Silverlake Winery

Silverlake is the seventh largest winery in Washington, and a planned facility in the new Woodinville "Wine Disneyland" will further expand their size. Known for good value wines, they also produce a few "reserve" wines, some of which are well made and well priced.

The winery is best known for its "Roza Riesling", made from its Estate Roza Hills Vineyard. The winery's main location is in the mid-Yakima Valley, in the town of Zillah.

Winemaker William Ammons

Mr. Ammons was raised in the Puget Sound region and attended Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA.  He has worked in all aspects of the beverage production industry producing Wine, sparkling wines, fermented fruit ciders, sparkling waters and Boutique Sodas.

The Roza Hills Vineyard

In 1997Silverlake purchased a 665 acre site known as "Roza Hills" just outside of the small Eastern Washington town of Zillah.  Roza Hills Vineyard is truly a special site in the Columbia Valley.  At an elevation of 1100-1300 feet above sea level the vineyard is in a natural southern sloping bowl that sits on the southern slope of the Rattlesnake Hills. Roza Hills produces outstanding red wines with intense varietal character. 

A portion of the site was originally planted in 1982 by Walt Hansen and Milt Kuolt, founder of Horizon Airlines and Thousand Trails. The vineyard had never been owned by a winery, but hundreds of award winning wines over the past 20 years can trace the origins of their fruit to Roza Hills. There are now 225 acres planted to varietal grapes with additional plantings occurring each year.