Cascade Cliffs Vineyard and Winery – Wishram, Washington
You really need to visit this winery when you are traveling through Washington. Instead of the large size facility that you are accustomed to you will see a petite winery packed with oak barrels, locally manufactured stainless steel tanks and cursing/pressing equipment and pumps from right here in the good old USA!! Because of the petite size of the winery everything is custom fit to work here.
The winery is located in the Columbia River Gorge area where the soil is just right to produce the quality wines this vineyard provides. Cascade Cliffs began planting Merlot in 1986 on land that is on a bench onehundred feet above the Columbia River and backed by the 
beauty of tall basalt cliffs giving the site a fabulous location for growing great grapes and producing great wines. In time the vineyard became home to other classic varietals such as Petit Syrah, Nebbiolo, Zinfandel, Barbera, Syrah, and Caberet Sauvignon.
The Winemaker is Bob Lorkowski who grew up making wine. His parents would fill the backseat of their car with fruit from the local farmer’s market and from that they would make wine. He purchased the winery in 1997 and increased production from 2 to nearly 4 thousand cases focusing on Piedmont varietals.
The Vineyard offers primarily red wines. If offers Bordeaux ans well as Piedmont. The Bordeaux wines originally grew in the south of France and the Piedmont in northwest Italy.
Cascade Cliffs’ signature style is to use multiple strains of oak in the aging process. The winery uses three strains of oak: French, Hungarian and American.
The winery has special events for Father’s Day Weekend, Independence Day Weekend, New Moon Party (in July), Anniversary party (August), Party at the Pumphouse, Harvest Party, Thanksgiving Weekend and the holiday Party in December. Contact them for specific dates for these events and then go and join the fun!
Location: Cascade Cliffs
8866 Hwy 14, PO Box 14
Wishram, WA 98673
Phone:(509) 767-1100
Email: cascadecliffs@gorge.net
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