Wineries
Please note that prices, hours of operation and wine availability can often change, and we recommend that you call ahead before you go.
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Ste. Michelle
14111 N.E. 145th St.
Woodinville, WA 98072
Telephone: (425) 415-3300
Website: www.ste—michelle.com
Open: Daily, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; free tours 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Tasting Fee: Free
Columbia Winery
14030 N.E. 145th St.
Woodinville, WA 98072
Telephone: (425) 482-7490; (800) 488-2347
Website: www.columbiawinery.com
Open: 10 a.m.—6 p.m., daily; tours offered at 3:30 p.m., Mon.—Fri., and from11 a.m.—5 p.m., Sat. and Sun.
Tasting Fee: $5
Ten friends launched Columbia in 1962, and it was the first premium winery to open in Woodinville. Today visitors can stop into the tasting room to sample young and reserve wines; look for the Red Willow Syrah. On your way out, you can stop by the store to purchase any of the wines by the bottle or cases at 25 percent off.
DeLille Cellars
14208 Woodinville-Redmond Road N.E.
Redmond, WA 98052
Telephone: (425) 489-0544
Website: www.delillecellars.com
Open: Tours and tastings are by appointment only
Tasting Fee: $10
You'll discover a gravity-flow winery, residential-style reception area, lake and hillside gardens but no vineyard—the only thing missing from the wine-country experience you get at DeLille. Currently it's not easy to secure an appointment, but the wines—five Bordeaux-style blends—are worth the effort. Things, however, are bound to get easier for DeLille fans soon: In late 2008, DeLille will open a $4.5 million winery in the new Woodinville Village project, including a four-story tower with different tasting venues, giving visitors more opportunities to taste the wines.
Di Stefano Winery
12280 Woodinville Drive N.E.
Woodinville, WA 98072
Telephone: (425) 487-1648
Website: www.distefanowinery.com
Open: Weekends, noon to 5 p.m., or by appointment
Tasting Fee: Free
Matthews Cellars
16116 140th Place N.E.
Woodinville, WA 98072
Telephone: (425) 487-9810
Website: www.matthewscellars.com/
Open: Saturdays, noon to 4 p.m., other times by appointment
Tasting Fee: Free
Cadence Winery
9320 15th Ave. S., Unit CF
Seattle, WA 98108
Telephone: (206) 381-9507
Website: www.cadencewinery.com
Open: Tastings and tours by appointment only
Tasting Fee: Free
Ben Smith makes his wines from Red Mountain grapes grown on his own 10-acre parcel of land out there. But his desire to stay in the city led him to set up shop in a former auto mechanic's garage in the industrial section of south Seattle. The winery and tasting room is convenient to I-5 and the West Seattle Bridge. Expect to try very good to outstanding blends made mostly of Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Petit Verdot.
O-S Winery
1501 S. 92nd Place, Suite B
Seattle, WA 98168
Telephone: (206) 243-3427
Website: www.oswinery.com
Open: Tastings and tours by appointment only
Tasting Fee: $5
Formerly known as Owen-Sullivan Winery, OS winery is housed in a cramped space in a small industrial park not far from the Sea-Tac Airport. Proprietors Rob Sullivan and Bill Owen have a new climate-controlled barrel room in which they age their small lots of heady wines, mostly red, which are always in high demand. Guests can try wine straight from barrel, or any of the bottlings in the tasting room.
tastings Room (at Pike Place)
1924 Post Alley
Seattle, WA 98101
Telephone: (206) 770-WINE (9463)
Website: www.winesofwashington.com
Open: Daily, noon to 8 p.m.
Tasting Fee: Free
Silver Lake tastings Room
15029 Woodinville-Redmond Road
Woodinville, WA 98072
Telephone: (425) 485-2437
Website: www.silverlakewinery.com/woodinville.htm
Open: Daily, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tasting Fee: Free
Nota Bene Cellars
9320 15th Ave. S.
Seattle, WA 98108
Telephone: (206) 459-2785
Website: www.notabenecellars.com
Open: By appointment
Tasting Fee: Free
Hedges tastings Room
195 N.E. Gilman Blvd.
Issaquah, WA 98027
Telephone: (425) 391-6056
Website: www.hedgescellars.com
Open: Monday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tasting Fee: Free
