DOUG MCCREA AND GINO CUNEO never planned to land in Walla Walla. Yet the veteran winemakers have joined forces to bring their considerable talents to a dynamic downtown tasting room. Both opened their wineries in 1989 — McCrea in Washington and Cuneo in Oregon — but now they have different wineries than they started with. McCrea launched McCrea Cellars and focused on Rhône varieties long before they became fashionable. Thanks to high-end syrahs and blends, McCrea gained near-

Originally published March 17, 2012 at 7:00 PM Gino Cuneo has been making wines in Oregon, with both Washington and Oregon grapes, for more than two decades. His recent move to Walla Walla has accelerated his efforts to replicate some of the most unusual and labor-intensive wines in the world — the appassimento-style wines (amarone and recioto) of the Veneto. By Paul Gregutt, Special to the Seattle Times I'M NOT sure if it should be considered the last grape crush of 2011 or

Seattle PI, February 12, 1012 ‘… Gino Cuneo: Chasing the Elusive New World Amarone’ - The Pour Fool“I tasted the finished wine, Tre Nova “Seccopassa”, last week and it is absolutely, unequivocally an Amarone. All the hallmarks of the style are there: amazing depth, shocking complexity, viscous texture, and even a few of the flavors of the Italians, despite the vast differences in the grapes.” http://blog.seattlepi.com/thepourfool/2012/02/12/allegrini-renacer-and-gino-cuneo-ch