This is a popular destination for locals and visitors alike, since the winery offers the region's most comprehensive tour and, in summer, a lively outdoor concert series. The single-vineyard wines are the winery's most exciting, but winemaker Mike Januik also produces consistently well made whites and reds with the Columbia Valley appellation. Originally located in Bellevue, this is one of the region's pioneer wineries. Its varied picnic facilities, where you can sprawl out after a wine tasting, are open daily and offer a pretty view of Ste. Tastings are offered Friday through Sunday.
Smaller wineries provide an interesting counterpoint to the giants.
To taste the wines made by Chateau Ste. There's not much to see here, but you can taste daily, noon-5pm. Open Saturdays and Sundays, noon-4pm. Quilceda Creek is a small operation and will show you around by appointment only. All rights reserved.