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LAKE CHELAN WINES
UNIQUE LOCATION (NORTHERN PART OF COLUMBIA VALLEY)
LAKE CHELAN IS THE 3RD DEEPEST LAKE ON NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT.
HELD BACK BY CHELAN DAM WHICH EMPTIES INTO COLUMBIA RIVER.
55 MILES LONG AND ALMOST 1500 FT DEEP.
TWO SHORELINES - SOUTH AND NORTH.
DESTINATION BOATING, CAMPING, APPLE, AND WINETASTING AREA.
UNIQUE SOILS & WEATHER
GLACIER TIL & VOLCANIC ASH
LAKE EFFECT (MORE GROWING DAYS THEN MOST OF COLUMBIA VALLEY)
VINES SHUT DOWN AT 102 DEGREES
BECAME 11TH AMERICAN VITICULTURAL AREA (AVA)
ON MAY 30, 2009
JUST CELEBRATED OUR 15TH YEAR AS AN AVA
FIRST GRAPES WERE PLANTED IN LAKE CHELAN OVER 100 YEARS AGO
FIRST PRODUCTION VINEYARDS PLANTED IN SPRING OF 1998
FIRST WINERY WAS OPENED IN 2000CURRENTLY OVER 43 WINERY'S AND 344 ACRES OF VINES IN THE VALLEY
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