814-7004
111 E
Lincoln Avenue, Sunnyside, WA 98944
Bridgman Cellars - 509-839-9463 or 1-800-814-7004
111 E
Lincoln Avenue, Sunnyside, WA 98944
Tucker Cellars – 509-837-8701
70 Ray
Road, Sunnyside, WA 98944
Yakima – Yakima Valley AVA
Desert Hills 509-453-0503
1208 N 1st St, Yakima,
WA 98901
Donitelia Winery 509-452-9900
321 E Yakima Ave, Yakima,
WA 98901
Kana Winery 509-453-6611
10 S 2nd St, Yakima,
WA 98901
Yakima Cellars 509-469-0621
32
N Second St, Yakima, WA 98901
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