Come and join winemakers from four Walla Walla Valley wineries on for a tasting on February 9^th. Present at this event will be Dunham Cellars and Trey Marie Winery, Isenhower Cellars, Spring Valley Vineyard and Tamarack Cellars.

Tamarack Cellars was established in 1998 and they produce small lot, hand crafted wines from vineyards in Walla Walla and Columbia Valley. Their wines include Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and Red Table Wine. Assistant winemaker Dan Gordon will be pouring samples of their 1999 Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, 1999 Merlot and 1999 Red Table Wine which is made from a blend of 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Syrah, 9% Cabernet Franc and 5% Merlot, all from the Walla Walla Valley Appellation.

Assistant winemaker Trey Busch from Dunham Cellars and Trey Marie Winery will be pouring their 1999 Dunham Cabernet, a barrel sample of the 2000 Dunham Cabernet, 2000 Dunham Syrah and the 1999 Trey Marie Trutina. Dunham is a family owned winery from Walla Walla that was established in 1995 and they are focused on producing hand crafted Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah. Trey Marie Winery released its first wine in 1998. This inaugural wine, the Trutina, is a Bordeaux style blend. With slightly different blends each year, the 1999 Trutina consists of 54% Merlot, 32% Cabernet Sauvignon and 14% Cabernet Franc.

Spring Valley Vineyard has been producing Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah grapes for Cadence Winery and Walla Walla Vintners for several years. In the spring of 2001 they released the first wine under their own label, the 1999 Uriah, which is a blend of 59% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Franc and 6% Petit Verdot. Mary Derby will be joining us and pouring samples of the 1999 Uriah as well as giving us a sampling of their upcoming releases by providing barrel samples of their 2000 Uriah, 2000 Merlot, and 2000 Syrah all of which will be bottled later this spring.

Denise and Brett Isenhower founded Isenhower Cellars in 1999. Isenhower specializes in blends of wines made from Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah, and small quantities of blending varieties. They will be pouring samples of their 1999 Walla Walla Valley Syrah, 1999 Columbia Valley Merlot and their 2000 Red Table Wine. The Merlot is 75% Merlot from Forgotten Hills, Spring Valley, and Vanessa’s Vineyard, 25% Cabernet Sauvignon from the Kiona Vineyard on Red Mountain, and 5% Cabernet Franc from the Bacchus Vineyard in Pasco, Washington. The Syrah is 100% Syrah from Patina Vineyard of Walla Walla.