Kestrel Wines

Kestrel wines are the dream of John Walker, a Florida businessman and developer whose visit to the northwest a decade ago started his fascination with NW wines. He has since acquired vineyards land, and in 1999, Kestrel released its first wines. Now producing 10,000 cases a year, 90% of Kestrel's wines are red- Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Syrah. The winery also produces Chardonnay and Viognier, and a very limited amount of a Chardonnay ice wine.

Kestrel Winery is located in the Prosser Wine and Food Park. The winery produces wines from grapes sourced from vineyards including Artz Vineyard (Red Mountain), Rivers Bend, DuBrul, Lewis, Elerding and their estate vineyard, Kestrel View.

Kestrel Vintner's winemaker is Ray Sandidge, who formerly was with Hyatt Vineyards in Zillah and Washington Hills Cellars in Sunnyside.

Kestrel Two Ton Cabernet Sauvignon Retail $45.95 $41.36 Kestrel Two Ton Cabernet Sauvignon gets its name from an experiment in vineyard management. Different blocks of the Kestrel View Vineyard were divided into three parts - one part was thinned to two tons per acre, one to three tons per acre, and on...read more