Quilceda Creek Vintners
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| Location | Snohomish, Washington, USA |
| Appellation | Columbia Valley AVA |
| Founded | 1978 |
| First vintage | 1979 |
| Key people | Alex Golitzin, Founder; Jeanette Golitzin, Founder; Paul Golitzin, Winemaker; Marv Crum, Assistant Winemaker |
| Cases/yr | < 5,000 |
| Known for | Cabernet Sauvignon |
| Varietals | Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc |
| Distribution | International |
| Tasting | By appointment |
| Website | quilcedacreek.com |
Quilceda Creek Vintners is a boutique winery in Snohomish, Washington specializing in premium Cabernet Sauvignon wine. The winery is named for a nearby creek in Snohomish County. Although the winery facility is located west of the Cascade Range, the winery sources all of its grapes from six vineyards in eastern Washington. Quilceda Creek Vintners has earned some of the highest reviews and awards of any winery in the United States. Quilceda Creek Vintners Cabernet Sauvignon is the first American wine from outside of California to earn perfect 100-point score reviews from wine critic Robert Parker's publication The Wine Advocate.
Quilceda Creek Vintners was founded in 1978 by Alex and Jeanette Golitzin. Alex Golitzin is a nephew of André Tchelistcheff, one of the most influential winemakers of Napa Valley, and credits summer trips to visit his uncle in St. Helena, California with developing his early interest in wine. Tchelistcheff began consulting with Washington's largest winery, Chateau Ste. Michelle, in the 1960s, when the Golitzin family also moved to western Washington. With encouragement and advice from his uncle, Alex Golitzin began making one barrel of Cabernet Sauvignon a year as an amateur winemaker from 1974 through 1977. Encouraged by Tchelistcheff's assessment of the results, the family opened the commercial winery in Snohomish in 1978 and produced their first vintage of Cabernet Sauvignon in 1979. The first vintage produced 150 cases (14 hL). In 1993, Alex Golitzin's son, Paul, took over responsibilities as chief winemaker. By 2000, the winery was producing 4,700 cases (420 hL) annually.
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