Growing with growers since 1946
  • March 1st 2009 Issue
  • Story by Jim Black
  • Family history shapes Gilbert Cellars

    Sean Gilbert shares ideas on launching a winery.

    [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] Sean Gilbert may be a principal player when it comes to his fledgling winery, Gilbert Cellars, but it’s his family and their network of friends that really set the Yakima, Washington, operation apart from most of the start-up wineries that try each year to make a mark in the state’s quality wine scene. The Gilbert clan is one of a handful of pioneer families who has remained in the area for over a century, prospered, and […]

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