Columbia Crest
Columbia Crest, the Northwest’s largest winery, is Washington’s chief producer of premium wines from classic European grape varieties. Columbia Crest’s wines routinely receive acclaim from critics and consumers alike for their food-friendly, approachable style that captures the true expression of each grape variety across vintages.
Columbia Crest winery is surrounded by 2,500 acres of prime estate vineyards in southeastern Washington’s Columbia Valley. These vineyards produce the grapes that are the foundation of the Grand Estates wines. These wines further elevate the winery’s reputation for outstanding quality by showcasing the distinctive fruit intensity of the estate’s premier vineyard sites. This tier of wines is distinguished by its ripe varietal intensity. Lush yet vibrant, these wines offer a symmetry that is grown in the vineyards and produced in the cellars.
Columbia Crest Reserve wines are created from the top 1 percent of the heritage vineyard yields for each variety. The wines are crafted in a separate area of our winery using artisan techniques for fermentation and barrel-aging. This approach has been termed “a winery within a winery” by winemaker Ray Einberger. The result is a small group of select, super-premium wines that get the kind of hands-on, special care you would expect in a boutique winery. The wines reward you with rich flavors, velvety textures, and a long finish – proving just how extraordinary Columbia Valley wines can be, and the critics agree. Every Columbia Crest Reserve wine has received 90+ points from leading industry publications for the past five vintages.
