Pursued by Bear Wine

Wine brought me back home to the Pacific Northwest to craft small lots of limited production reds and a rosé wine that speak of the promise of this special terroir. My interest in wine began here in the mid 1980s. After moving to LA to pursue my acting career, I frequently returned to Yakima to visit my father. Later, inspired by winemaking friends in Napa Valley, the notion of making my own wine took hold. A Washington wine would allow me to see family, I reasoned, and the Washington Cab Sauvs and Syrahs I tasted were spectacular. A chance meeting in 2005 with Walla Walla winemaker Eric Dunham led to a simple handshake that launched Pursued by Bear, named after Shakespeare’s famous stage direction in The Winter’s Night, “Exit, pursued by a bear.” In 2008, Eric passed the winemaking baton to Daniel Wampfler who crafts my wines with the same care. I continue to return home, always marveling at wine’s uncanny knack for bringing family and friends together. Kyle MacLachlan, Owner