YAKIMA, Wash. -- A question often asked by lovers of Northwest wine is how Red Mountain got its name. After all, it’s not much of a mountain, and it’s brown. In fact, the nearby town of Kiona ...

Thicker skins and smaller berries produce concentrated wines. A vineyard on Red Mountain The net results are exceptionally structured, fruit forward, flavorful wines, featuring a distinct but well ...

Cabernet Sauvignon grapes ripen in a vineyard on Red Mountain, the smallest grape-growing area in Washington wine country. Andy Perdue Great Northwest Wine While Red Mountain officially gets its ...

The Washington wine industry has turned Red Mountain into a blend of green vineyards and brown cheatgrass throughout much of the year. Courtesy Richard Duval BENTON CITY, Wash. Red Mountain ...

RED MOUNTAIN is brown, and by no stretch of the imagination is it a mountain. But let’s be honest: “Brown hill” is not particularly sexy, nor does it sound like wine country. By local ...

Much of Red Mountain’s recent fame has been with cabernet sauvignon, but other varieties are thriving and creating fanfare, too. Here are some of the top red wines from Red Mountain that we have ...

For years, Red Mountain has been known for its intense red wines, produced by wineries all over the state that gain high scores and fetch high prices. But as the 12-year-old American Viticultural Area ...

Today, the graduate of Wapato High School and the University of California-Davis’ vaunted winemaking school gets all the grapes for his 7,000-case Fidelitas Wines from Red Mountain. He has a ...

Of all the brown ridges in Washington’s Columbia Valley, perhaps none is more important to winemakers than Red Mountain. Skip to main content You have permission to edit this article. Edit ...

In recent years, Red Mountain has turned more red – and more green. The bench at the eastern end of the Yakima Valley is one of the warmest regions of the vast and arid Columbia Valley and has ...