• HONEST WASHINGTON SPARKLING WINE •
Tirriddis is a Washington State traditional method sparkling wine winery located in Prosser, Washington. Founded in 2021 by Andrew Gerow, Gabriel Crowell, and Matthew Doutney, three graduates of Washington State University’s Viticulture & Enology program. We are happily working hard to pioneer & curate Washington’s sparkling identity.
Our name, Tirriddis, comes from Tirage, Riddle, and Disgorge – the three steps to naturally produce sparkling wines. Focused solely on this traditional method, we proudly implement ground-breaking and unique non-traditional styles to emphasize Washington’s diverse yet world class growing environment. In addition to wine quality, sustainability within the community and our environment is very important to us as we strive to help represent and push forward the future of Washington wine.
The Tirriddis Team
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Andrew Gerow, Co-Founder & General Manager
Originally from Grand Rapids, Michigan, Andrew moved out to Washington state in 2017 after graduating high school to pursue a degree in Viticulture & Enology at Washington State University. Throughout his education, he worked in all facets of the wine industry, from vineyards to wineries and tasting rooms, and ultimately awarded the Wine Spectator Student of the Year scholarship in 2020. As graduation was on the horizon, the pandemic upended ambitions to travel and work in wineries around the world. With the new found uncertainty and free time, he partnered with his friends Gabriel Crowell and Matthew Doutney to start making wine – marking the beginning of Tirriddis.
Q: Why Washington State?
Originally drawn to Washington state by the proximity and access to the diverse geography and climate of the great Pacific Northwest. Shortly after immersing into the Washington Wine industry, Andrew found a deep respect and admiration for the community, potential, and accessibility of the region. Not only are the wines accessible, but as an industry, there is a great community and enormous respect for ambition & passion. He described Washington as the “last frontier” of wine regions where one can work at a high level in the industry through sheer passion and hard work, despite a lack of connections and finances. In addition, there aren’t intense regulations of grape varietals and styles to particular regions, so there is opportunity to define and explore. Thus, manifesting the ambition to work hard and define an original and authentic style of sparkling wines for Washington state.
Q: What do you love about Traditional Method sparkling wines?
Traditional method sparkling wines are nostalgic, celebratory, and present incredible challenges. Throughout university as I was developing my palate and getting into the industry, Matthew, Gabriel, and I would celebrate finishing exams and the start of holiday breaks with fried chicken and Champagne. This shared experience of great Traditional Method sparkling wines not only defined our pallet’s as we were growing, but also was a binder in our friendship. Then not just us, but for many people around the world, sparkling wines are synonymous with celebration. They’re ceremonial and cherished for celebrating life’s greatest and most memorable moments for many people. In a more nerdy way, the idea of making traditional method sparkling wines is an incredibly technical, complex, and challenging task. Not only to produce good traditional method sparkling, but to produce great traditional method sparkling wines that step away from tradition to curate an original & authentic style for an undefined region is just a Herculean task. The sheer challenge created the strongest draw and the most excitement towards traditional method sparkling.
Q: What is your dream for Tirriddis?
My dream is for Tirriddis to be considered the definition, the gold-standard of Washington sparkling wine for people around the world. I constantly envision a random person walking into a wine store, confronted by the vast number of most representative bottles of wine in the world, only to select Tirriddis to experience the most authentic and original sparkling expression of Washington state. The goal is to be accessible, approachable, and curate an opportunity for people to take a vacation to Washington through a bottle of sparkling wine.
Q: What is your favorite pairing with Tirriddis?
There are few things that make me happier than a glass of our Barrel Fermented Blanc de Blanc with a fresh Pino empanada from my friends at Oso Gordo Pizzeria.
Andrew Gerow can be contacted at AndrewG@tirriddis.com.
Gabriel Crowell, Co-Founder & Director of Winemaking
While growing up, Gabriel has lived in many places, seeing & appreciating different cultures. At 15 years old, his family moved from his home in Arkansas to live in Cyprus, where Gabriel’s passion for wine began while working in a wineshop there. After working in wine retail for a few years, he got his WSET Level 3 certification, and then decided to pivot and pursue a career in wine production – catalyzing a move to Tri-cities, WA to attend WSU’s Viticulture & Enology program. During his education at WSU, Gabriel formed not only long-lasting connections to the wine industry but also made new friends in the process. After working in the industry and building a passion for sparkling wine, he partnered with Matthew Doutney & Andrew Gerow to show the world Washington sparkling wine. Now in 2026 Tirriddis has been at the edge of discovery of not only traditional method sparkling wines but also what it means to be in the Washington Wine Industry.
Q: Why Washington State?
I have begun to look at our state’s wine industry as a great collective of frontier vintners who are still in the age of discovery. Washington state’s diversity personifies our regions wines perfectly. In Washington, we create technologies, traverse mountains, and become inspired by all opportunities possible to grow ourselves and our communities. This opportunity is what pulled me to Washington.
Q: What do you love about Traditional Method sparkling wines?
Traditional Method sparkling wines are different from all other wines because they get to live twice, capture change, and move in a glass. Traditional method sparkling wine has it all. Making sparkling wines has been its own challenge. Not only is the wine technically demanding but sparkling draws from other abilities like patience, sustainability, and forethought. Traditional Method sparkling takes incredibly focused bubble by bubble detail.
