Washington State is diverse, cultivating more than 40 grape varieties, including Riesling, Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah. With 13 unique growing regions, Washington State is a mosaic of landscapes, from evergreen coasts and snow-capped mountains to a vast sagebrush desert where the sun shines 300 days a year. Diversity is a part of the culture – the wine industry ties creative people from different backgrounds and several countries around the world. 

Innovative growers and winemakers broke ground here in a vast, wild territory where conventional wisdom said they could not. And they have expanded that work to create America’s second-largest wine-producing region, with more than 50,000 acres of vines and more than 900 wineries.  

Washington’s wines echo this authenticity: rare natural conditions permit cultivation without the common, manipulative practice of vine grafting or intensive use of chemicals. Only the purest expression is harvested.