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Wines of Washington Oregon and Idaho
Wineries of Idaho
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Coeur d'Alene Cellars
3890 North Schrieber Way
Coeur d'Alene, ID 83815
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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
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Melissa Sanborn is the owner, the winery is located in
the northwest near the town of Lewiston
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Davis Creek Cellars
429 Main Street, Suite 101
PO Box 442
Marsing, ID 83639
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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.
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Frenchman's Gulch Winery
360 9th Street East
Ketchum, Idaho
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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
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Fujishin Family Cellars
217 South Kimball Street
Caldwell, ID 83605
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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
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Holesinsky Certifie OrganicVineyard
and Winery
4477 Valley Steppe Drive
Buhl, ID 83316
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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.
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Les Bois Winery
PO Box 7643
Boise, Idaho 83707
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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.
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St. Regulus Wines
407 River Dock Road
Weiser, Idaho 83672
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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
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Syringa Winery
107 E 44th Street
Garden City, ID 83714
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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.
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Thousand Springs Winery
18854 Highway 30
Hagerman, ID 83332 |
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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.
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