Chateau Ste. Michelle

Chateau Ste. Michelle
Chateau Ste. Michelle
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Location Woodinville, Washington, USA
Coordinates 47°43′43.74″N 122°9′0.42″W / 47.7288167°N 122.1501167°W / 47.7288167; -122.1501167Coordinates: 47°43′43.74″N 122°9′0.42″W / 47.7288167°N 122.1501167°W / 47.7288167; -122.1501167
Appellation Columbia Valley AVA
Formerly American Wine Company
Founded 1954
Key people Bob Bertheau, Winemaker
Parent company Ste. Michelle Wine Estates (Altria)
Cases/yr > 600,000
Known for Eroica Riesling
Varietals Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Merlot, Syrah, Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Pinot Gris, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Gewurztraminer
Distribution International
Tasting Open to the public
Website http://www.ste-michelle.com/

The Chateau Ste. Michelle is a winery in Woodinville, Washington. The winery is noted for its best-selling Riesling bottlings. Chateau Ste. Michelle is the largest single producer of Riesling wine in the United States.[1] The winery also produces wines of other varietals and some experimental wines on a per-year basis. Ste. Michelle has a number of joint ventures with winemakers such as the Eroica Riesling with Dr. Ernst Loosen of Germany and the Col Solare Winery with the Antinori family of Italy. Chateau Ste. Michelle was selected as Wine Enthusiast magazine's 2004 American Winery of the Year.[1]

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History

Chateau Ste. Michelle is the oldest winery in Washington state. It was founded as the American Wine Company, a 1954 merger of the National Wine Company (NAWICO), founded in 1934, and the Pomerelle Wine Company. (For years, there was a large neon sign advertising NAWICO in Seattle's Wallingford neighborhood.) The French-style chateau is located on 87 acres (35 ha) of land with mature trees that once belonged to lumber baron Frederick Stimson, who used it as a hunting retreat and rural working farm called the Hollywood Farm. Chateau Ste. Michelle and its parent company Stimson Lane were owned by US Tobacco until purchased by Altria in 2009.

Wines

The grounds of Chateau Ste. Michelle in Woodinville wine country.

With annual productions of over 600,000 cases a year, Chateau Ste. Michelle is the world leading producer of Riesling wine.[2] The winery owns several estate vineyards in Eastern Washington including the Canoe Ridge vineyard in the Horse Heaven Hills AVA, the Cold Creek vineyard and Indian Wells vineyards in the Columbia Valley AVA.[3]

Activities

On the grounds of the winery is an amphitheater where outdoor concerts are performed in the summer. Past entertainers have included Amy Grant, Tori Amos, Counting Crows, Tony Bennett, Gypsy Kings, Harry Connick, Jr., Crosby, Stills & Nash, the Dave Matthews Band, Sarah McLachlan, Styx, B.B. King, and Diana Krall.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Winery of the Year 2004
  2. ^ A. King "Bonny Doon has crush on Washington Riesling" pg 26 Wine Press Northwest Spring 2007
  3. ^ S. Roberts "Wine Trails of Washington" pg 140, South Slope Productions 2007 ISBN 0979269806


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