The Wine Press: Washington wines hold their own against California's

The state of the state of Washington has changed.</p><p>Seattle suburbs are sprouting their own little skyscrapers like there's no recession. The Tri-Cities, which used to remind me of a sleepy agricultural community, now seems like a metropolis in the making, complete with neighborhoods and ethnic enclaves.</p><p>Even Walla Walla is getting into the act of being hip and dynamic or, well, at least it's rapidly growing. Heck, two years ago, Walla Walla might as well have been in Idaho.</p><p>But even if Walla Walla isn't your idea of a teeming city-scape, the vineyards have spread out like greenery on an untended vine, and in every direction, new plantings surround the town.</p><p>Not so long ago people heard Walla Walla and thought onions; now they should think wine.


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