Zillah
Bonnair Winery:
Atmosphere: 8
Wine: 4
Cultura Winery/ Christopher Cellars
Atmosphere:8/9
Wine: 7.5
Notes: Relaxed, nice, meet the owners.
Bought 2bottle 2006 Red Blend (28$ each), 1 bottle of 2006 Syrah
Reserve (21$)
Wine maker /owner Sarah and her nice husband
New favorite winery in Zillah area.
Great tasting room, high ceilings, very pretty, pourers are very nice and new,
started in 2005
Masset Winery
Atmosphere: 8
Wine: 7
Notes: Great! In the middle of nowhere, nice variety of wines, free with about 12
pours, good range 15-55dollars.
Bought 1 bottle 2006 Merlot $35: Porteeus Vineyard, 1 Pinot Blanc $17
Nice size for tasting room, not to small but not huge and overwhelming.
Notes: Relaxed place, cold, you taste in their barrel room. On a farm among the orchards. Price range 15-30$. Big room, decent wines. Bought 1 bottle of Lemberger, 16$, free, about 6 tastes.
Porteuus
Atmosphere:7
Wine: 6
Bought 1 bottle 2006 Zin (24$)
There Sangivovese was also good.
Nice counter service but busy, wines good prices 12-55 dollars most in
the 15-25dollar range, they have a ping pong table
Longer gravel road, bigger tasting room.
Favorites of the Zillah
Cultura >> Masset >= Two Mountains > Porteuus.
Prosser
Olson Family Winery
Desert Wind Winery
Atmosphere: 8
Wine: 6
Notes: This is a beautiful location, have great food service, fancy restaurant and you can even spend the night in one of their great rooms. I believe that the wine is good but I didn't personally enjoy it.
Atmosphere: 3
Wine: 4
Notes: alot of free tastes, Nice room/property but felt like I was in the movie
"Sideways" Only 2002 Syrah is good.
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