Were it not for one road trip through Oregon in the 1990s, The Rocks District in Walla Walla – today one of America’s most coveted regions for Rhône grapes – might have stayed in the winegrowing shadows.
That pivotal trip was taken by Christophe Baron, the youngest in a current line of vignerons from the centuries-old Champagne house of Baron Albert. Baron had previously cut his teeth working in his family’s vineyards, studying in Burgundy and working harvests...
