Socially Distant Scavenger Hunt

WE HAVE OUR WINNERS!

While you are stuck at home and potentially doing a bit of spring cleaning why not play a little game with us? Every spring Sue (Mike & Bev’s mom) and Eileen (Patrick’s mom) would work together to concoct elaborate scavenger hunts for their kids. These scavenger hunts would encompass their houses, outbuildings, orchards, vineyards and would take all day long to complete. (Not a bad way to keep the kids from getting underfoot if you ask us.)

The Williamson family is challenging you to search your home and property for 15 wine related items*. Take a picture of these items and submit them to us via email, Facebook or Instagram. The first person to submit all 15 items by April 30th wins a gift basket valued at $50! But there are still more chances to win, if you find and submit 5 or more items by April 30th your name will be entered to win a coupon for 50% off of one item.

Social Media Scavenger Hunt Items:
1.    Williamson Vineyards wine label
2.    Williamson logo gear (i.e glass, corkscrew, shirt, hat, tumbler, etc.)
3.    Williamson cork
4.    Williamson marketing material (i.e. business card, brochure, ad, etc.)
5.    Wine Book
6.    Wine themed movie
7.    Wine stopper
8.    Wineglass charm (Something that identifies your glass from another.)
9.    Sunnyslope Wine Trail Map (Or comparable wine region map.)
10.    Wine Gag Gift
11.    Wine themed apparel
12.    Wine rack/storage
13.    Your most unique or unusual wine tool
14.    Your favorite wine vessel (It doesn’t have to be a wine glass.)
15.    The bottle you’ve been holding onto the longest (We would love to hear why this bottle is special to you.)

*We are looking for 15 seperate items that fit these descriptions. Duplicates will not be accepted. This is a family company so remember to keep your submissions classy folks. 😉 

 

Our Grand Prize Winner of the gift basket is Dario Bell!

We’re also announcing the winners of our drawing for a 50% off one-item coupon. We loved these submissions and decided to list the reasons these folks all won! We will be contacting our winners individually via email with their coupon to be used in our tasting room. Congratulations to all our winners!

Megan Lepire – OLDEST BOTTLE OF WILLIAMSON WINE (2006 Riesling)

Eljse Taggart – MOST ENTHUSIASTIC PARTICIPANT

Cass Cook – MOST WILLIAMSON WINE IN PHOTO

Verna Weiss – CUTEST WINE BOTTLE COZY

Carol Schroeder – CLASSIEST REFERENCE TO INADMISSIBLE WINE STOPPER

Ted & Nancy Walker – MOST AWESOME WINE DRINKING VESSELS

Virtual Happy Hour – April 16

We’ve got wine cocktails! Check out the video hosted by Teresa Shively and then get the party started (albeit a responsible, socially distant party) using the recipes we’ve put into a PDF for your use – Wine Spritzer and other wine cocktails.

Posted by Williamson Orchard and Vineyard on Thursday, April 16, 2020

Idaho Wine Industry Dealing With Covid-19

A couple of the many things that farmers know about are patience and planning. With wine; grapes have to grow, be tended, harvested and then made into the finished product before there is any retail transaction. If farming was to stop, many of us would feel effects very quickly. The Idaho Press interviewed Mike Williamson and other wine industry leaders to get an idea of what effects the Covid-19 virus was having on both the wine growing and retail side of wine industry.

See the full story here

Here’s your chance to win a bottle of our 2014 Reserve Petite Sirah!

Want to be a part of the Williamson tribe? Tired of missing out on all the fun events at the winery?

Sign up for our monthly newsletter to get the skinny on all the upcoming events, wine releases, and specials. Join our mailing list during the month of November for a chance to win a bottle of 2014 Reserve Petite Sirah. The lucky winner will be announced in our December newsletter!


Holiday Wine BOGO Special

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During the month of December, buy a case of red wine at full price and get a case of select white wines for $1.00!!

Sale excludes 2012 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon & 2013 Homestead Red. Choose from 2015 Blossom or 2014 Dry Riesling for your whites.

No other discounts or promotion can be applied. Availability is subject to change.


The All-American Special

Wine & FlagIn honor of those who serve our community and our country

The Williamson family and staff are grateful to all who serve to make our nation a safe and happy place. During the month of July we want to show our appreciation to our great service men and woman with a 20% discount on all wine purchases, redeemable with military or first responder identification. This special cannot be used in combination with any other sales or discounts.


Williamson Sangiovese stands out among Idaho wine according to the Chicago Tribune!

Williamson Sangiovese stands out among Idaho wine according to the Chicago Tribune!

uppervineyardrowAny Idaho agricultural story, even a story about wine, has to begin with potatoes. The state turns out 13 billion pounds of spuds a year. Go ahead, read it again if you have to: 13 billion pounds.

Idaho aggies are big on barley, plums, onions, beets and mint too. They don’t call it the Gem State for nothing; the place has good growing soil, and for close to 50 years, a small portion of it has been dedicated to growing commercial wine grapes. Idaho’s climate is well suited for such a crop, and most of it grows at relatively high elevation, somewhere between 2,500 and 3,000 feet. The state enjoys long, sunny days (for ripening) and cool high-altitude nights (for retaining acidity). Daily temperature shifts of 40 degrees are not out of the question in some vineyard locations.

Idaho vineyards date to the 1860s, even before grapes were planted next door in Washington and Oregon. (If you don’t have a map in front of you, Idaho’s western edge forms the entire eastern borders of both of those coastal states.) Prohibition put an end to the first phase of the Idaho wine industry, and it was not until the 1970s that it picked up where it left off. So Idaho has a young and small wine industry, with many miles to go before it achieves the success of its neighbors. But the state known for potatoes is also turning out some good wines these days.

There are three overall wine regions in Idaho (North, Southwest and Southeast), and in 2007, the state’s first official appellation, the Snake River Valley AVA (American Viticultural Area), was established. It stretches across 8,000 square miles, even crossing the state line and creeping into Oregon, and is home to 1,125 acres of Idaho vineyards. Idaho’s second appellation, Eagle Foothills AVA, was established in 2015, and the third, Lewis-Clark Valley AVA, came into being in May 2016. About three-fourths of that appellation is in Idaho, and the rest lies across the border in eastern Washington.

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