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Article: Quick study: Walla Walla wines are earning high marks.(WINE GUIDE)
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- November 1, 2004
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A three-college, Pleasantville prototype of a town, Walla Walla, Washington, anchors a wine-growing region in the southeast corner of the state. Clearly, students there are doing their homework, since this appellation, just 20 years old, is producing some outstanding wines: structured Cabernets and Merlots, crisp and interesting Chardonnays and Sauvignon Blancs. The Syrahs and Viogniers coming online deserve serious research too.
One of Walla Walla's quickest studies is Abeja winemaker John Abbott. He learned his first local lesson in the fall of 1993 when he stepped off a plane in nearby Yakima in shorts, into raw weather. He wasn't in California anymore. The ...