by Shona Milne on August 18, 2009
Greg Lill certainly picked a good day for his big birthday. What a party! The sun was out when I arrived at Chateau Ste. Michelle for the Auction of Washington Wines Picnic to benefit Children’s Hospital and then the weather changed. The dark clouds rolled in and it started to sprinkle and people mostly seemed undisturbed. It […]
by Shona Milne on July 5, 2009
I stopped by Edmonds Winery Saturday and found out that winery dog, Bentley, is having his 21st (in dog years) birthday. Stop by to help him celebrate on July 11th, 1-5pm, and a portion of your purchase of Bently Red Wine will go to Food Life Line. Tweet This Post
by Shona Milne on June 20, 2009
Woodinville Wine County has a new event this summer. Wine Notes will take place at Columbia Winery on July 15th from 5-8pm. Tickets go on sale on Monday, June 22nd for $30 online and $40 at the door. About 20 wineries are participating and there will be music and hors d’oeuvres. Tweet This Post
by Shona Milne on May 7, 2009
I attended the 11th Homeward Pet Benefit Auction & Dinner on Saturday night at the Seattle Marriott Waterfront. It looked like there was a very good turnout. There were a number of items representing our local winemakers & brewmaster: DiStefano, Woodhouse Family Cellars, Columbia Winery, Redhook Brewery, Covington Cellars, Edmonds Winery, J. Bookwalter, Betz, DeLille Cellars, […]
by Shona Milne on April 28, 2009
I received some information from John Bigelow at JM Cellars on the upcoming Woodinville Winemakers & Brew Master Triathlon. The event will be Wednesday, July 22 beginning at 5:00pm. The rules are that there really are not any rules. Proceeds will go to The Mitochondrial Research Guild of Seattle Children’s Hospital. Root on your favorite […]
by Shona Milne on February 19, 2009
What a beautiful day it was for wine tasting this past Saturday on Valentine’s Day. I stopped off at quite a few wineries and thankfully I had enough sense to make a list of where I had been. My first stop was Northwest Totem Cellars for a variety of reasons. The first is that I love […]
by Shona Milne on January 30, 2009
I know that ticket sales are suppose to begin on Sunday, February 1st, but Cynthia Daste of Woodinville Wine Country just told me she opened up tickets sales a few minutes ago since the 1st was over the weekend. Get your tickets fast as this usually sells out. Passport to Woodinville Weekend April 18 and […]
by Shona Milne on January 23, 2009
I can barely keep up with all the Valentine’s Day events I am hearing about. Valentines’s Day – noon-4pm “Love is in the air at Edmonds Winery” on Valentines Day. We will be featuring red wine and chocolate, introducing our 2006 vintage Cabernet Sauvignon. Tweet This Post