Visiting Walla Walla

WINE TALK
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Hi All,

I will be in Walla Wall for my bachelor party in August. I’ve contacted: Cayuse, Long Shadows, K, & Sleight of Hand. Who else should we seek out. Appreciate any feedback.

Cheers,

Doug

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i thought cayuse isn’t open to the public?

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There is so much good wine coming out of Walla Walla that it’s hard to answer your question, but I’ll chime in with a few of my favorites. In addition to the ones on your list (nice list by the way) I’ll recommend the following:

Buty http://www.butywinery.com/
Syzygy http://www.syzygywines.com/
Nicholas Cole http://www.nicholascolecellars.com/
Saviah http://www.saviahcellars.com/
Va Piano http://www.vapianovineyards.com/
Trust Cellars http://www.trustcellars.com/
Gifford Hirlinger http://www.giffordhirlinger.com/
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If I think of more I’ll add them.

David

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Most of these have open tasting rooms at least on the weekends… Cayuse and Long Shadows I think are appt only, but K and Sleight have tasting hours. There are many othes worth at least visiting. Abeja is right near K- might as well go there as well. In the neighborhood of Rollat and Va Piano is Beresan and Pepper Bridge- both worth a taste.

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I will throw Stephenson Cellars, Ash Hollow and Flying Trout into the mix.

EAT AT SAFFRON…EAT SAFFRON…EAT AT SAFFRON… as many times as you can.

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I would add the following to the list already mentioned: Rulo, Dusted Valley Vintners, Walla Walla Vintners, Reninger and Tamarack.

Enjoy

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Has anyone treated Chateau Rollat? I saw them at Costco and picked up a few bottles, but haven’t cracked any open. Thanks again for recs!

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I picked up a bottle of the Edoard to try… Tanzer did a tasting of his favorite washington wines out here last year and my brother attended. The Rollat wines were included- said the Edoard was really good.

I have tasted their Rose’s and find them boring and clumsy like most Washington Rose.

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I am planning a trip to W^2 (date undetermined) and here’s what I’ve come up with based on others recommendations with short notes…

Food:
Tommy’s Dutch Lunch (Walla Walla)
Fast Eddy’s – Drive in Burger (Walla Walla)
Saffron Mediterranean (Walla Walla)
Creek Town Café (Walla Walla)
Whitehouse Crawford (Walla Walla)
Ice Burg Diner – 50s Style Burger (Walla Walla)
Lucious – Lunch (Walla Walla)
26 Brix – (Walla Walla)
Worm Ranch Deli – Homemade Mexican (Walla Walla)
Walla Walla Roasters – Coffee (Airport Walla Walla)
The Herb Farm (Woodinville)
Purple Café (Woodinville)
Village Wines – Retailer / Wine Bar (Woodinville)
Wine:
A’Maurice – Next to Leonetti, heard great things (Walla Walla)
Chateau Rollat / Trust – Steve at Trust, mention WLTV (South Walla Walla)
Gifford Hirlinger – Young Winemaker, good things to come (Walla Walla)
L’Ecole – Great experience (Walla Walla)
Woodward Canyon – Snotty? Next to L’Ecole (Walla Walla)
Rulo – Heard great things, self distributes (South Walla Walla)
Waters/Gramercy (South Walla Walla)
K Vintners (NE Walla Walla)
Pepper Bridge - Northstar across road (Walla Walla)
Dusted Valley (Walla Walla)
Dunham (Walla Walla)
Vi Piano (Walla Walla)
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Delille Cellars (Woodinville)
Cadence (South Seattle)
Andrew Will (Vashon Island)

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Daniel, forgive me if I’m pointing out the obvious - you ARE aware that Vashon Island is nearly 300 miles away from Walla Walla, right?

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Oops, I forgot that the planned trip is Portland - WW - Seattle and I scanned for the OR wineries but forgot about Woodinville/etc

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Daniel,

Keep us posted on your visit. We hook it up when in Seattle.

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EAT AT SAFFRON…EAT SAFFRON…EAT AT SAFFRON… as many times as you can.

Double word.

Sit at the bar. Tell the staff to “feed me”. Go from there. Take cab home.

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Freemott, you’ve been to Walla Walla and you didn’t stop and hang with us in Portland? WTF?

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FYI- I think the JimGermanBar in Waitsburg is also worth a visit. Right next to the woop-em up cafe (or whatever it is called) which I think is drastically overrated.

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Daniel,

26 Brix is no more… The Chef, Mike Davis, now works for Heavy Restaurant Group which own Purple.

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Thanks Andy, updated my list.

Phillip I will definitely give a shout when we figure it out [good.gif]

I am very happy to hear (?) that Cayuse takes appointments too!! And added a star to Saffron… thanks guys. Was this my thread? [bye2.gif]

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Freemott, you’ve been to Walla Walla and you didn’t stop and hang with us in Portland? WTF?

Sorry. Last may we went out for barrel weekend or tasting weekend, whatever it is called.

Next time Steve. Next time. Promise.

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I will also suggest a winery I happen to really like run by Charlie Hoppes is called Fidelitas. They make, IMVHO a really really good bottle of wine.

i will tell you it (the reds) CAN be ‘oaky’. charlie is moving away from that style each year (as vines age???) and he has a killer room on Red Mountain.

In fact, two days ago (as I’m on his list) I got an invite to his open house. I guess he put in a Bocci Ball field and it’s pretty open to the public. I think it’s worth a stop. It was, without a doubt, the best time I had in Walla walla at a winery and we spent a good amount of time at many places.

If you do get there - focus on his Syrah and Champoux cabs - my $.02 ymmv.