Rio Jean Photography - Benton City, WA {Tucannon Cellars}

Phil and Danette Warren LOVE wine.   So much so, that they started producing wine out of their garage in 2010.  Eventually, Phil started to see the potential in his wine making and that is when the Warrens decided to open a winery, Tucannon Cellars (http://www.tucannoncellars.com/).  Tucannon Cellars did their first bottling of Syrah, Pinot Gris and Chardonnay in 2011 and opened their tasting room doors in July 2014.

Currently, Tucannon Cellars produces about 1200 cases a year and the Warrens hope that number will increase to 3,000 cases a year. Tucannon Cellars sources their grapes from Red Mountain, Burgis Vineyards, and they have estate vineyard as well.

Are you wondering where the name Tucannon came from?  Tucannon cellars is named after the Tucannon River which has a long and interesting history.  If you have a chance, read up on it, apparently there were two wars fought there! But that's not why the Warrens deiced to name their winery Tucannon. The Tucannon river is a place that really resonated with the winery's brand.

Tucannon Cellars has some amazing labels! The logo was designed by Phil's older son and the labels were drawn by an artist, Janet Waldron (http://www.janetwaldronfineart.com/commercial-pieces.html).  The winery is still new so Tucannon Cellars might be doing a branding change soon and I look forward to seeing what they come up with next.

Unfortunately I did not have the chance to meet Tyson, the winery dog.  But I saw his cute little face on FB and he is a one year old Boxer. ( I love Boxers! ) So I just have a picture of his empty bed :(

When you visit the tasting room, check out the wood on the bar and the wood that is on the ceiling.  Why?  Well, that wood is from old wine tanks that were cut from a Red Wood tree that was over 1,500 years old! Isn't that cool!  The wood is gorgeous too!

One fun idea the Warrens are tossing around is having guests help out with production. I don't know about you, but this sounds EPIC.  Will you work for wine?  You already know I will! Doesn't it sound like fun to help with harvesting the grapes, crushing them, and then bottling the wine?  I am really interested to see the mobile bottler, I hear it can do 120 cases in two hours!

Tucannon Cellars receives a rating of 5 in every aspect!  Beautiful tasting room, gorgeous grounds, delicious wines and of course excellent customer service.

Are you ready to visit this winery?  I would love to hear about your experience and of course, if you happen to snap a picture of Tyson, send  it my way!  One last thing, join this wine club because all of the wines that are sold to wine club members can only be found in the Tucannon Wine Club, you won't find them in any store in Washington State!

Cheers!
Melanie