If you are looking for a fun and cozy wine and whiskey bar in South Puget Sound, you will want to visit the Browne Family Vineyards tasting room.  The tasting room is in the charming Proctor District in Tacoma’s north end, next to Cactus Restaurant and close to the Metropolitan Market. Don’t you love this chic bar with the mural ...

The month of March is typically fast moving here at Woodinville Wine Blog.  Our March calendars include social events such as Taste Washington Wine Month, Seattle Uncorked’s Cabernet Classic, and the Taste Washington grand tasting weekend in Seattle. March brings the first day of Spring and with that comes many spring Woodinville wine releases. March usually means, for those of ...

I throw parties quite often, and love to serve cocktails to my guests along with Woodinville wines I bring home from my wine tastings. I frequent Proper & Ernest, a well curated specialty liquor store in a Woodinville strip mall, to resupply my liquor cabinet. I come in and ask Jeff’s advice. He won’t let us photograph him, but cheerily ...

I keep dragging soon-to-be-appreciative friends into this incredible liquor store that’s tucked away in a little strip mall in Woodinville. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve come here on the eve of a dinner party, theme party or cocktail party and gotten great advice on cocktails from the owner, David. Sure, I could shop for my parties at ...

We were innocently on our way to peruse the menu at Hollywood Tavern next door, when Jen mentioned she’d never been to the Woodinville Whiskey Co. for a tasting. Had to rectify that immediately, I insisted, so in we went. (I did not actually have to make any effort whatsoever to persuade her!) Our tasting was a really good deal ...