by Shona Milne on October 11, 2010
Why We Love Wine Tasting Tables Friends and wine. Definitely one of the best things in life is bringing your friends together for tasting different types of wines. You bond with your friends and with each bottle of wine, and have a great time with each passing glass! Woodinville is now a premiere wine destination […]
by Shona Milne on October 9, 2010
From a recently received press release I see that the tasting rooom trend is being repeated in Spokane with the creation of Nectar Tasting Room. FIVE WASHINGTON STATE WINERIES TO OPEN SATELLITE TASTING ROOM IN DOWNTOWN SPOKANE Nectar Tasting Room is opening on the corner of Stevens and Main and will house the operations of five Washington […]
by Shona Milne on October 7, 2010
Efeste – Fri, Oct 8th – 6:30-9 – 2nd Annual Sips for Seattle Childrens Hospital Charity Event Silver Lake Winery – Fri, Oct 8th – 4-7 – Wine Like a Girl Happy Hour Matthews Estate – Fri, Oct 8th – 6-8:30 – After Hours at Matthews Challenger Ridge – Sat, Oct 9th – 11-5 – […]
by Shona Milne on October 6, 2010
I stopped in at the Two Vintners release party a few weekends ago to check out some of their new wines. I must confess up front that I am already a big fan of Lola, both the wine and the dog. This time the featured wines were 2008 Stone Tree Vineyard Syrah and the 2008 […]
by Shona Milne on October 5, 2010
I just received info that the Grape Killers are having a holiday event. Who are the Grape Killers? It’s Mark Ryan Winery, Stevens Winery, Baer Winery, Sparkman Cellars, Gorman Winery, Guardian Cellars, and Darby Winery. The Grape Killers present…… “Holiday in the Hood 2010.” Thursday, December 2nd, 2010 – 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm Kick […]
by Shona Milne on September 30, 2010
Woodinville Wine Country – Fri, Oct 1st – St Nick’s Tickets (Dec 4th & 5th) go on sale Chateau Ste. Michelle – Fri, Oct 1st – First Friday Happy Hour Matthews Estate – Fri, Oct 1st – noon-7 – Extended Hours Bainbridge Island Wine Weekend – Fri, Sat, & Sun, Oct 1st-3rd – Great wine, food, […]
by Shona Milne on September 28, 2010
If your not on the Betz Family Winery list and you would like to do a Betz tasting you are in luck this week. Italianissimo has a weekly Wine Wednesday event and this week you can do a Betz Winery tasting of its new releases paired with some delightful food for $15 from 5-7:30pm. They […]
by Shona Milne on September 27, 2010
I took a tour of the Hilton Garden Inn which will open up in Bothell around the end of October. We have a shortage of accommodations in our area so I thought I would find out a little more. They are mainly catering to business trade as there is a large business park across the […]
by Shona Milne on September 26, 2010
I came across this poem by Paul Shillam when I stopped by the Two Vintners release this past weekend. Paul and his wife Violette wrote this after spending a day bottling some Covington Cellars and Two Vintners wines a few weeks ago. Workin’ the Bottlin’ Line Paul L. Shillam Workin’ the bottlin’ line […]
by Shona Milne on September 25, 2010
It’s such a an unbelievable story, but it is true. Someone stole the rare Bushvine Mourvedre grapes from Grand Reve Vintners vineyard in Benton City. KING5 has the story. Tweet This Post