Going to Wash late June early July for 8 days.

Going to spend two per at the three National Parks, Northern Cascades, Olympic and Ranier.

We like good quality inexpensive wine. Any recommendations on which wine region to visit on our trip?

We're not really Napa people; more like Paso Robles, Sonoma or Alexander Valley.

Any help would be much appreciated!

Don't know much about wine or wineries, but do know there are many wineries in the areas you mentioned. For a start, check here:

http://www.winesnw.com/puget.html


And this map will help; it's a Western Washington/Puget Sound-area wineries map:

http://www.winesnw.com/pugetmap.html

For the wine.....

Drive this way....You could reverse it

Moth Cascades drive through on WA20 then through Winthrop to Chelan down to Wenatchee/Leavenworth, down to Yakima then thru mt rainier back to Seattle

There are wineries all along the east Washington part.

From around Winthrop, through Chelan, down to Leavenworth you can ind wineries. In Leavenworth there are a few wine stores with tasting rooms.

Just south of Yakima there is an area called rattlesnake Hills.

http://rattlesnakehills.org/
http://www.leavenworth.org/experience/wineries
http://www.lostriverwinery.com/


Also along this area are fruit farms with roadside places to stop.

Just outside of Yakima on US 12 there are a few of these.

the drive through the cascades on 20 towards winthrop is gorgeous

Are you looking to visit vineyards or are you looking to taste wine?

Woodinville (just east of Seattle) has like 120 tasting rooms. Plus Redhook Brewery, and a few distilleries.

What is your range is for inexpensive?

Thanks for the help so far.

Don't mind paying 20.00 for good wine but I prefer finding the same for 10-15.00 (and it can be done).

More looking for wineries and some tasting rather than just tasting.

More thoughts?

I love Washington wines and used to live in the Seattle area. I have been to Woodinville many times for tastings/buying and go most years to the Chocolate and Red Wine Festival in the Yakima Valley. My favorites with tasting rooms in Woodinville are Silver Lake, Fidelitas, Mark Ryan (but I don't think they have anything on the cheaper side), Kestrel, and Sparkman. Silver Lake and Kestrel both have wine for under $20/bottle that I like and buy. I tend to go on event weekends when the wineries have phenomenal sales and get the more expensive wine for a price I consider manageable, like the $10-20 range.

If you do go to Woodinville and like beer, I highly recommend taking the Red Hook brewery tour. It cost a $1, you get a glass to keep, in the neighborhood of 6 tastings, and it is really entertaining.