by Shona Milne on February 17, 2011
Matthews Estate – Fri, Feb 18th – 7-9pm – Friday Night Live Apex at Alder Ridge – Sat, Feb 19th – 5-9pm – Unplugged Music Event featuring Mealfrog Anton Ville Winery – Sat, Feb 19th – 1-5pm – Cheese and Wine Pairings DiStefano Winery – Sat, Feb 19th – 11am-1pm – Art of Blending Class […]
by Shona Milne on February 14, 2011
It was a very blustery day out in Woodinville on Saturday but I had a few things on my agenda since it was Valentine’s Day weekend. I started off my day at Elsom Cellars for a splash of Malbec, a bit of chocolate, and a paraffin hand treatment. Got to keep the hands looking good out […]
by Shona Milne on February 2, 2011
Yes, the Iron Vintner Challenger is back for the second year. This event takes place at Willows Lodge and is a month-long culinary competition where four local winemakers complete for the title of Iron Vintner. The event concludes with a four-course Championship Winemaker Dinner prepared by Chef Bobby Moore to benefit Little Bit Riding Therapeutic Center. […]
by Shona Milne on December 30, 2010
Alexandria Nicole Cellars – Fri, Dec 31st – 7-10pm – New York New Year’s Eve Italianissimo Ristorante – Fri, Dec 31st – New Year’s Eve Dinner at Italianissimo Village Wines – Fri, Dec 31st – 4-7pm – Champagne Happy Hour Village Wines – Fri, Dec 31st – 7pm-1am – New Year’s Eve Bash at Village Wines […]
by Shona Milne on December 27, 2010
Alexandria Nicole Cellars – Fri, Dec 31st – 7-10pm – New York New Year’s Eve Italianissimo Ristorante – Fri, Dec 31st – New Year’s Eve Dinner at Italianissimo Village Wines – Fri, Dec 31st – 4-7pm – Champagne Happy Hour Village Wines – Fri, Dec 31st – 7pm-1am – New Year’s Eve Bash at Village Wines […]
by Shona Milne on December 4, 2010
Many of the wineries will be providing food but for those of you who might be looking for something more I’ve provided a list ot local place to eat during or after St Nicks. The Twisted Cafe – 12631 NE Woodinville Drive – 425-806-7203 Teddy’s Bigger Burgers – 17705 140th Avenue NE – 425-408-1604 Russell’s […]
by Shona Milne on December 1, 2010
During the St. Nick’s weekend LetsPour staff will be at Hollywood Schoolhouse with NW Totem Cellars debuting our iPhone app. We are encouraging attendees to use the LetsPour app during the St. Nick’s event to rate wines that they taste and share it on Twitter and Facebook. As an incentive, we will give away a […]
by Shona Milne on August 15, 2010
I had the opportunity to experience a new program from Willows Lodge the other day. GeoHop is based on the sport of geocaching. You receive a GPS receiver and a sheet with clues to help you find the wine destinations. You plug in the location code and follow the compass to the next winery to […]
by Shona Milne on June 30, 2010
As a more practical matter of how to have our winning WBC or Bust Wine Bloggers taste through quite a few of our wonderful Woodinville wines we had them come to Willows Lodge. It was one of our first nice days this year so we ended up on the patio outside the Fireside Cellars. A […]
by Shona Milne on May 15, 2010
Here’s a chance to see some of our local winemakers out of their element the Iron Vintner Challenge at Willows Lodge. They will be in the kitchen instead of the winery. There are two preliminary rounds with the first on June 2nd with Mark McNeilly of Mark Ryan Winery vs. Brennon Leighton of Efeste. Round […]