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Kay Simon and her husband Clay Mackey founded Chinook Wines in 1983. Kay is a 1976 graduate in enology from the University of California at Davis. She gained valuable winemaking experience working for wineries in California and Washington State
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Patricia Gelles is Queen of the Mountain in
Red Mountain which is within the Yakima Valley. Along with her husband David they own
Klipsun Vineyards.
She's a former Londoner with spiky, fuchsia-colored hair and a reputation for outspokenness. Her personal intensity is matched only by the cult-like status of the wine grapes she grows on 120 acres on Red Mountain, overlooking the Yakima River. Gelles' grapes garner lots of customer loyalty and typically capture the highest price per ton of any wine grapes grown in Washington. Wine and Spirits magazine named Klipsun as one of the world's top 25 vineyards. (1)
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Anke Friemuth- Wildman, a native German, grew up in the Mosel Valley, famous for its world class Riesling wines. Exposure at an early age to wine-growing and winemaking led her to study viticulture and enology at the prestigious Geisenheim Institute on the Rhein River. She has crafted wines in Germany, Switzerland, and since 1990 in Washington State at
Steppe Cellars
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Linda Trotta is winemaker for Swiftwater Cellars in Cle Elum, Washington, about 80 miles east of Seattle. Swiftwater Cellars
In the mid 1990's she spent time at Santa Monica Winery in the Rapel Valley, Chile. And in 2003 she worked with Rupert & Rothschild Vignerons in Paarl, South Africa, In 2101 she joined Swiftwater
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Dawn Kammer
and Mary Tuuri Derby founded DaMA Wines of Walla Walla
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Virginie Bourgue is the winemaker at
Olympic Cellars
Bourgue grew up in Bonnieux, Provence, in the south of France, and her winemaking style combines the sense of restraint that is typical of wines from France with the best elements of Washington wine: intense fruit and concentration of flavor.
Olympic winery is owned by
Kathy Charlton ,
Molly Rivard and
Lisa Martin the Working Girls
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Winemaker Rachael Horn and her husband Todd Mera own AniChe Cellars
Aa small family winery located in the beautiful Columbia River Gorge
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Joy Anderson winemaker at
Snoqualmie. has been making washington wines for over 30 years
Like a master chef, Joy's approach to winemaking begins with cultivating and choosing the finest ingredients. Throughout the growing season, she can be found in the vineyards assessing vine and fruit development, and working with the grower to optimize pruning techniques and irrigation regimes. Come harvest, Joy is so intimately familiar with each varietal's flavor profile that she already knows how she will showcase those flavors in the finished wine.
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Hillary Sjolund Owner/Winemaker for Sonoris Wines
One time winemaker for DiStefano Winery
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Lisa Baer of Baer Winery.
a family owned and operated enterprise dedicated to producing the finest blends
of exceptional Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot
Today lisa spends most of her time managing the winery
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Kerry Shields is the Director of Winemaking for Côte Bonneville Winery , located in Sunnyside, Washington, in the Yakima Valley. Founded in 2001 by Kerry's parents, Hugh and Kathy Shields, Côte Bonneville is the estate winery for DuBrul Vineyard
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Holly Turner is the winemaker for Three Rivers Winery in Walla Walla.
Prior to joining the winery in June 2000, she received an unparalleled education in the art and science of winemaking through positions at several acclaimed wineries, including Chateau Ste. Michelle's River Ridge Winery and Bodega la Rural winery in Mendoza, Argentina.
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Kate Michaud is the winemaker at Covey Run's
Born in Detroit schooled in London England
college in Eugene, Ore
all before she discover wine.
Her first job was at
Bonny Doon Vineyard. before enrolling
in the Winemaking Certificate program at UC Davis. After a year, Michaud set sail for WA - not Washington state, but western Australia - where she worked a harvest in the country's Margaret River region. It was not un till a few more experience in various areas that she joined Covy Run's in 2007.
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