Latah Creek's Winemaker, Mike Conway, started his career in the wine industry in 1972 as a microbiology technician for the largest winery in the United States, E&J Gallo. After leaving Gallo in 1975, two additional years were spent in the microbial field as the winery microbiologist at nearby Franzia Brothers Winery. In 1977, Mike's aspirations toward winemaking were fulfilled when he accepted an assistant winemaker's position with the Parducci winery in Northern California. After three years of training and experience at Parducci, Mike was offered a full charge winemaking job in a relatively unknown, new emerging wine area: Washington State. There he undertook the responsibility of starting up and operating a new winery. His immediate success prompted a move in 1982 that dramatically changed the face of the Washington State wine industry - two new wineries were started where Mike performed winemaking duties. Latah Creek and The Hogue Cellars were brought about through a joint venture with grape grower Hogue and winemaker Conway. After two years, the two operations were separated so full attention could be given to Mike and Ellena's own winery: Latah Creek.  In 2005, Natalie graduated Cum Laude with Honors from Eastern Washington University with a Bachelor degree in Biology.  With hopes of taking over the winery one day, she is currently learning winemaking from her father and the fiscal aspects of the business from her mother.

Production at Latah Creek is maintained at about 17,000 cases annually. Today, roughly 10 percent of that total consists of red wines while another 10 percent is devoted exclusively to Chardonnay. 60 percent is comprised of our most popular wines, Riesling and Huckleberry d'Latah.  The remaining 20 percent includes smaller lots of Muscat Canelli, Moscato d'Latah and proprietary blends of Maywine, Spokane Blush and our newest wine Natalie's Nectar.