Airfield Estates In-Person Wine Tasting 5:00-5:45PM

As you step through the doors of the Airfield’s Prosser Tasting Room, you step back in time to the 1940s. The winery was built to resemble the old WWII airplane hangars that were once located on the Miller’s family farm.

As you enter the tasting room, you are greeted to the tunes of 1940’s Big Band Music, and you can feel free to browse the historical photos and remnants that are on display.

Airfield Estates has a deeply rooted history that traces back to 1907 when our founder and great-grandfather, H. Lloyd Miller, pioneered to the northwest settling in Sunnyside, Washington. As an entrepreneur and successful real estate man, H. Lloyd was largely engaged in the buying and selling of farm properties.

Just prior to the United States entry into World War II, the Olympic Air Transport Company contacted H. Lloyd Miller about the possibility of leasing land from him to build an airbase to train military pilots. The airbase continued operations until the mid 1940’s until shortly after WWII came to an end, the pilots moved off-site and the recently constructed buildings were auctioned off to the highest bidder. The only bidder turned out to be H. Lloyd Miller, and with a bid of $1, it is said that he got one heck of a deal on all the buildings!

These unique WWII buildings became the headquarters of the Miller family’s farming operations up to today. Like so many other local farmers, Don was persuaded to plant wine grapes by WSU research scientist Dr. Walter Clore, who is regarded as the “Father of Washington Wine.” Don Miller visited the Napa Valley, and the staff at Freemark Abbey was of significant help to him in the procurement of heat-treated, certified, virus-free plant material from Napa nurseries. Those first vines were planted the following spring of 1968.

In 1971, Don decided to make his first commercial plantings. The vines were planted on a 10-acre parcel of ground. The wine grapes, although planted on a commercial scale, were still secondary to our four main cash crops (sugar beets, spearmint, peppermint, and asparagus). The first large scale planting, headed by Mike Miller (Don’s son), took place in 1978. Over the years, Mike Miller continued to plant grapevines. Today, we have approximately 950 acres of wine grapes consisting of 27 different varietals.

Please join us with Global Sales Manager, XX, and Leslie from Orangewood Wines as we explore Airfield Estates Winery wines hand-selected for you. 

The Line-Up:

2018 Lone Birch Riesling $12

2020 Sauvignon Blanc $15

2016 Airfield Red Blend $16

2016 Reserve Merlot $26

2017 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon $28

The Fine Print:

As you can imagine, tastings will look a little different than before. Please read below so you know what to expect.

– We will be temperature checking members upon their entry into the tasting room.

– Clients will be required to wear a mask anytime they are not seated. 

– We will be practicing social distancing. To do this, we are offering three-time slots and limiting each time slot to twelve people. Please RSVP for the time slot that works best for you.

– IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND, please let us know ASAP so that we may offer your space to those awaiting a reservation.

– This event is for members only.

We are excited to see you! 

Thursday, January 14th

5:00 PM – 5:45 PM 

6:00 PM – 6:45 PM

7:00 PM – 7:45 PM

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