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Home. Food. Food & Wine Pairing Network: Live. Washington Wine Report: Five Under Fifteen - February. In tough times, we continue the search for good, inexpensive wines. As I wrote in my recent Focus Report, Lemberger is a signature grape for Kiona Winery and Vineyards. Kiona was the first to commercially produce the variety in the U.S. back in 1980. The Williams family, who own and run the winery, have fourteen acres on Red Mountain planted to Lemberger. Vines range from ten to thirty years in age. Kiona sales manager JJ Williams states that people who try this wine either love it or don’t (I fall into the former category). Indeed, the grape is considerably different from say a Cabernet or Merlot that consumers are used to. The Chateau Ste. Brothers Butch and Jerry Milbrandt planted their first vineyard back in 1997.

Hedges Family Estate is a family-run winery located in the Red Mountain AVA. No information on Distant Bay which has website with a splash page picture and nothing else. Ch. Hedges CMS Red Columbia Valley 2008 $12Rating: . Yummly - Think outside the recipe box.