Wine & Spirits Winery of the Year 2009

The Team

Want to know who's making your wine? Come check out the people behind some of the valley's most enjoyable wines.

The Winery

Tamarack Cellars was founded in 1998 by Ron and Jamie Coleman as the 14th winery in the Walla Walla Valley. Currently there are over 70 wineries in the Walla Walla Valley. The winery is dedicated to the production of small lot, hand-crafted wines from select vineyards of the Walla Walla Valley, Columbia Valley, Red Mountain, Horse Heaven Hills, Wahluke Slope and Yakima Valley appellations.

Ron Coleman

Ron serves as manager and winemaker of the winery that he founded in 1998. Located at the local airport in an old World War II Fire Station, he is the big man behind the scenes…

Danny

Danny Gordon

Danny Gordon is the Assistant Winemaker at Tamarack Cellars. His duties include the hands-on daily winemaking, special events participation and outside sales…

Sandy Kleck

Sandy Kleck came to Tamarack as an intern while studying at the Center for Enology & Viticulture in Walla Walla.  After graduating in 2006, she was hired full-time.  Sandy manages the Firehouse Wine Club and tasting room, as well as doing outside sales and events, and wine production. 

Chris Hernstrom

Chris Herstrom works with Dan and Martin on daily wine-making duties.  He also takes care of general maintenance and upkeep at the winery. 

Martin Ibarra

Martin Ibarra is the Cellar Manager of Tamarack Cellars. Martin helps Dan Gordon, the Assistant Winemaker, with the daily hands-on wine work and maintaining the winery grounds…

2006 Sagemoor Vineyard Reserve: Wine & Spirits

This blend of cabernet sauvignon, merlot and cabernet franc is generous in attack, its dark and sweet black cherry flavors marked by mineral, mouthcoating tannins. A fine accompaniment to a grilled New York strip steak.

2006 DuBrul Vineyard Reserve: Wine & Spirits

High in extract, with scents of mocha, roasted plum and meat, this rich blend of cabernet sauvignon, merlot and franc wraps around your nose like a blanket. But for all its intensity, the wine has tremendous drive on the palate.

2005 Du Brul Vineyard Reserve: Wine Advocate

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

It displays an enticing bouquet of balsam wood, spice box, pencil lead, black currant and blackberry. Medium bodied on the palette, it is a ripe, dense, savory, plush effort

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