“For the second time in three years, a Walla Walla Valley wine is on top of the world.”
— Andy Purdue, Great Northwest Wines
We know why we love Walla Walla, but we always love hearing what others have said and are saying about our valley, our wine, and their first (or tenth) visit. We also love hearing what wine critics, the media, and journalists have to say about us, too.
Below, you’ll find a list of some of our favorite things we’ve heard people say about the Walla Walla Wine Valley.
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1. “These wines are howling screams of gameyness and minerality. You have to taste them to believe them, and drunk with, say, roast lamb or any kind of game, you’ll be in heaven.” — Karen McNeil, about Cayuse
2. “Walla Walla’s status as a barely-kept secret in wine is over. Locals swear that the area’s three colleges […] infuse it with energy and creativity that’s apparent from the vineyard to science lab to tasting room. Throw into the mix unassuming hospitality, an enthusiastic community of collaborative winemakers and world-class bottlings, and you’ve got a wine destination that lives up to its hype.” — Steph Forrer, Wine Enthusiast
3. “It requires a bit of witchcraft to dial in sparkling wine using the ancestral method. Jay Anderson does it in Walla Walla with a sense of tropicality and without leaving a mess.” — The Seattle Times
4. “Two decades ago, it was said that Walla Walla Valley was a beautiful place to visit and taste wines, but there were few actual vineyards to behold. Today, the appellation teems with thousands of acres of grapevines, including some of the world’s most picturesque and distinctive sites.” — Eric Degerman, The Seattle Times
5. “If it seems like there’s a lot going on, it’s because there is. The area has taken on a tangible sense of energy.” — Sean Sullivan, Wine Enthusiast
6. “For the second time in three years, a Walla Walla Valley wine is on top of the world.” — Andy Purdue, Great Northwest Wine
7. “No perfume smells as good as this wine.” — Michael Alberty, Wine Enthusiast, about Lagana Cellars
8. “We enjoyed all their wine. But wineries are not just about wine; they are also about the people and the staff here was great. We talked about wine, Walla Walla, life and more.” — Google Review, Gramercy Cellars
9. “Farm to table, farm to bottle, farm to people: that agrarian immediacy, in essence, is for me what makes Walla Walla so appealing.” — Ray Isle, Travel + Leisure
10. “An avid world traveler, her time spent living in Argentina inspired Ashley to craft one of the best Malbecs in Washington State.” — State of WA Tourism, about Ashley Trout
11. “First things first: Christophe Baron is the Bionic Frog. That’s the nickname the Australians gave this indefatigable Frenchman when he worked a harvest there in the mid-1990s and the name he chose for what would become one of Washington’s top cult wines in the decade that followed.” — Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
