Walla Walla Valley Wine Alliance

“The walla walla valley wine alliance's board was provided a copy of the form prior to the organization's filing with the irs.”

“The organization has a formal search committee that consists of key officers, selected members, and community leaders. This committee decides upon the compensation based on similar salaries for similar skills in the industry and what the organization thought the budget could absorb. The organization uses consultant organizations to find candidates and to validate the decisions for compensation levels.”

“The search committee that consisted of key officers, selected members, and community leaders. This committee decided upon the compensation based on similar salaries for similar skills in the industry and what the organization thought the budget could absorb.”

“These documents are available upon request and the organization notifies the public of their availability on their own website.”

“Class annual winery guide, and other assorted programs. Specific programs taste and tote the walla walla valley wine alliance created the "taste and tote first case flies free" wine program with alaska airlines, the first program of its kind in the pacific northwest. Taste and tote has grown to include the yakima and tri-cities (pasco)airports, and oregon has since established its own "oregon wines fly" program. With the taste and tote program, visitors can check their first case of wine free from the yakima, tri-cities/pasco or walla walla airports on alaska airlines. They also receive waived rental car drop fees from hertz rent-a-car, and waived tasting fees at participating wineries after showing their current alaska airlines boarding pass. Website: www.tasteandtote.com. Mobile wine tour the walla walla valley wine alliance created the first mobile wine tour application in the pacific northwest in july, 2011. The walla walla valley mobile wine tour application is free and accessible using any smart phone at wallawalla.mobilewinetour.com. It is a gps-based application and allows users to identify winery tasting rooms nearby their current location. The app also enables users to identify wineries that produce certain varieties of wine and sort wineries by tasting room hours so that they can identify wineries that are currently open. In addition, visitors can identify restaurants, lodging options, and other attractions through the app. More than 1,000 people access the mobile wine tour each month. Celebrate walla walla valley wine the walla walla valley wine alliance created a signature wine event to be hosted annually in walla walla during the third weekend of june. Celebrate walla walla valley wine launched in 2013. Each year, the event focuses on one of three varietals widely produced in the walla walla valley (cabernet sauvignon, syrah, merlot). We bring in guest winemakers from all over the world to compare and celebrate the differences between our regions. We work with local, regional and national sponsors to secure funding for the event. Walla walla wine @ tastings in seattle & portland the walla walla valley wine alliance hosts two large tasting events each winter, in portland and seattle. More than 50 of our member wineries travel to each city to pour their current releases. The walla walla wine events draw near sell-out crowds, with more than 800 trade and consumer attendees in each city. The trade attendees and general admission attendees are split between two sessions. Walla walla valley ava 30th anniversary the walla walla valley american viticultural area (ava) turned 30 years old in 2014, and the walla walla valley wine alliance executed a number of initiatives to commemorate the anniversary. U.s. Senators maria cantwell and patty murray introduced a resolution honoring the 30th anniversary of the walla walla valley ava, and rep. Cathy mcmorris rogers spoke on the house floor in honor of the anniversary. The wine alliance printed a 30th anniversary edition of the wineries of the walla walla valley winery guide, along with special 30th anniversary brochures to hand out at events held throughout the year and in the member winery tasting rooms. The wine alliance hosted a 30th anniversary celebration on march 20, 2014, highlighted with a lively roundtable discussion featuring the valley's wine industry founders. We also created a video, shown at the 30th anniversary event. It can be seen on our website: www.wallawallawine.com/30years. Wineries of the walla walla valley, winery guide created solely by the walla walla valley wine alliance with a contracted designer, the wineries of the walla walla valley winery guide is the premier winery guidebook resource for tourists visiting the walla walla valley. A new edition comes out each january. 40,000 copies are printed and distributed locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. Winery guide can be downloaded from the walla walla valley wine alliance website: www.w”