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‘your Junction wine shop’
Our weekly tastings are featured each Friday evening at the bin from 6-7:30 pm .
We also host a tasting each month during the West Seattle Art Walk, the second Thursday from 6-9pm. We sometimes feature tastings on other nights when a special winemaker comes into town. Times may vary as noted in tasting descriptions below.
Our goal is to share with the community and to provide an inviting environment to experience the diversity of wines available globally. We will be hosting weekly tastings to provide an opportunity to sample a wide variety of wines for finding the one’s that best fit your palate. You will have access to the winemakers or distributors to learn more about the personality behind what’s in the bottle. Because we believe in the social aspect of food and wine, we will share recommended recipes or food pairings when possible.
weekly tastings
COMING UP AT THE BIN:
Friday, January 27th from 6-7:30 pm
WA Winery - Distefano Winery
Distfano was one of the first five wineries in the Woodinville area when it was founded back in 1983. The winery sources from some of the state’s most reputable vineyards, producing a broad range of red and white wines from classic varietals. Swing into the bin this Friday to meet the winemaker, Tracey LaPierre, from this local Woodinville winery and sip on a selection of their finely crafted wines including a winery only reserve, available only at the tasting!
Friday, February 3rd from 6-7:30 pm
WA Winery - Reininger, Walla Walla Valley Winery
Located in the heart of the Walla Walla Valley, Reininger began with their first release back in 1997. A large number of our customers are fans of the winery, so we thought it was time to feature them in one of our weekly tastings. Swing by to meet Justin Vajgert from the winery as we explore a line-up of Reininger wines with you including a winery library selection available only at the tasting!
Friday, February 10th from 6-7:30 pm
We’re working on Cupid’s wine selection for this tasting...stay tuned!
Friday, February 17th from 6-7:30 pm
Local Woodinville Winery - Novelty Hill / Januik
If you haven’t visited the winery in Woodinville, this one is a must...the architectural design is uniquely modern and exquisite with an outdoor terrace and bocce ball court, interior fireplace, cool tasting bar and the winery chef is usually on hand cooking up wood-fired pizzas made to order. In the meantime, we’re bringing a touch of the winery to you at the bin! We be joined by tasting room manager, Diane LaCroix-Ball as we pour through a sampling of their many fine wines. We were club members for quite a while and Diane was always one of our fav’s to chat with and shares her knowledge of wines in such a down-to-earth, approachable fashion.
The winemaker is Mike Januik...one of our state’s veteran winemakers with more than thirty years in the business. Some winemakers specialize with a certain style or varietal...but Mike has the winemaking down to a ‘t’. It’s always fun to go in and see what new single varietal, blend, rose, white, red, late harvest...you name it, Mike does it and makes each wine sing! Join us for this for this fun wine tasting...rumor has it we’ll have a winery only, library wine on hand to share with you during the tasting. We hope to see you at the bin for this one!
Friday, February 24th from 6-7:30 pm
Oregon Winery - Anam Cara with Sheila Nicholas!
Okay, we’ve shared a few WA wineries with you thus far, so we decided it was time to mix it up and squeeze in something yummy from our neighbors to the south! We’ve said it before...Anam Cara is one of our Oregon fav’s and a staple at our dinner table! The winery and estate vineyards are located in the Chehalem Mountain AVA in the Willamette Valley. Sheila and Nicholas both live and work in their vineyard, sot it need not be said that they put a lot of love and hard work into crafting quality wines to share with all of us. Swing into the bin to try their new releases!
Tuesday, March 6th from 6-7:30 pm
SPECIAL TASTING - with John Abbott of Abeja!
This is a once a year tasting opportunity with one of the top winemakers from Walla Walla! In our opinion, John is hands down producing some of the state’s top wines from the Walla Walla region. It is a real treat to be able to host him at the bin to share his wines with you. After a decade at the helm of Canoe Ridge, John Abbott and his life partner Molly Galt joined Ken and Ginger Harrison in 2002 for the creation of Abeja. With careful attention to quality and the environment, Abeja has established itself as a leading producer of Cabernet (in addition to delicious Merlot, Syrah and Chardonnay...yum!) in our home state. All of our tastings are casual walk-in during the tasting time period, but we highly recommend coming earlier rather than later on this one! The tasting starts at 6pm...DON’T MISS THIS ONE!!!
($5 tasting fee, excluding club members unless noted otherwise. Tasting fee is refundable with a bottle purchase of the featured wines).
(To manage foot traffic and provide a comfortable experience for our guests, there is a $5 tasting fee, refundable with any bottle purchase of the featured wines, unless noted otherwise.)