Want to know who's making your wine? Come check out the people behind some of the valley's most enjoyable wines.
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 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 Gordon is the Assistant Winemaker at Tamarack Cellars. His duties include the hands-on daily winemaking, special events participation and outside sales…
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 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 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…
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.
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.
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
