Fireside Cellars

I was invited to attend Round 2 of 2nd Annual Iron Vintner Challenge on Wednesday night at Willows Lodge. The contest takes four Woodinville winemakers who battle it out on the grill and the kitchen and just to make things a bit more interesting, there is the secret ingredient which they need to use to [...]

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Matthews Estate – Fri, May 13th – 7:30-10:30 – Camo Party Dusted Valley – Fri, May 13th – Vinoture Featured Artist Open House Willows Lodge – Fri, May 13th – 5:30-8:30 – Live Entertainment featuring The Side Project Matthews Estate – Sat, May 14th – 12:30-2:30 – Green Apple Catering Cooking Class Northwest Totem Cellars [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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I’ve had numerous people ask me where they can eat in Woodinville while they are out tasting wine on Passport to Woodinville Weekend. I decided to make a list of good spots to stop off and take a food break.  The Twisted Cafe – 12631 NE Woodinville Drive – 425-806-7203 Teddy’s Bigger Burgers – 17705 140th Avenue [...]

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This Wednesday, March 24th, Willows Lodge will feature four women winemakers from Woodinville including Hillary Sjolund from DiStefano Winery, Carol Parsons from Red Sky Winery, Erica Blue from Adams Bench Winery, and Lisa Baer from Baer Winery. This is a complimentary wine tasting in the Fireside Cellars from 5:30-6:30pm. This event coincides with Happier Hour [...]

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I’ve had numerous people ask me where they can eat in Woodinville while they are out tasting wine on St. Nicks Weekend. I decided to make a list of good spots to stop off and take a food break.  The Twisted Cafe – 12631 NE Woodinville Drive – 425-806-7203 Teddy’s Bigger Burgers – 17705 140th Avenue [...]

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I decided to take my Mom for a belated birthday dinner to the Barking Frog last week. They are currently participating in Dine Around Seattle which has select restaurants offering 3 course dinners for $30 and 3 course lunches for $15. This runs Sunday through Thursday (except Thanksgiving) through the end of the month. This [...]

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