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Sweet on Walla Walla Onions

The crew at Cavalli's packs Walla Walla Sweet Onions. On a recent trip to Washington state's hottest wine country (both in terms of temperature and explosive growth; the "next Napa Valley" is home to more than 100 vintners), I tasted some great wine, but that's not what I came home with. My trunk was loaded with 55 pounds of Walla Walla Sweets. Before world-class cabernet, merlot and other Euro-riffic varietals were being produced in this corner of the state, Walla Walla was all about the onion. Many of the small Mom-and-Pop farms started by Italian immigrants are still in operation today, the fruits of their labors for sale in roadside stands heading east of the town so nice, they...

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7 Comments | Posted by Leslie Kelly, July 7, 2009 at 1:30 PM
Tagged: onions, sweet onions, Walla Walla, Washington