Here are some helpful tools when planning your Walla Walla Valley wine experience:
• Visit our Web site www.WallaWallaWine.com
• Visit our Winery Guide online or request to have one mailed to you directly by visiting http://www.wallawallawine.com/guide/
• Use the Mobile Wine Tour while in town: www.WallaWalla.MobileWineTour.com
• Tweet with others enjoying their Walla Walla wine experience by us
ing and by following https://twitter.com/WWValleywine
• Share with us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/wallawallavalleywine
• Find and follow your favorite Walla Walla Winery: http://wallawallawine.com/wineries/
• Contact us at 509-526-3117 for additional assistance
GOALS
Marketing/Public Relations: Provide a cohesive and unified message to the media, trade, public, and other industry organizations on behalf of the Walla Walla Valley wine industry. Bring visitors to our region through specialized, high-quality marketing efforts. Coordination: Provide thorough and professional guidance, where possible, to local, regional, and national wine related events where members have the opportunity to associate with media, trade, and consumers. Communication: Provide a vehicle for the exchange of information among industry members as well as disseminate important information from the WWVWA Board and staff to the members. Cooperation: Encourage teamwork among members and throughout the industry. We want our members to be distinguished contributors to the wine industry at large and to support its organizations. Unity: Be an innovative, creative organization with a positive culture of camaraderie and support amongst its membership. Offer opportunities for members to share information and have fun. Quality: Foster and expand the reputation of quality in the Walla Walla Valley wine industry. Commonality: We recognize that individuality, diversity, and independence are valuable assets to the uniqueness of our region. We also acknowledge that it is each winery’s prerogative to determine its own style and production level. Our goal is to find a common thread throughout the membership and to present a unified message of the Walla Walla Valley. Walla Walla sits in the foothills of the Blue Mountains in the Southeastern corner of Washington State. The many waters flowing down from the Blue Mountains help provide irrigation for the numerous crops grown in the region as well as add to the beautiful rural landscape. Always closely linked to farming, the Walla Walla Valley has 2,964 acres of grapes growing next to fruit orchards and wheat fields, and the area is now home to over 120 wineries with tasting rooms as varied as the wineries themselves. In the heart of this winegrowing region is award-winning historic downtown Walla Walla, a charming, and pedestrian-friendly place with up-scale restaurants, boutique shops, cafés, and tasting rooms. It is home to a rich and diverse arts scene complete with public sculptures, art studios, galleries, theatres, the world-renowned Walla Walla Foundry, and the longest continuously running symphony west of the Mississippi River. Beyond downtown, visitors will find beautifully kept historic homes in the residential neighborhoods throughout town. These homes date back to the late 1800s and early 1900s, when Walla Walla was the biggest town in the Columbia Basin and was almost named Washington’s state capitol. Nearby are beautiful golf courses, expansive city parks, and attractions such as Fort Walla Walla Museum and Whitman Mission, both of which tell the rich Native American and pioneer history of the area. Walla Walla residents are closely linked to the natural environment that surrounds them. Walla Walla has always been an agricultural community, well-known for its apples, asparagus, onions, strawberries, and wheat. The area offers numerous outdoor recreational opportunities with fishing in nearby rivers and lakes, and hiking, cycling and skiing in the Blue Mountains. The largest single wind farm in the United States – The Stateline Wind Energy Center – lies southwest of Walla Walla on the Oregon-Washington border. Through VINEA – The Winegrowers’ Sustainable Trust – local growers and vintners are working together to minimize their impact on the environment through sustainable, organic, and biodynamic growing and winemaking processes. There is a commitment throughout the Valley to conserve our natural resources and ensure that generations to come will be able to farm and live here. Walla Walla is home to Whitman College and Walla Walla University, as well as Walla Walla Community College’s Center for Enology and Viticulture, which offers cutting edge instruction in viticulture, enology, and wine marketing for students passionate about careers in the wine industry
