The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

Driving along Old County Highway, Walla Walla, you'll enter the community of "Frenchtown," where several original wineries reside that helped catapult Washington State's wine movement, including Cougar Crest Estate Winery.

A well-received winery of the Inland Northwest, Cougar Crest's Frenchtown tasting room sits off the highway, up against a stunning backdrop of the rocky red cliffs prominent to this appellation.

Cougar Crest owner/operators, David and Deborah Han- sen came to Walla Walla in 1995, first raising grapes and eventually taking on the ancient art of winemaking. It's a particula...