John Bookwalter says his winemaking style reflects the consultant’s but remains his own. The Bookwalter family has been making wines in the Columbia Valley for 25 years, selling them from a pleasant tasting room just off Interstate 82 at the south end of Richland, Washington. For years, the business held its own, bottling small lots of high-quality, predominantly white wines. But, in 1997, a revolution began inside the winery, transforming it to a highly respected producer of high-end, premium wines, with a heavy emphasis on red. What happened to change the course of Bookwalter’s business? When founder Jerry Bookwalter retired, […]