What the name means
A federally recognized American Viticultural Area established in 1984. It covers most of Washington’s wine-growing land and crosses into Oregon.
Research underway
Waterbrook Malbec Washington Red Wine
We have the store listing and package details. The deeper reporting for this wine is still underway.
- Style
- Red wine
- Size
- 750 ml
- Grape
- Malbec
- Region
- Columbia Valley
- Shelf barcode
- 0848375000634
The prices we checked
Dated store checks, not a promise about your store.
- Fred Meyer, Portland, OR$19.99
- QFC, Seattle, WA$15.99
- Fred Meyer, Vancouver, WA$18.99
The regular price can vary by store and date.
From the producer
Founding winery
Waterbrook says its founders opened Walla Walla's fourth bonded winery in 1984, and the winery still sources grapes from the Walla Walla and Columbia valleys in Washington State.
Research status
Where this page is headed
We are checking the current release, the producer record, and the bottle itself. Until that work is complete, this page reports only the facts carried by the dated store feed and shared region and grape research.
Getting to know Columbia Valley.
Columbia Valley is large, dry and internally varied. Its rain-shadow climate and cool nights are useful context, but a statewide-scale AVA never replaces vineyard or subappellation sourcing.
How grapes grow here
The Cascade rain shadow keeps annual precipitation near 6–8 inches across much of the valley. Long summer days and cool nights support ripeness while preserving acidity; irrigation is fundamental.
What lies under the vines
Windblown loess, flood deposits, gravel and basalt-derived material recur across the valley. The broad AVA does not establish one soil for a finished blend.
How large the region is
- Area
- About 11 million acres, with more than 60,000 acres planted to wine grapes in the authority record.
- Riesling context
- Riesling was Washington’s second-largest 2023 variety at 24,357 tons, 15% of the crop.
Places within the region
- Nested places
- Yakima Valley, Walla Walla Valley, Horse Heaven Hills and other AVAs sit within the larger Columbia Valley framework.
- Resolution limit
- A Columbia Valley label does not establish a single vineyard, elevation or soil series.
Getting to know Malbec.
Malbec is a red grape that began in France and became Argentina's most planted wine grape. It usually makes deeply colored wine with a solid but approachable structure.
Category guide
What to expect in the glass
Argentina's wine regulator describes plum, blackberry, cherry and violet as common references, with robust body and clear acidity. Altitude, climate and cellar choices can make the wine feel fresher, firmer or riper.
Sources: Instituto Nacional de Vitivinicultura. Checked Aug 10, 2026. See all 14 Malbec wines we cover →
Where this information comes from
- Store listing
- Price, package, product identifier. Checked Sep 27, 2026.
- Barcode
- The shelf barcode shown here is computed from the store product identifier. It has not been checked against a bottle.
- Method
- Every price, rating and fact here is a dated observation. How we check.