Great Northwest Wine Best of the Best Platinum

CHELAN - Tsillan Cellars, founded in 2000, and the Lake Chelan AVA, designated in 2009, continue to receive recognition as rising stars in the Northwest wine industry. Each year wines from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and British Columbia that have won gold medals in selected competitions are invited to compete against each other for the coveted Platinum Award as the Best of the Best. 

Great Northwest Magazine Winter, 2023 Edition, describes the ascendancy of Tsillan Cellars into the elite of Northwest wineries: “Eight wineries around Lake Chelan combined for 25 Platinums in 2022. Leading the Lake Chelan wine community continues to be Tsillan Cellars, a testament to the vision of Dr. Robert Jankelson and decades of work by vineyard manager Bal Flores and the transition to head winemaker Garrett Grubbs. Tsillan Cellars won five Platinums this year and moved to No. 11 on the all-time list with 31 in its’ history.”

Tsillan Cellars new wine tasting/ event facility in Woodinville is also receiving acclaim for setting new standards of wine tasting elegance and was featured on the cover of the Winter 2023 edition of Washington Tasting Room Magazine.

Washington Wine Tasting magazine describes the new Tsillan Cellars venue: “Ahead of the curve with a Woodinville location since 2017, Tsillan Cellars’ Bob Jankelson understands the guiding principle. The cover photo of this issue might have been taken at a ritzy European resort, yet it is actually Tsillan Cellars new tasting room in Woodin Creek Village, an upscale Woodinville district. Jankelson and his team say they outgrew their former Woodinville location and spent over a year designing the interior.”

Bob Jankelson, owner, and founder of Tsillan Cellars, acknowledges that recognition of the Lake Chelan AVA as a leading wine destination is most satisfying after much skepticism in the wine industry 20 years ago. He appreciates the hard work of other Lake Chelan winery pioneers to make Lake Chelan one of the most sought out wine tourism destinations in Washington State.