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Lately I have been thinking about wine in a box. And I'm not talking about the mass produced vino that come with a spigot (although, hey, in a pinch, not so bad!) I'm talking about wine that comes in a box and is delivered right to your door by the friendly folks at Fedex or UPS! That's the GOOD kind of wine in a box - and guess what? We make that in Walla Walla too!

Ok, hopefully you get my drift here! I'd like to draw some comparisons and make an argument for joining any of the great wine clubs offered by Walla Walla area wineries.

First, if you had an amazing experience in a winery or tasting room and really loved the wines you tried, chances are extremely high (really, way up there) that you will love their future releases, too. We could even back this up with science and refer to Newton's Law of Wine Tasting that states: When You Like What You Taste, You Will Continue To Like What You Taste.

And so, it reasons, if you enjoyed the wine you tasted in Walla Walla you will want more of it, sent directly to your home twice a year or so. When a box of wine arrives on your doorstep you can open it up (like Christmas!) and re-live your memory of Walla Walla all over again! You can drink in the tastes that a favorite winemaker selected and managed to coax into a bottle for your very enjoyment! Of course there are many frills and benefits related to a wine club membership, too varied and exciting to list here, but the main thing to know is that you get something quite thrilling for your trouble. And Walla Walla does not disappoint!

Being part of a wine club means Walla Walla comes to you. If you personally can't get here, the wines you love can!

Another reason for thinking about wine in a box is a because so many wineries in the region are small, family-run operations that produce limited amounts. While that may not be such a big point of distinction, you can think about these wine deliveries to your door in the same way you might think about buying a box of vegetables from your local CSA grower. These are small, family farms that sustain themselves on the support of their community - thus the acronym for "community supported agriculture". Over the years, CSA's have become an extremely popular way for consumers to buy local, seasonal, often organic, food directly from a farmer on a subscription basis. When you commit to buy the vegetables up front, you help ensure the necessary cash-flow back to the grower so that they can provide locally - and organically - grown products. Buying from a winery, a CSW (read: community supported winery!) if you will, in this same way helps to ensure amazing wine production continues.

So now that winter has folded in around us and many of our seasonal visitors are hunkered down for the winter, it does not mean you have to leave your Walla Walla wine tasting to daydream status.
Wineries in the area may appear to be in quiet mode but I assure you there is plenty going on. We're racking the wines, getting ready for bottling, topping off and catching up on paperwork. But if there's one thing we can make time for, it's putting your wine in a box! Get some wine in a box and put a little Walla Walla on your dinner table! Cheers!