Gordy Venneri, owner/winemaker for Walla Walla Vintners visits us this Saturday, Oct. 26th from 1 - 6 p.m... wonderfully balanced, delicious red wines made by two guys who know what they're doing! Veterans in the industry, these wines are excellent top-down... 20% case discounts, mixed ok, offered on all featured WW Vintners wines... glass pours too!
Read more...A special 'thanks' to everyone who turned out for today's Port tasting, featuring over 4 decades worth of vintage tawny port... what a day!
Read more...Today we hosted the owners of a special boutique winery in Yakima, Anto Lin Cellars, and top-down their wines impressed! Special thanks to those who turned out and tasted... next up, Fivash Winery from the Sammamish Plateau... come meet Doug Giles, owner/winemaker as we feature another 'up and new-comer' to the Washington wine scene. Hellams Vineyard... bringing Washington's best boutique wineries to La Conner... see you soon!
Read more......with Nefarious Cellars this Saturday, July 20th.... the best from Chelan will be offered from this tiny boutique winery, including the debut release of the 2012 Consequence, a Sauvignon-Blanc based blend that will wow you with freshness, complexity and pure Washington winegrape goodness.... come taste and enjoy!
Read more...While our diverse inventory includes wines from around the world we always do our part to support the Washington wine scene... the June & July schedule pretty much sums it up... we have some incredible tastings coming up in the next several weeks featuring Washington wineries such as Tempus, Five Star, Nefarious, Kontos, K Vintners & more... with a dry rose tasting in there too...... we'll keep cranking out the summer stars in August with Bunchgrass, Stevens, Cuillin Hills, Woodinville Wine Cellars, Barrister... Hellams Vineyard... it's the place to go in Skagit County to taste the best...
Read more...A special thank you to Mark & Kelly Pettus for hosting the June Club Social! Good food, wine and fun!
Read more...Come meet owner/winemaker Lou Facelli, one of Washington's wine pioneers at the shop this Saturday, June 8th...! 1 - 6 p.m....
Read more...Greetings from Italia! The past couple of days the group has experienced some of the amazing foods, wine and culture of Puglia. Trips included a visit to the stunning beauty of Lecce, often referred to as the "Florence of the South". A Baroque-era inspired city, it is also the location of the only Roman amphitheater in Puglia. Since it was Mother's Day, the city was very quiet which helped make the experience very memorable, with the peace and tranquility that typically one doesn't find in larger Italian cities. Prior to Lecce we were treated to a vineyard tour, winery tour, wine tasting lunch...
Read more...Greetings Everyone! Today we visited the ancient town of Matera, which was built on the side of a ravine called 'The Gravina' which was created by a river now reduced to a small stream. Many of the famous 'Sassi' dwellings are really only caves dug into the hillside made of the calcareous rock that characterizes much of the landscape of Basilicata and Puglia. As the town expanded, new streets were often constructed on the rooftops of other houses and it is this 'layering' of the 'Sassi' houses that has created the extraordinary images for which Matera has become famous. Unesco called Matera...
Read more...Greetings from Puglia! It's been an excellent tour in this wonderful part of Italy, home to big, rich Primitivo red wine and subtle, aromatic whites. This is the 'bread basket' of Italy, grain too, and 50% of the olive oil production comes from Puglia. This region is divided into 5 provinces; we're staying in the Brindisi sub-region, in the town of San Vito at a property that is several hundred years old, in the country surrounded by 1,000 year old olive trees (some of the 0ldest in all of Italy), farms, rolling hills and stunning beauty. Brindisi is rich in traditions, customs, folk feasts...
Read more...Copyright © 2010 - 2019 Hellam's Vineyard LLC
