One of the original vines planted in 1917 by William Bridgeman, still in production today. by Chelan David and Melissa Hansen The Newhouse family always knew they had a unique site to grow grapes. But with the recent approval of the Snipes Mountain American Viticultural Area, a subappellation of Washington State’s Yakima Valley, they can now promote and share that uniqueness with consumers. While it’s one of the newest appellations in Washington, it represents one of the oldest grape-growing areas of the state. Snipes Mountain, southwest of the town of Sunnyside, was named after Ben Snipes, cattle baron of the […]