OWNER AND WINEMAKER ALEXIS SELLS HAS BEEN MAKING WINE FOR OVER A DECADE. IT IS WITH GREAT EXCITEMENT THAT SHE IS NOW LAUNCHING HER FIRST SOLO VENTURE.

COMING FROM A LONG LINE OF FARMERS, INITIALLY, SELLS WAS DRAWN TO VITICULTURE. AT THE ENOLOGY AND VITICULTURE PROGRAM IN WALLA WALLA, SELLS EXCELLED AT PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, ENTOMOLOGY AND WEED IDENTIFICATION, BUT AFTER SPENDING A COUPLE HARVESTS IN THE WINERY, SELLS REALIZED SHE HAD A KNACK FOR WINEMAKING.

FROM WALLA WALLA SHE TRAVELED TO NEW ZEALAND TO WORK A HARVEST FOR ONE OF NEW ZEALAND'S OLDEST AND (AT THE TIME) LARGEST FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED WINERIES.

MISSING THE VINEYARDS SELLS TOOK A JOB IN NAPA, CALIFORNIA AS A SUGAR SAMPLER. HAVING STRENGTHS IN BOTH VITICULTURE AND ENOLOGY, WITHIN 9 MONTHS SELLS WENT FROM SUGAR SAMPLER, TO LAB TECHNICIAN, TO ENOLOGIST FOR DUCKHORN VINEYARDS. AS ENOLOGIST SELLS HELPED MANAGE 250,000 CASES BETWEEN 7 WINEMAKING FACILITIES.

SELLS BEGAN TO MISS WASHINGTON, AND TOOK A JOB AS HEAD WINEMAKER FOR A SMALL WINERY IN YAKIMA. HOWEVER THE WANT TO START HER OWN WINERY COULD NOT BE SUBDUED: ALEXIS SELLS IS BEYOND EXCITED TO LAUNCH HER FIRST SOLO VENTURE. PLEASE JOIN US AT OUR TASTING ROOM IN DOWNTOWN YAKIMA!