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Walla Walla Wine News

Making the Off-Season Trek to Walla Walla
Psst wine fans! Walla Walla is almost as much fun off-season as it is in the prime months. Yes, we may not have the picture perfect blue sky each and every day in late fall and winter, but our wineries are open, our restaurants are humming and the rest of us go about our lives, [...]
Fall Release 2011 Must-See Report
With Crush still in full frenzy mode throughout the valley, this weekend’s Fall Release will give visitors a great opportunity to see winemaking happening everywhere. Grapes continue to arrive at cellar doors daily and it is now a mad dash to get the fruit picked and in fermentation tanks before the onset of freezing temperatures. [...]
“Must-Taste” 90+ wines
While many wineries are releasing their new vintages, Fall Release is also an excellent time to taste wines that have received great scores. Here is a listing of some of the 90+ wines being poured next weekend. Dumas Station 2007 Dumas Station Estate Walla Walla Cabernet Sauvignon – 90 points Wine Spectator, Double Gold from [...]


Wine and Dine Walla Walla

Best of the best: Winners from the 12th annual Platinum Judging
By Andy Perdue and Eric Degerman, Wine Press Northwest In November, we conducted our 12th annual Platinum Judging, what we have dubbed “the best of the best in the Great Northwest.” Last week, we shared some of the top wines from British Columbia’s Gehringer Brothers Estate Winery, which won six Platinums in the 12th competition. [...]
Walla Walla Valley wineries hold Holiday Barrel Tasting
Area wineries will crack open barrels of their newest and future reds and whites Friday-Sunday for the annual Holiday Barrel Tasting. More than 70 of the Valley’s wineries will be decked-out for the holiday season. Whether it is a locally catered spread, the “Battle of the Soups,” or local hand-crafted chocolates, each winery will offer [...]
Creative use of Thanksgiving leftovers makes for real treats
So, Thanksgiving has come and gone and now you are left with the aftermath. The pounds of turkey and mashed potatoes, the cranberry sauce, the stuffing and the tighter feeling around your middle when you put on your pants. While you know how to solve the latter issues, the real trick is what to do [...]


Walla Walla Symphony

Season Ticket Purchases Extended…
Walla Walla, WA - (November 9, 2010) The Walla Walla Symphony is extending season ticket purchases through December 15, 2010, offering the three remaining Symphony Series concerts with the addition of a ticket to a performance of The Nutcracker with … Continue reading →
Celtic Tenors Wow Walla Walla!
Matthew, James, Daryl and Colm blew into town just before the snow and wowed Walla Wallans with not just a terrific concert, but a wonderfully entertaining show. From classics like “Danny Boy” and “Shenandoah” to a little Eric Clapton, Air … Continue reading →
Family “Foodraiser” Concert
What a terrific concert. A great crowd, wonderful music, and almost more importantly, 1, 100 pounds of food brought in for local food banks. Thanks to our sponsors: Key Technology, Whitman College, The Walla Walla Union Bulletin, and our great … Continue reading →


Whitman Pioneer

Stomach’s queezy, but the weather’s breezy
Hello, world! Writing from my new bedroom in Jaipur, a regal little city in the state of Rajasthan, India. Technically, I’m here with an SIT program studying sustainable development and social change, but let’s be real: this is all about soaking up the food, language, and lifestyle of an impossibly diverse country. Today marks a [...]
Introduction to a personal climate journal
For my first post, I had a grand scheme in mind: one morning this week, when campus was stooped under a drizzle and dreary as all hell—just the way I like my mornings—I borrowed a tape recorder, filled a Nalgene bottle, and set out to search for the source of College Creek, along the way [...]
Whitman Sports Blog: Electric weekend of basketball
The new Whitman Sports Blog is the Missionary fan's home base for news, stories and observations regarding Whitman athletics, on a local and national collegiate scale. This week, the blog looks at an electric weekend of basketball as both the men's and women's teams fought to maintain their places in the top half of the conference.


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