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Wines of Washington Oregon and Idaho

Wineries of Idaho



Coeur d'Alene Cellars

Coeur d'Alene Cellars

3890 North Schrieber Way
Coeur d'Alene, ID 83815


Coeur d'Alene Cellars was founded to create the best quality Rhone varietal wines from the best quality fruit found in the Columbia, Walla Walla and Yakima Valleys of Washington State. Owned by Kimber Gates and her parents, Dr. Charlie and Sarah Gates and family. The winery opened in 2002. They opened a tasting room in town called the Barrel Room No. 6,

Warren Schutz is the winemaker The philosophy at Coeur d'Alene Cellars is to make wines of great intensity, character, complexity and balance, highlighting the fruit character of each variety and using traditional methods including aging in French oak barrels


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Colters Creek Winery

20154 Colter Creek Lane
Juliaetta, ID 83535


Melissa Sanborn is the owner, the winery is located in the northwest near the town of Lewiston


Davis Creek Cellars

Davis Creek Cellars

429 Main Street, Suite 101
PO Box 442
Marsing, ID 83639


The winery is owned by Gina Davis. In the wine industry, Gina has worked at St. Chapelle in the lab, Sawtooth as an Enologist and  Koenig Winery and Distillery as the Tasting Room Manager and Assistant Winemaker. She is currently putting all of her focus towards growing her own label, Davis Creek, which produces about 1000 cases a year

Davis Creek is a small stream near Donnelly, ID. It once flowed into the Gold Fork River, but now helps farmers irrigate their fields in the surrounding Donnelly area.


Frenchman's Gulch Winery

Frenchman's Gulch Winery

360 9th Street East
Ketchum, Idaho


Located high up in the Idaho mountains, in the town of Sun Valley. Their grapes come from the fertile valleys of Walla Walla, Yakima, Horse Heaven Hills, Washington's premiere country. The owner and winemaker is Stephen "Mac" McCarthy. The winery opened in 2000. Mac handcrafts about 1,300 cases of premium wines a year, including chardonnay, merlot, cabernet sauvignon, syrah, and a bordeaux blend named Ketchum Cuvée


Fujishin Family Cellars

Fujishin Family Cellars

217 South Kimball Street
Caldwell, ID 83605


A new winery which opened in the fall of 2009. Experienced winemaker Martin Fujishin is the owner. They have released a 2007 Merlot, a 2008 Viognier and a Late Harvest Chardonnay


Holesinsky Certified Organic

Holesinsky Certifie OrganicVineyard and Winery

4477 Valley Steppe Drive
Buhl, ID 83316


The winery was created by winemaker James Holesinsky to honor of his father Frank's lifelong dream. Holesinsky's Vineyard and Winery began in 2001 with the planting of 1000 chardonnay. In 2002 the vineyard grew with the addition of 3000 Syrah, 2000 Merlot, and 2000 Port (Sauzao, Tiuta Cao, Touragia); the growth continued in 2006 with 1000 Cabernet Sauvignon, 1000 Riesling, and adding Muscat in 2007.

The mission of Holesinsky's Vineyard is to create world class wine with no short cuts, impurities, over processing, filtering, additives, or new oak. All of Holesinsky's wines are made using certified USDA organic grapes.


Les Bois Winery

PO Box 7643 
Boise, Idaho 83707


A father daughter team of Ted and Tonya Judd with Ted as the winemaker. The winery's name is a combination of local heritage, history, and pride. Les Bois is directly translated into The Trees as spoken by explorer Captain Bonneville as he entered the valley where the city of Boise is today.



St. Regulus Wines

St. Regulus Wines

407 River Dock Road
Weiser, Idaho 83672


Named after an 11th century medieval tower, St. Regulus Wines joins old world tradition with state-of-the-art methods. The wines of St. Regulus are carefully crafted by winemaker Dave Rule using patent-pending, pump-under fermentors. He meticulously ferments his wines to be fruity, bold, full-bodied, and rich in tannins and color.

Dave got his start in the wine business by designing equipment for wine production


Syringa Winery

Syringa Winery

107 E 44th Street
Garden City, ID 83714


Winemaker/owner Mike Crowley specializes in making wines using grapes from the Snake River Valley appellation . He named his winery for his sister who's daughter was named Syringa.. The Syringa is also Idaho's State Flower.


Thousand Springs Winery

Thousand Springs Winery

18854 Highway 30
Hagerman, ID 83332 |


Located along the Snake River in the Hagen Valley. This beautiful area is noted for its premier terroir; fertile, sandy soil, hot summer days, and cool nights, an ideal place for growing premium wine grapes. Initially planted in 1990 were 300 Chardonnay vines. Three years later 1300 Syrah vines were planted, along with 400 more Chardonnay, and 100 Merlot.