My wines have been listed over 20 times in America’s most respected Top 100 Lists including Wine Spectator, Wines & Spirits, Food & Wine Magazine, Food & Wine Pocket Guide, Seattle Magazine, Sean Sullivan, Owen Bargreen, Wine Enthusiast, eRobertParker and Decanter Magazine. The Herbfarm Restaurant bottled their custom label ‘Designee’ cabernet franc. And Canlis Restaurant produced thei Peter Canlis syrah Walla Walla Valley.
My winemaking career began in the Walla Walla Valley with Rick Small at Woodward Canyon Winery in 1991. The standards and lessons Rick shared with me and Renee I have been grateful for each day. I continued winemaking and consulting in Washington State, Marlborough, New Zealand and Stellenbosch, South Africa with brands such as Matua, Jackson Estate, Nautilus, Wairau River, Ch. Ste. Michelle, Glen Fiona, Abeja, Walla Walla Community College, Mt. Baker Vyds, Double Canyon, J. Bookwalter, Hyatt, Bosma Estate & Quoin Rock. In 2000, I licensed the winery Caleb Foster Wines LLC producing Buty and BEAST in Walla Walla with my first wife Nina Buty.
I planted Rockgarden Vineyard in the Walla Walla Valley Rocks District AVA in 2008 with Zelma Long and Phil Freese’s guidance.
Moving to Yakima Valley, I met and began producing the all naturally sweet low alcohol wines Jesus and Jose Barragan designed – Barragan Vinos, launching in 2025.
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