Meet The Winemaker:

Justin Neufeld of Gilbert Cellars.

Next winery up on our Yakima Valley tour is Gilbert Cellars. Here I am with Justin Neufeld, their winemaker:

Justin and Mark in the Cellar.

They had just finished a bottling run (which is a mostly mechanical process), but he still had enough energy to take us down into the cave to barrel sample half a dozen of his 2011 wines, including a Tempranillo-based Port that he is working on. Really fun to taste young wines like his Chardonnay that was still cloudy.

We featured Gilbert Wines in our tasting on Saturday, July 7th. Click here for the tasting notes.

If you are a fan of their Rosé of Mourvèdre, I’d stock up now as it is a limited release. We offer a 15% discount on special order cases.

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