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Long Shadows Vintners | Walla Walla, WA 99362 |
www.longshadows.com
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(509) 526-0905
Fax : 509 526-0006 Email: vintners@longshadows.com |
After twenty years at the helm of the Stimson Lane wine group (Chateau Ste. Michelle, Columbia Crest and other wineries), Allen Shoup retired to pursue a personal dream. For years he had envisioned a joint venture with highly acclaimed winemakers from different regions of the world. His goal was to bring their expertise to Washington to create some of the most luxurious wines ever crafted from the region’s fabled viniferous grapes. Wines that stand shoulder to shoulder with the world’s best. “Build it and they will come.” Actively encouraged by his associates, including long time friend and mentor, Robert G. Mondavi, Allen did just that. He invited several of the world’s most venturesome and exciting vintners to the sunny slopes where the Snake River and the Yakima River flow into the mighty Columbia. With their enthusiastic support and advice, Allen drew up plans to establish individual wineries that would reflect the status and acclaim of each vintner. He named the venture “Long Shadow Vintners,” in tribute to this select group of individuals, who shape the industry with their benchmark wines and wineries. His vision is now unfolding. Long Shadows winemaker-partners are designing world-class wines comparable in stature to those they crafted in their native wine regions. They are touring the land, running the soil through their fingers, surveying with practiced eye the leafy trellises that spill down the hillsides of the Columbia Valley appellation. Like artists selecting paints for their palette and tints for their canvas, they pick out the vineyards, and from those the clusters that will in time work magic under their hands. Some are working with the celebrated reds - Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Syrah; others with the treasured whites of the region - Chardonnay, Riesling and Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon. They construct wines in their own style, and with their own complexity, while striving to improve upon their singular benchmarks. Beginning with the 2003 crush, they are crafting signature wines that carry great promise for years to come. A Coterie of Wineries Long Shadows Vintners encompasses a coterie of wineries located in the heart of the Columbia Valley appellation. The arrangement is unique in that each winery is individually owned and managed as a separate partnership. Long Shadows Vintners, LLC, forms the nucleus of the group. The synergy and knowledge flowing from this pool of combined talent is an organizational feature that benefits all vintner partners. A board of directors assumes responsibilities for strategic direction. Along with Allen as Chairman and CEO, board members include such corporate and professional luminaries as Don Petersen, Admiral Joseph Prueher, Anthony von Mandl, and Arnie Prentice. Everyday operations are managed by Allen in concert with CFO and General Manager Mike Williamson. |
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Winemaker Head Allen Shoup |
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2006 Feather
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2005 Chester-Kidder
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2006 Pirouette
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2007 Saggi
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2007 Pedestal
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2006 Sequel
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2009 Poet's Leap Riesling
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