The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

WALLA WALLA Valley—The Walla Walla Valley has been nominated in USA Today’s 2019 Best Readers’ Choice travel awards. Their panel selected the Walla Walla Valley as a contender for the Best Wine Region. The valley is described as follows:

“Italian immigrants began growing wine grapes in Washington’s Walla Walla Valley in the 1850s. Today, this region features more than 100 wineries producing a range of varietals, most popularly Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah, Cabernet Franc and Malbec. The American Viticultural Area spreads across the border into Oregon as well.

Voters have four weeks, until...