5 Reasons to Buy ONLY Columbia Valley Wine

Wineries in Washington state make more than 17 million cases of wine each year. We have about 400 grape growers, 60,000 acres of wine grapes in Washington state, and more than 1,000 wineries according to washingtonwine.org.

Each year 80 different varieties of wine are produced in Washington State! The Columbia Valley seems to be perfect for making wine. And you can’t do that without a little help from Mother Nature. The climate and soil that produce some of the best wine fruit in the world are the same as in France and Italy.

Several millennia ago, floods from ancient Lake Missoula brought soils that are perfectly suitable for growing wine grapes in our area. And all that beautiful basalt lava rock that we use in our gardens has created a bedrock that makes viticulture possible in eastern Washington.

The wineries in our area are growing! Washington state receives nearly four new wineries each month on average. I live in West Richland and I watched a hillside between here and Benton City grow into a giant grape growing company.

Reasons to buy ONLY wine from Washington State:

** I have several friends in California, but Californians, in general, are nervous.

** If you drink French wine and fight, you will give up.

** Italian wine does not match Spaghetti-O’s. I like spaghetti-O.

** Passes are closed in winter and your imported wine doesn’t arrive anyway.

** I’m drinking a Columbia Valley wine as I write this and it’s working great. What was he talking about again? Anyway, I’m in a good mood and hope you have a nice day.