Pepper Bridge Winery in Walla Walla was started in the late 1980s by Norm McKibben, an engineer who planned to run an apple orchard in his retirement. But in 1989 he planted a vineyard instead and by 1998 Pepper Bridge was making wine. Today Pepper Bridge owns 400 acres of estate vineyards in the Walla Walla appellation. The winemaker is Jean-Francois Pellet, who worked in Switzerland, Germany and Napa Valley before moving to Pepper Bridge. The estate make red and white wines.