About àMaurice Cellars
aMaurice Cellars is a family winery in the Walla Walla Valley of southeastern Washington, founded in 2004 by Tom and Kathleen Schafer with their children Anna and Nick. The name honors a family forebear, and the label has always been a family project rather than a corporate one. Daughter Anna Schafer became the winemaker and built the house reputation, working harvests at Paul Hobbs's Vina Cobos in Mendoza in 2006 and 2007 before settling into the Walla Walla cellar full time.
The wines come largely from a 13 acre estate vineyard planted in 2006 along Mill Creek, sitting at roughly 1,400 feet in the foothills of the Blue Mountains and dry farmed without irrigation. The portfolio runs to Bordeaux varieties and Rhone whites, with the 'Schafer' Artist Series, a Cabernet Sauvignon based blend whose makeup shifts by vintage, as the flagship. Visit Walla Walla lists the tasting room as open Friday and Saturday from 10:30 am to 4:30 pm, with outdoor seating and accessible parking, and notes that the winery has been named a Winery of the Year by Wine & Spirits magazine.
Treat this one as a call ahead. The winery's own website currently displays only a notice reading 'Website currently on hold,' and trade press reports that Bledsoe|McDaniels has acquired the aMaurice estate vineyard in the Walla Walla Valley, so the tasting room's day to day status is not something a visitor should assume. The listed address is 178 Vineyard Ln, Walla Walla, WA 99362, and the published phone is (509) 522-5444. Please confirm current hours, tastings and whether the tasting room is receiving guests directly with the winery before you drive out.
A Schafer family estate in the Blue Mountain foothills, dry farmed, with Anna Schafer's Artist Series blend as its signature.
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A 2004 family start,Tom and Kathleen Schafer founded aMaurice with their children Anna and Nick.
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Anna in the cellar,Anna Schafer learned harvests at Paul Hobbs's Vina Cobos in Mendoza before taking over the winemaking.
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Dry farmed foothills,The 13 acre estate vineyard was planted in 2006 on Mill Creek at about 1,400 feet and gets no irrigation.
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The Artist Series,The 'Schafer' Artist Series is a Cabernet Sauvignon based Bordeaux blend whose proportions change with the vintage.
"Foothill estate fruit and a winemaker's winemaker reputation give it quiet-collector status."
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