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Fortunato’s: One Less Wine Shop in Woodinville

Shona Milne — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:05:11 +0000

I received an email from Fortunato’s wine shop in Woodinville this week telling me that Saturday, June 19th would be their last day in business. I hate to see anyone go out of business but a wine shop closing is unthinkable. I don’t have many details other that they were trying to re-negotiate their lease.

During the past several months, we have been attempting to re-negotiate the lease options with the current property management and owner of this building. The negotiations did not achieve the results we had sought. After an extensive deliberation process and considering all possible options, Team Fortunato’s has made the decision to close our doors.

Taking into consideration the shop’s annual growth rate (present economic times notwithstanding) against the unoccupied building and unrealistic lease requirements, Fortunato’s is not able to sustain ongoing operations. Our last day will be this Saturday, June 19, 2010

Over the past 7 years we have experienced great loyalty and built many friendships with our customers throughout the Eastside, especially in Bothell and Woodinville.

Stop by this Friday and Saturday to enjoy some food and purchase some wine at greatly discounted prices.

Lastly we want to extend a very sincere thank you to each and every one of you for your loyalty and support of Fortunato’s. Your words of encouragement during our recent family crisis have been sincerely appreciated.

We wish the best to all of you and hope to see you again in the near future. Please look for our emails in the coming weeks!

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St. Nick’s Weekend: Where to Eat

Shona Milne — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:05:38 +0000

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 NE – 425-408-1604

Woodinville Cafe – 14170 NE Woodinville-Duvall Road – 425-489-1403

Village Wines – 14545 148th Avenue NE, #211 – 425-485-3536

Fortunato’s – 17410 133rd Avenue NE – 425-481-5444

Purple Cafe – 14459 Woodinville-Redmond Road NE – 425-483-7129

Italianissimo – 15608 NE Woodinville-Duvall Place – 425-485-6888

Barking Frog & Fireside Cellars at Willow Lodge – 14580 NE 145th Street – 425-424-2999 & 425-424-3000

Texas Smokehouse Bar-B-Q – 14455 Woodinville Redmond Road NE – 425-486-1957

Mazatlan – 14450 Woodinville Redmond Road – 425-483-6633

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Favorite Summer Sipper: Sip Off

Shona Milne — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:50:20 +0000

My friend Maureen and I have been doing a Favorite Summer Sipper contest throughout the summer on Wednesdays through Twitter. We decided that we need to wrap it up as the end of August was fast approaching. We headed back out to Fortunato’s, which has been our spot of choice for tastings recently. We had to taste though seven different wines and try and decide what we like the best. We tasted DavenLore Riesling, Kings Estate Pinot Gris, Willamette Valley Vintners Pinot Gris, Sokol Blosser Evolution, Indian Creek White Pinot Noir, J Bookwalter Novella Late Harvest Sauvignon Blanc, and NW Totem Cellars Late Harvest Viognier. We picked the Late Harvest Viognier of the two dessert wines, the Indian Creek White Pinot Noir we granted special mention as we could not put it in a category, and the DavenLore Riesling won for summer white category. None of this was scientific, just a couple of friends sitting around tasting and talking. We enjoyed sipping all of the wines. We are planning on starting another favorite wine series in October. You can follow me on Twitter @Shona425.

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