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Sixteen years ago, John Bookwalter joined his family’s Washington-based winery to begin a new, exciting chapter for Bookwalter wines. With California wine pioneer Zelma Long as his guide, he fine-tuned the winemaking style, and soon the name Bookwalter was cropping up in wine publications. In 2005, it was named Winery of the Year by Wine Press Northwest.

In the spring of 2009, John partnered with winemaker Claude Gros. Claude has earned great respect from Robert Parker, who considers him one of "two of the finest winemaking consultants."