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2022 P A C I F I C N O R T H W E S T W I N E R Y O F T H E Y E A R
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By Eric Degerman
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OODINVILLE, Wash. — As DeLille Cellars celebrates 30 years of historic achievements in 2022, its storied wine program and business never have been better. Five years ago, our team named DeLille Cellars as the 2017 Washington Winery of
CEO Tom Dugan, left, and winemaker Jason Gorski have teamed up to take DeLille Cellars to new heights in Woodinville, Wash. 30 | greatnorthwestwine.com
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the Year. Now, with an impressive three-story modern chic destination and next-gen leadership from winemaker Jason Gorski and CEO Tom Dugan, DeLille Cellars stands as Great Northwest Wine magazine’s Pacific Northwest Winery of the Year for 2022.
The horizon seems to be lit with continued greatness as they add to the legacy of their winery’s founders, who partnered early on with many of the state’s top vineyards and acquired talent along the way.
“The founders are the foundation,” Gorski says. “We’re not here without them, and we operate the business for them.” Last fall, a group of the Pacific Northwest’s leading wine buyers and sommeliers met in Hood River, Ore., and voted the DeLille Cellars 2018 Harrison Hill — a product of Cabernet Sauvignon vines planted in 1962 — as Best Red Wine for the Great Northwest Invitational Wine Competition. The year before, The Seattle Times selected
