Kiona Vineyards Winery

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John Williams planted the first grapes on Red Mountain in 1975, made his first wines in 1980, and produced the first commercial Kiona Lemberger, a light German red, in the United States. Today Williams's recently constructed 10,000-square-foot tasting room features a 180-degree view of Red Mountain and the Rattlesnake Hills. Kiona also produces premium Riesling, Chenin Blanc, Chardonnay,...

The hands that tend our vineyards are the same that craft our wine, a rare tradition in today's wine industry. For three generations our family's vineyard-to-bottle ideology has allowed us to create lively, approachable wines with plenty of character. Kiona (Kigh-Oh-Na) is a Yakima Indian word that means brown hills.