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Auction of Washington Wines Wine and Music Festival | June 1, 2019Auction of Washington Wines Wine and Music Festival | Jun. 1, 2019 | 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Col Solare | Benton City, WA

On Saturday, June 1, 2019, Auction of Washington Wines’ Wine and Music Festival will showcase over 60 outstanding Washington wines along with live music from Dakota Brown Band and Jack Rothwell. More than 20 of Washington’s award-winning wineries will be in attendance. Guests will nosh on food from Porter’s Real Barbecue and Fat Olives Restaurant & Catering. Proceeds benefit Seattle Children’s and Viticulture and Enology Research at Washington State University.

As a part of the weekend, the Auction of Washington Wines’ 2019 Honorary Grower, Scott Williams of Kiona Vineyards, will host a Vineyard Dinner in Benton City on Friday, May…

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All you wine lovers out there, check out the newest winery in Richland Washington, Hamilton Cellars. Join owners Russ and Stacie Hamilton as they end their long journey with the opening of their tasting room today, January 5. The winery will feature 2006, 2007, and 2008 vintages. The focus of the winery will be Malbec, a red grape commonly grown in Bordeaux region of France. Not many wineries are using the grape for anything other than a blending grape. Winemaker for the Hamiltons, Charlie Hoppes thinks there could be a lot of interest in it. Along with the wines featuring Malbec, Hamilton Cellar’s will also release a merlot, cabernet sauvignon and a white blend of viognier and semillon.

The tasting room will be open Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday from…

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Due to popular consumer demand, the First Annual Vineyard Trip to the Tagaris Estate Vineyards in the Wahluke Slope AVA has been scheduled for Saturday, September 11.

The Wahluke Slope AVA is a 13-mile-wide gravel bar created by the ice age floods that ravaged Eastern Washington some 15,000 years ago. It's bordered to the north by the Saddle Mountains and on the other three sides by the Columbia River.

One of the state's warmest grape growing regions, top winemakers consider the Wahluke Slope as the backbone of the Washington Wine Industry. Two of Tagaris' vineyards, its 174 acre organic Michael Vineyard and its smaller Alice Vineyard both lie within the  Wahluke; its Arete Vineyard lies just to the east in the Columbia Valley AVA.

The trip will…

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Richland Wa is a thriving and vital part of the Washington Wines Region. The wineries are a lovely way to spend a leisurely Sunday drive, or to just take some time out from the rat race for yourself.

And what better way to get to know an area before you move there, or as a new arrival?

The wine industry in Washington has an international reputation for its quality wines. As a state production has doubled over the past decade, and including the Richland Wa area, wineries are growing in number across the region.

Richland's superb weather provides the long hot days of summer combined with cool evenings that result in robust Merlots and Cabernet Sauvignons. There are also numerous popular white wines, such as chardonnay, and Sauvignon Blanc.

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