Walla Walla's showcase event for food and wine will bring some new flavors to the table this year. Fish tacos, draft beer and hard cider among them. Organizers of foodie festival Feast Walla Walla are getting tongues wagging for the third annual event, signing the largest number of food participants yet. Fourteen food purveyors -- from longtime chefs to culinary arts students -- will serve everything from pub grub to fancy fare at the April 10 event, according to an announcement from the Downtown Walla Walla Foundation. The $45 tickets are on sale now for participants 21 and older. The three-hour event starts at 1 p.m. that Saturday. Here's how it works: Guests at the entrance of a 400-foot heated tent on First Avenue between Main and Alder streets trade their tickets for 10 event tokens and a commemorative wine glass. The tokens are exchanged at stations set up throughout the tent for samples of food and wine. With restaurants and wineries -- not to mention a brewery and cidery this year -- under one roof, the event is a chance to dine from multiple menus and pair the food with Walla Walla's renowned wines. Works from four local artists will also be on ...

We stopped by for a quick visit with Ronn Coldiron, owner and winemaker at Glencorrie Winery. He gave us a little background on the winery and shared some future plans. In case you are wondering Glencorrie is made of two Gaelic words that mean "field" and "pot-hole." Ronn explained that pot-holes are part of the Columbia Valley geography. He also gave us some details about an upcoming baguette-making class that will be hosted by the winery in the month of March. Ronn has apparently perfected a recipe that will allow anyone to bake a Parisian-style baguette in a conventional oven. We may be back to check out the class. If you want more information about Glencorrie or want details about the baguette-making class, check out their site, glencorrie.com or give them a call at 509.525.2585.

The Julia Child Cookoff was co-sponsored by the Downtown Walla Walla Foundation and Lifestyles magazine. Watch video after the break.

Jennifer Northam talks with Tom Maccarone about Olive Marketplace. Get a sneak peak at the new digs before it's open. Only on the Downtown Buzz, sponsored by the Walla Walla Downtown Foundation.

Living in wine country - there are magazines published, books written and even entire furniture lines targeted to the “lifestyle” - but what does it really mean? We are fortunate enough to live within a couple of miles from some of Washington’s most prestigious wineries and tasting rooms so I decided that I want to get a first hand look at what the average visitor to Walla Walla experiences when they enter a tasting room here in the valley. And I want find out how they decide where to go during each visit to our “wine country.” My first stop on this quest is Dunham Cellars. Dunham is known for their busy tasting room, their great wine club parties, a knock-out line-up of single vineyard reserve wines and of course the dogs! I went tasting on a Thursday afternoon last week; not their busiest day of the week but what Jordan Fitzgerald, my guide during my time at Dunham, tells me is a steady day. She can expect to see about 15-20 visitors on an average weekday, but during harvest season weekends the small tasting room bursts at the seams seeing over 100 people on a given Saturday. Dunham Cellars does charge ...

We met with the women behind DaMa Wines as they prepared their grapes for the crush.

UB reporter Sheila Hagar featured the newly opened Walla Walla Bread Company in a story and in this accompanying video:

The Taming of the Shrew is currently being performed at the Walla Walla Ampitheater. See story for more details.

Here is a video as part of the "Straight from the Source" series produced by American Winery. Make sure you check out some of their other videos.

Here's a great video we found on Hulu.com featuring John Cleese as he tries to demystify the wine industry and wine tasting. It's informative but since John Cleese is in it also humorous. Hope it comes in handy if you are planning on doing any wine tasting this weekend. It's about 43 minutes long but worth watching.

Walla Walla native Thomas Thompson has a scant 60 seconds to make an impression that could land him the job of a lifetime. But that's not even the biggest challenge in securing a temporary position as California-based Murphy-Goode Winery's new "Wine Country Lifestyle Correspondent." Thompson is up against more than 1,300 other candidates, and he's as much at the mercy of the voting public as his potential employer. At least when it comes to landing an interview. In a move The Los Angeles Times has dubbed "a sign of the cybercrazed times," the Sonoma County winery is on a nationwide search for a Web 2.0 whiz. Someone with such a knack for online tools such as blogs, video, social networks and the like -- on both computer and mobile devices -- that they will generate buzz for the winery. A passion for the juice is important, as well. But back to that first part, which is generating so much online scuttlebutt it will certainly be worth the $60,000 salary the business intends to pay the "winner" of its "Really Goode Job." Candidates like Thompson must demonstrate their aptitude for the position by drumming up online votes for their minute-long video applications. The most popular 50 ...