House of Smith Tasting Room - Walla Walla

“And we're back! Ten months since our last visit. Birthday weekend, doing our three faves: stay at FINCH, dinner at Passatempo, AND get the House of Smith wine experience. Thursday afternoon early December. Thanks, Jose for the amazing experience! We did the Fall Release and Bordeaux Blitz tastings at the counter then moved to a table for a glass and charcuterie board. Left with a dozen—some for now; some to lay down. Came back the next night (after dinner at Passatempto) for their square dancing. We shared a bottle of Riesling—perfect for post-dinner dancing watch-party. Thanks again, Jose, for your hospitality. ### Excellent wines. Third time. Good wine-snack options—from charcuterie to Marcona almonds. Friendly, attentive service. Industrial deceptively simple décor—like if Nirvana and Zeplin made a tasting room together. On this third visit (fresh snow), we stopped by late Friday afternoon. Sat at the bar. I did the "Burgundy Glass" flight (Chardonnay focused—new convert here). My husband did the "Little Italy" flight (his favorite House of Smith reds). Our host, Derek, brought out several more wines—each with a good Charles Smith story. Left with a bulging box of wine. 'Til next time!”

“Best tasting room I have been to! The staff was amazing! Super friendly and so knowledgeable! All of the wines were so easy to drink! I love Syrah. If you love red wine…….stop here!”

“Our favorite tasting room downtown. Really cool space, converted auto garage. The wine was delicious. The beautiful and super knowledgeable steward DINA made our wine experience at House of Smith's very enjoyable and enlightening. She share lots on interesting info, but didn't hover and let us enjoy our time there. Great music. Highly recommend.”

“Excited to try other Smith wines as we really enjoy their Syrahs. Tasting room staff not very informative, very slow given how few people were in the tasting room. But the most challenging part was the pours were so small you could barely get two sips which isn’t really enough to decide if you like the wine. Would not return.”

“In a place like Walla walla that thrives on wines and provide you the perfect atmosphere for savoring your wines, this place offered neither atmosphere nor great wines. They have a collection of Syrah, none of them are very good. It isn’t bad. It’s just Walla walla has so many more wineries that have so much more to offer that this place failed to stand up to the standards. We tried 2 out of 3 of their tasting collections and were a little disappointed.”