Wine region
Walla Walla Valley
Walla Walla Valley is a wine region in United States, home to 47 wineries, producing red, rose, white wines.
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Walla Walla Valley's 47 wineries produce predominantly red wine; Cabernet Sauvignon is the most common single-grape bottling; wines carry AVA designation.
About the Walla Walla Valley region
- Location
- Walla Walla Valley is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) located within the Walla Walla Valley landform in southeast Washington and extending into the northeastern corner of Oregon.
- Climate
- The Walla Walla Valley receives an average of 12.5 inches of precipitation a year, light in the summer, increasing and peaking in the winter.
- Soils
- The soils of the Walla Walla Valley consist largely of wind-deposited loess, which provides good drainage for vines.
Region facts sourced from Federal Register, 65 FR 35871, document 00-14162, published 2000-06-06, retrieved 2026-07-12. (U.S. Government work / Public Domain (17 U.S.C. § 105)), Wikipedia contributors, "Walla Walla Valley AVA", Wikipedia, revision 1357136206, retrieved 2026-07-11. (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International).
Most common single-grape wines
When Walla Walla Valley wines are made from a single grape (rather than a blend), these are the most common:
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- 48 single-grape wines
- Merlot
- 23 single-grape wines
- Malbec
- 21 single-grape wines
- Cabernet Franc
- 18 single-grape wines
- Sangiovese
- 11 single-grape wines
- Viognier
- 10 single-grape wines
Wine profile
Walla Walla Valley is predominantly a red-wine region (about 83% of its wines).
812 distinct Walla Walla Valley wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.
- Red670 · 83%
- White101 · 12%
- Rose38 · 5%
Types: Sparkling, Still.
Representative Walla Walla Valley wines
Selected from stable product-to-region relationships for diversity — not a claim that these are the region's best wines.
- Ecole No 41 — Seven Hills Vineyard Estate Syrah
- Spring Valley Vineyard — Rose of Cabernet Franc
- Kontos Cellars — Cabernet Sauvignon
- Columbia Crest — Pheasant Run Vineyard Reserve Merlot
- W.T. Vintners — Stoney Vine Syrah
- Cougar Crest — Riesling
- Lullaby — Blanc de Virginie
- Zerba Cellars — Mourvedre
Quality designations
Wines here carry AVA status — a controlled quality designation.
- AVAAmerican Viticultural Area — a defined US grape-growing region, marking where the grapes were grown.
United States wine designations
- AVA
- An American viticultural area is a U.S.-government-recognized delimited grape-growing area.
Understanding the wine data
- Designation
- The protected-origin or administrative category associated with the wine, interpreted using country-aware rules. The same abbreviation can mean different things in different countries, so we only show the meaning approved for that country.
How this ranking is built
Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
Explore Walla Walla Valley
Ways to browse Walla Walla Valley — each count is the size of that specific collection (a subset of the 812 wines tracked above):
- Red Walla Walla Valley (670)
- White Walla Walla Valley (101)
- Rose Walla Walla Valley (38)
How to choose a good Walla Walla Valley wine
Look for the AVA designation — it signals a controlled-origin Walla Walla Valley wine.
FAQs
- Where is Walla Walla Valley?
- Walla Walla Valley is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) located within the Walla Walla Valley landform in southeast Washington and extending into the northeastern corner of Oregon .
- What do the designation terms on Walla Walla Valley wines mean?
- AVA: An American viticultural area is a U.S.-government-recognized delimited grape-growing area. These terms describe geographical or regulatory categories; they do not by themselves guarantee that one producer or bottle is better than another.
- How are wineries and producers selected for Walla Walla Valley?
- Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
- How are representative Walla Walla Valley wines selected?
- Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
- How much wine data does WhatDrink have for Walla Walla Valley?
- The current regional catalogue contains 812 linked wines from 47 linked producers. Counts describe WhatDrink catalogue coverage and may change as source data is refreshed.
Regional data is aggregated from wine directory and product-catalogue sources; grape and style associations reflect characteristic varieties and may vary by producer and vintage.