Today I brought a couple friends to Cascade Cliffs Vineyard in Woodinville to taste incredible Barbera wine. While we were there, I couldn’t resist picking up their Gruner Veltliner. It pairs so well with the vegetarian meals I eat. I also purchased a bottle of their Symphony white wine – a varietal I’d never heard of! My friends raved over ...
My friend Mariah and I had been trying to schedule an afternoon Woodinville wine tasting almost the entire summer and a few weeks back, we finally met up! I met Mariah while sitting outside on the lovely lawn at Alexandria Nicole Cellars in the Hollywood District of Woodinville wine country. She was a new friendly face at the tasting room ...
To say that I was excited about the opportunity to ride along with the Warr-King Wines staff to visit their Washington State vineyard sources is an extreme understatement. This is something I had been dying to do for the last few years, and when Lisa Warr-King Packer (winemaker at Warr-King Wines) invited me to join them, I was thrilled! The ...
It is always a pleasure to see Taylor (thiswaywithtay) and Jeremy out wine tasting in Woodinville! We all caught up over a lovely wine tasting at W.T. Vintners in Woodinville’s Warehouse District last weekend. It was so great to catch up with her! W.T. Vintners has one of the only few Vend Charcuterie machines in Washington State! I love these ...
I was blown away when Carrie, Shona, and I met up last Sunday afternoon for brunch and wine tasting at Alexandria Nicole Cellars’ new tasting room at the Woodin Creek Village! This modern space is absolutely stunning with a huge wine club lounge, ample seating for non-club members, and a prime patio location. I won’t post a bathroom selfie here, ...
I was so excited to visit this tasting room with our friend Shona, from Wine Diva Lifestyle. She had of course visited the Woodinville Mark Ryan tasting room, but she hadn’t seen this updated downtown Walla Walla space before our trip. I love the mix of classy wine bottles and magnums displayed beneath brightly colored artwork. It’s so eye-catching! I ...
On our way back home to Woodinville after our Walla Walla wine field trip, Kaiti and I couldn’t resist stopping into L’Ecole No. 41 to shop for a couple bottles of Walla Walla wine to bring back home. It’s easy to find L’Ecole No. 41 wines in Seattle-area grocery stores, such as QFC, Haggen and Fred Meyer, but I wanted ...
I know that I am not alone when I say that I am excited to be able to spend a little more time out in tasting rooms with friends! It had been almost two years since my good friend Tonja and I were able to make it out to Woodinville, and our afternoon spent dining at Vivi Pizzeria and sipping ...
Every year in April and May, Carrie and I start our favorite yearly process of gathering all of the newly released Rosé wines from as many Woodinville wineries as we can manage to get to. We research release dates and plan out our trips to gather armloads of Rosé, before transforming Carrie’s beautiful backyard into a pink-themed Rosé wine party. ...
If you have not yet taken the stunning drive out to Carnation, WA to visit Orenda Winery, you seriously must make this a summer calendar date! We visited recently and met with owners/winemakers Samantha and Xander Kent. Samantha, gorgeously expecting their first child, gave us an incredible tour of the grounds, while Zander showcased a piece of honeycomb from the ...