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William Church Winery

WBC or Bust: Willows Lodge Grand Tasting

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 […]

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#WAWine: Woodinville Style

by Shona Milne on June 7, 2010

I co-hosted a #WAWine virtual tasting with Cynthia Daste of Woodinville Wine Country on Thursday night at Purple Cafe in Bellevue. We took part in the #WAWine online tasting with Woodinville wines, and wineries from eastern Washington who have tasting rooms in Woodinville.  We tasted quite a few roses and whites before going onto some […]

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Passport to Woodinville: Saturday Warehouse

by Shona Milne on April 19, 2010

Before I left Columbia Winery I found this happy group who told me they were “Illegal aliens in search of their Passports”. I then focused my first day of Passport to Woodinville on the warehouse district. I started off at Hestia Cellars which has a great Meritage and they had a nice live band for your sipping […]

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Passport to Woodinville: Wine Extraganza!

by Shona Milne on April 3, 2010

It’s getting closer and closer for Passport to Woodinville. Save the dates for Saturday & Sunday, April 17th & 18th. The tickets are $60 for a Saturday & Sunday Passport and $40 for the Sunday only Passport. Tickets are available through Woodinville Wine Country. There are 37 wineries participating this year. There is an article […]

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Valentine’s Day: Red Wine & Chocolates

by Shona Milne on February 11, 2010

Hollywood Hill Vineyards – Feb 13th – Wine & Cheese Pairing – 3-6pm – $20 Edmonds Winery – Feb 13th & 14th – Chocolate & Red Wine Affair – 1-5pm – no fee Silver Lake Winery – Feb 12th-15th – Red Wine & Chocolates Canon de Sol & Irlandes – Feb 13th – Meet the Winemaker […]

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Woodinville Wine Tasting: Passport 2010

by Shona Milne on January 31, 2010

Tickets are now available for Passport 2010 which is April 17th & 18th. The tickets are $60 for two day tickets and $40 for Sunday only. You can purchase your tickets at Woodinville Wine Country. Tweet This Post

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St. Nick’s Weekend: Saturday

by Shona Milne on December 9, 2009

I knew from the moment that I slid into Columbia Winery’s parking lot on early Saturday morning that it would be an interesting weekend. I handed out glasses and tickets to St. Nick’s Open House Weekend before the event and headed out late Saturday morning for some power tasting. It was a cold, frosty, and […]

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St. Nicks Weekend: Tickets Going, Going…

by Shona Milne on November 10, 2009

We have less than a week before St. Nick Weekend is upon us. There are still Saturday/Sunday and Sunday only tickets available; $50 and $35 respectively. JM Cellars and Mark Ryan are participating this year. You can get your tickets at Woodinville Wine Country. Next booklet and glass pickup is on December 4th at Columbia Winery from […]

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Dirt to Glass: William Church Winery

by Shona Milne on October 23, 2009

I stopped by William Church Winery on Saturday to do a punch down of the grapes. It’s a process of punching down through the grapes as they sit on top of the juice. It looks easy but it a challenge to punch through the grapes at first. It get a bit easier as they have […]

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Social Media: William Church Winery

by Shona Milne on October 19, 2009

There have been quite a few conversations about social media and how wineries can use these tools. I was fortunately to be invited to William Church Winery last Saturday night for another conversation. Quite few few other bloggers/tweeters were also in attendance to offer opinions on how wineries, specifically William Church, can leverage Facebook, Twitter, and the internet […]

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