Washington State Self Guided Wine Tours - Introduction And Vintner's Village

With the Second largest wine industry in the US agrowing environment that makes Washington's wine
wine industry that has increased over a billion dollarssuch a rich and wonderful experience. Despite its size
in a decade to three billion dollars, Washington's WineWashington's Wine Industry is still small compared to
Industry is based on high quality hand crafted wines.places like Napa Valley, making it much easier to
And while its true that many locations around theexplore on your own especially in the heart of
world and the US try to brand their wines this way.Washington's Wine Country. Places like Prosser's
Washington is uniquely able to do this because it hasVintners Village for example include a dozen wineries
a long history of growing world class fruit includingall within a few blocks of each other, and another
the famous Washington's Apples. This is bothtwenty within a 4 miles. With wonderful wine a self
because Washington is perfect for growing fruit withguided tour of the different aspects of Prosser's
lots of sun in the summer as well as glacier andWineries is a rewarding experience.
volcanic sentiment from a rich geological pastThere are a number of wineries one should be
Washington is the perfect environment for growingcertain they visit on their self guided tour of the
wine grapes. Further the families who are nowheart of Washington's wine country, starting with the
running Washington's Grape industry can stillworld famous Hogue Cellars, one of Washington
remember the roots of their farming pioneer spirit,States top wineries with a large friendly tasting room
for although they have a rich history of farming theyit is also close to a dozen or so other wineries at the
can still recall the names of those who started it.Port of Benton.
It is this combination of love of the land and perfect