Free The Grape Vine Eastern Washington’s Favorite Visitor Guide A Northwest Tradition 30th Anniversary Edition 2016 Tours ● Events ● Attractions 'S STAY ANDRC PLAY Join Us For Daily Dinner Specials Prime Rib every Friday and Saturday Restaurant Overlooking The Golf Course Enjoy Big Screen TV’s In Our Sports Lounge Large Banquet Facilities For Family, Holiday & Office Parties Valley Lanes Bowling & Fun Center Take a Break! Fun for the Whole Family • BLACKJACK 1802 E. Edison, Sunnyside, Washington • SPANISH 21 10 Championship Lanes • PULL TABS • TEXAS SHOOTOUT • VIDEO GAMES • ULTIMATE TEXAS HOLD’EM • COSMIC BOWLING • SNACK BAR • DOUBLE ACTION BLACKJACK • ADUlt BEVERAGES Party Packages • AIR CONDITIONED • TEXAS HOLD’EM TOURNAMENts Bowling Included AND LIVE POKER WED-SUNDAY • PROGREssIVE PAI GOW WIN Book Your Ticket Redemption OVER $70,000 Party Now! and Video Games 839-6103 For All Ages Birthday Party Central RESTAURANT Sunnyside • 509-836-7555 'S CASINO 31A Ray Road SPORTS BAR Between Exit 69 and 72 on I 82 RC Open Mon-Thurs 4 p.m. • Fri-Sat-Sun 2 p.m. Next to Black Rock Creek Golf Course and Tucker Cellars Welcome to the 30th Edition of the Grape Vine, a Northwest tradition. Written, designed, and produced in Eastern Washington, The Prosser our visitor guide aims to give you the local’s view of the wine Danielle Fournier Record-Bulletin Publisher country we know and love. The tours, events, and attractions recordbulletin.com found in The Grape Vine are the best for fun and exploration from 613 7th Street EDITORIAL STAFF • Victoria Walker Ellensberg to the Tri-Cities. Thank you for visiting our area, where Prosser, Washington Managing Editor you will find people, places and events as delightful and diverse as 99350 • Tim Curtiss, our wines. Cheers! (509) 786-1711 Grandview Editor Danielle Fournier, Fax: (509) 786-1779 Publisher USPS 448-060 ADVERTISING The Grandview Herald • Dianne Buxton thegrandviewherald.com • Suzie Zuniga Rosé Colored 107 Division Street Grandview BUSINESS STAFF Washington 98930 • Debbie Raymond Glasses (509) 882-3712 Office Supervisor Fax (509) 882-2833 COMPOSING ROOM USPS 226-000 • Tim Miser 30th Annual Copyright 2016 Production Manager TM email: • Rod Smith The GRAPE VINE 2016 [email protected] Production www.thegrapevinenw.com Published Every Spring by Valley Publishing Company 2016 Grape Vine Directory EVENTS ATTRACTIONS Calendar of Events .......................................................... Page 4-7 Yakima, the Other Palm Springs ..................................... Page 32 Maryhill Winery & Amphitheater Concert Series .......... Page 8-9 Benton City Has Lots To Do ........................................... Page 33 The Princess Theatre ....................................................... Page 11 The American Hop Museum ........................................... Page 34 Yakima Valley Fair & Rodeo .......................................... Page 12 Dayton is the Place to Visit ............................................. Page 35 Fly Fishing Fair Returns to Ellensburg ........................... Page 13 Horse Heaven Saloon Opens its Doors ........................... Page 36 30th Annual Ye Merrie Greenwood Renaissance Faire .. Page 14 Pinots, ‘Pacas & Picnics ............................................... Page 37 Car Shows ....................................................................... Page 15 The Gorge is Home to Summer Entertainment ............... Page 38 Harvest Times in the Valley ............................................ Page 16 Rock Hounding on the East Side .................................... Page 39 Ballooning Over Eastern Washington ............................. Page 17 Ellensburg, a Cowboy College Town ............................. Page 40 Walter Clore Wine & Culinary Center ............................ Page 18 Winthrop Rhythm and Blues Festival ............................. Page 40 Walla Walla is an Arts Community ................................. Page 41 Yakima Valley is Home to Wild Horses .......................... Page 42 The Princess Theatre and the Richland Players .............. Page 43 TOURS The Prosser Museum and Ray & Powell Museum ......... Page 44 The Reach ...................................................................... Page 19 Columbia River Gorge .................................................... Page 45 Farmers’ Markets in the Valley ...................................... Page 20 Agriculture, A Mainstay of Valley Tourism .................... Page 46 Birding in Yakima Valley ............................................... Page 21 Enjoy a Game This Summer ........................................... Page 47 Vacationing with Pets ..................................................... Page 22 Toppenish Mural-In-A-Day and Sage Rat Run ............... Page 48 Tieton, Home of Mighty Tieton ..................................... Page 24 Harvest Times in the Valley ............................................ Page 49 Enjoy a Brew this Summer ............................................ Page 25 AVA map ......................................................................... Page 26-27 Teeing it Up For the Summer ......................................... Page 28 Student Made Wine at YVCC in Grandview .................. Page 29 Gorgeous Picnic Places in Eastern Washington .............. Page 30-31 www.thegrapevinenw.com TABLE OF CONTENTS | The Grape Vine 2016 3 The Grape Vine’s 2016 Regional Annual Events Calendar APRIL MAY April 14-16 April 23 May 3 May 9 Washington State TIETON OPEN HOUSE APPLE BLOSSOM SPIFFY FILM FESTIVAL 10-3 p.m. – Tieton ROMENADERS QUARE Walla Walla – www.phtww.com Spring Fair www.mightytieton.com P S Puyallup DANCE WEEKEND Wenatchee - www.wenatchee.org May 13 UNK IQUEN IN THE URG April 16 J -T B NTAPPED LUES Ellensburg - www.myellensburg.com U B WENATCHEE MARATHON May 7 & BREWS FESTIVAL www.wenatchee.org Kennewick – www.visittri-citites.com CENTRAL WASHINGTON FARMER’S MARKET April 15-17 QUILT SHOW OPENS IN PROSSER May 15-17 “PRE-BARREL” Ellensburg - www.myellensburg.com 8am–12pm and runs each Saturday through October THE 43RD ANNUAL NATIONAL SPRING TASTING Yakima to Walla Walla April 25-26 ART SHOW & AUCTION www.visityakima.com 8TH ANNUAL FARMER’S MARKET Ellensburg – www.myellensburg.com RENAISSANCE FAIRE OPENS IN ELLENSBURG April 22-24 Wenatchee - www.wenatchee.org 9am–1pm and runs each May 19-22 Saturday through October SPRING BARREL TASTING SELAH COMMUNITY DAYS Yakima to Walla Walla April 30 Selah – www.selahdays.org www.visityakima.com BENTON CITY SPRING FARMER’S MARKET OPENER CAR AND BIKE SHOW OPENS IN YAKIMA May 20 www.bcspringopener.com 9am–2pm and runs each EASTERN WASHINGTON Spring Saturday through October Barrel REWFEST Tasting B April April 28 to May 8 Ellensburg – www.myellensburg.com 24-26 APPLE BLOSSOM FESTIVAL WALLA WALLA VALLEY Wenatchee - www.wenatchee.org FARMER’S MARKET OPENS May 21 runs each Saturday through October SAGE RAT RUN Sunnyside, Grandview, Prosser CINCO DE MAYO CELEBRATION www.sageratun.com Pasco – www.visittri-cities.com May 26 APPLE BLOSSOM RUN MARYHILL WINERY AND GRAND PARADE ANNIVERSARY SALE Wenatchee - www.wenatchee.org Goldendale May 6-8 May 27-29 CINCO DE MAYO FESTIVAL MULE MANIA Yakima Dayton www.yakimahispanicchamber.com www.mulemaniadayton.com Erin Perkins ~ www.erinperkinsphotography.com Erin is the photographer for this year’s Grape Vine 2016 cover. She is from Bonney Lake and has done photography throughout the country and has worked in such exotic places as the Bahamas. “Anywhere I travel my passion reminds me.....combining all the elements: the picture perfect subject, location and above all else the lighting for that one magical shutter moment. Blink of an eye the road travels on but my mind has captured the ‘what if’ moment forever.” 4 The Grape Vine 2016 | EVENTS www.thegrapevinenw.com JUNE JULY June 2 June 16 July 4 July 16-17 ILE ALLEY AYS WALLA WALLA CHAMBER HOGS & DOGS - THE 29TH ANNUAL RIVER N V D West Richland Naches – www.uppervalley.com MUSIC FESTIVAL OF FIRE FESTIVAL www.visittricities.com Kennewick - www.visittri-cities.com www.wwcmf.org July 23 June 16-18 4TH OF JULY IN THE PARK ALPACA FIBER SEMINAR CELEBRATE WALLA WALLA Walla Walla Spring Harvest Mill www.4thofjulyinthepark.com Sunnyside VALLEY WINES www.wallawallawines.com ANNUAL WILD WEST PARADE July 29-31 Toppenish - www.toppenish.net June 3 June 17-18 JAZZ IN THE VALLEY OVE OF UNK Ellensburg – www.myellensburg.com FARMER’S MARKET L J Walla Walla – www.loveofjunk.com GRAND OLD 4TH OF JULY OPENS IN ICHLAND Gesa Stadium – Pasco R HE TH NNUAL RI ITY 9am–1pm and runs each www.visittri-cities.com T 50 A T -C Friday through October June 17-19 WATER FOLLIES AND HAPO www.marketattheparkway.com ALL WHEELS WEEKEND July 9 COLUMBIA CUP & OVER THE Dayton - www.historicdayton.com SUMMER BEER FEST RIVER AIR SHOW June 3-5 Prosser – www.tourprosser.com Kennewick – www.waterfollies.com DUTCH OVEN COOKING June 18 CLASSES AT MCKINLEY SCOTTISH FEST – Prosser July 16 THE 64TH ANNUAL www.prosserscottishfest.org SPRINGS – Prosser ART WALK AND WINE GALA ART IN THE PARK Prosser – www.tourprosser.com Richland – www.visittri-cities.com June 6 June 23-26 THE 23RD ANNUAL COOL MURAL IN A DAY EVENT Toppenish. www.visittoppenish.com DESERT NIGHTS - Richland www.cooldesertnights.com June 10-12 June 24-26 SACAJAWEA BLUEGRASS UNCOMMON THREADS FESTIVAL & DUTCH QUILTING & FIBER ARTS RENDEZVOUS – FESTIVAL Pasco – www.visittricities.com Prosser –www.prosserthreads.com June 11 June 25 YAKIMA BLUES AND LOCAL SUNSHINE DAYS IN THE BREWS BASH RATTLESNAKE