Q: What is your dream for Tirriddis?
The dream is here! I want to explore. I want to learn for as long as I can. My dream for Tirriddis is a legacy where an educational and creative environment persists for others with wine as there passion. For Tirriddis, this means we get to work with some of the most passionate people and explore some of the most delicate wines to ever be tasted in Washington.
Q: What is your favorite pairing with Tirriddis?
Instead of the pairing a wine to a food, Tirriddis and all of our wines have been paired with more then just white fish, oysters, winemakers dinner menus, chips, chicken or caviar, but these wines have been paired with a philosophy to try it all. To date some of my favorite pairing memories have been unexpected. Our Barrel Fermented Blanc de Blanc with smoked octopus. The Demi-sec Rose with cherry blue cheese ice cream. Sparkling wine is challenging to make but fortunately easy to pair. Something that pops, fizzles, and lives next to a bowl of potato chips is often all the pairing I need.
Gabriel Crowell can be contacted at GabrielC@tirriddis.com.
Matthew Doutney, Co-Founder & Director of Hospitality
Originally from Long Island, New York, Matthew moved to Tri-cities, Washington in 2017 to attend Washington State University’s Viticulture & Enology program and never looked back. Throughout his education, he worked production & service at a winery in Long Island, NY. Prior to graduation in 2021, he convinced Gabriel & Andrew to come together & show the world the true potential of Washington Bubbles. In the glimpse of free time, Matthew loves to travel and experience great food & wine.
Q: Why Washington State??
Q: What do you love about Traditional Method sparkling wines?
Sparkling wine is so closely associated with celebrations that when you open a bottle, even in a dull or mundane moment, it feels exciting. That being said, nothing is more anti-climactic than a lackluster bottle of bubbles. The Traditional Method is an assurance of quality. The necessary steps for the Traditional Method must all be very intentional and precise, leading to a final wine of good quality. So whether it is an exciting bottle of traditional method bubbles or a boring one, you can be certain it will not be poorly made.
Q: What is your dream for Tirriddis?
It is impossible for me to distinguish between my dream for Tirriddis and my dream for Washington wine as a whole. Tirriddis has always been a proponent for the growth & development of Washington wine as well as proof that Washington (both in viticulture and in consumption) can support many styles of wine. I hope Tirriddis can join the ranks of other producers who are harbingers of Washington wine’s quality to the world.
Q: What is your favorite pairing with Tirriddis?
I often find myself unconcerned with “perfect” or traditional wine pairings. I believe the best way to incorporate wine into your meal is to open a bottle you enjoy with the food you enjoy. Why spoil the meal by worrying if the pairing is right or if it could be better. The dirty truth is a wide variety of wines go with a wide variety of foods.
Matthew Doutney can be contacted at MatthewD@tirriddis.com.
Leyla Gonzalez, Assistant Winemaker
Leyla’s love for the wine industry began at an early age. After growing up in the Horse Heaven Hills with family in the industry, she knew that studying wine was the only right choice for her. She began her education in wine at Yakima Valley College where she earned an associates degree in Vineyard Tech, then transferred to Washington State University Tri-Cities to pursue a degree in Viticulture and Enology. Throughout her studies, Leyla gained experience in different sides of the industry, from working in the vineyard, cellar and lab. During her senior year at WSU, she joined the Tirriddis team and has grown to be our Assistant Winemaker.
Q: Why Washington State?
With 21 recognized AVAs, WA state offers a range of terroir and micro-climates. Not only do we have incredible versatility, but we are also able to showcase a sense of place. Take for example more established styles like Rocks District Syrah and Red Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon, or an emerging styles like Columbia Valley Sparkling Wine, that we proudly showcase at Tirriddis.
Q: What do you love about Traditional Method sparkling wines?
Sparkling wine helps people celebrate and brings people of diverse backgrounds together. It’s a universal language and symbol. Then, on the winemaking side, Traditional Method sparkling wines demand your full attention. You don’t make the wine once, you make it twice. With every step layering compounding levels of complexity to the process.
Q: What is your dream for Tirriddis?
I would love to see Tirriddis become a leader in sustainability & quality. I want people who enjoy Tirriddis to feel confident that they are making a good choice – that not only what’s in the glass is of the highest quality but also the values behind it match.
Q4: What is your favorite Tirriddis pairing?
I love pairing our Demi-sec Rosé with a bowl of strawberries and whipped cream!
Leyla Gonzalez can be contacted at leylag@tirriddis.com.
Defining Us
Washington State sparkling winery devoted to premium, original, and authentic traditional method sparkling wines. The name comes from the three step process that it takes to make traditional method sparkling wines – Tirage, Riddle, and Disgorge.
The act of blending wine, yeast, and sugar and putting into bottle to trigger a secondary fermentation in the bottle. The yeast consumes all of the sugar and produces the natural carbonation in the bottle. The first step of the traditional method sparkling process
The in-bottle, natural settling process where the bottles are slowly rotated and tilted upside-down to catch all the yeast in the neck of the bottle. The second step in the traditional method sparkling process.
