Winemaker of the Year Jean-François Pellet, Pepper Bridge Winery and Amavi Cellars When the French influence ... The vintage is outstanding here, with fruit from Dionysus 1973, Red Willow 1985 and ...

The Walla Walla AVA, for instance, spills over into Oregon, just as the Columbia Gorge AVA does. In 1994, Norm McKibben (Pepper Bridge Winery) bought the 20-acre Seven Hills Vineyard, near ...