Art & Science-White Wine Production with Columbia Winery

Join Columbia Winery's Wine Educator, Sarah Linnemeyer, in a seminar on white wines. Learn about different grape varietals, white wine production, wine storage techniques, and the best ways to enjoy tasting your white wine. 

Ticket includes all education materials, wine tasting and a commemorative gift to remember your experience.

Art & Science - White Wine Production
Saturday May 2nd, 2015 1PM-3PM
Cellarmaster Room at Columbia Winery
$40 per person and $30 club members;  tickets on sale in the Tasting Room, by calling Sarah Linnemeyer 425-482-7368 or online HERE. Buy your tickets before April 30th and receive $10 off your ticket!

Columbia Winery & Food 52 - How to Throw a Perfectly Paired Party

Columbia Winery's flavorful and food-friendly wines produce an elegant balance of fruit-driven flavors that also have a firm acidity well-suited to complement a variety of meals and occasions. This makes them the perfect engagement announcement (or any other occasion that should be celebrated with friends and family!) party wine.

The following is an excerpt from Columbia's feature on Food 52 that pairs up five perfectly paired wine and party-perfect appetizers.  

 

Read the entire article about their "five-dish, foolproof spread offers pairings for the four different bottles of wine most likely to show up on your doorstep during a cocktail party: Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Merlot, and Red Blends. It can be executed efficiently, serve several people, and complement wines that are often seen on any home bar" HERE.

Columbia Winery Happy Hours with Beat the Geek Trivia

Join Columbia Winery Happy Hour with Beat the Geek Trivia! Beat the Geek Trivia is a live, interactive pub trivia game. You can play by yourself or as a team of up to eight players. Every game has two or three rounds of standard trivia questions, a picture round, and a music round. The host reads the question aloud, you write down the answer on your answer book. At the end of the game, the team with the most points wins. Limited seating available, arrive early!. For questions, please call 425-482-7313.  Happy Hour with Beat the Geek Trivia Friday, April 10th, May 8th, & June 12th, 5pm-7pm  Offers include discounts of $5 off on premium bottles of wine and $5 wines by the glass. Discounts available on select food pairings. Free to the pubic; You must be 21 and over to participate in this offer.

Join Columbia Winery for the Sounds of Bet Williams & John Hodian with Delicious Wine and Food!

On Sunday, April1 12, 2015, Columbia Winery will host world traveling musicians Bet Williams, John Hodian and their son Jack at the winery’s Woodinville tasting room for an afternoon of delicious food, wine and live music during their stop in Woodinville, Washington for their Family Circus Tour.

From ancient monasteries in Armenia to music festivals throughout Europe, Bet Williams and John Hodian have been creating and performing music together for over 20 years. With the world music ensemble “Epiphany Project,” the blues-based “Bet Williams Band” and the Armenian classical music group “Naghash Ensemble,” these two artists have created a vast quilt of influences and inspirations with their unique music.

With influences ranging from Qawwali devotional songs and  Appalachian Folk to acoustic blues and Tuvan throat singing, Bet Williams uses her voice in an endless number of ways. John Hodian’s piano playing features hauntingly beautiful melodies, intricate rhythms and a soulful intensity, reflecting his Armenian roots and his affinity for improvisation. John & Bet’s young son Jack Hodian is familiar with the music of all three ensembles and brings to it everything from intricate patterns on hand percussion to the thunderous support of a full drum set.

The performance will begin at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 12. For more information, please contact Jessica Tourtillotte at Jessica.tourtillotte@columbiawinery.com.

About Columbia Winery: For more than 50 years, Columbia Winery has embraced a legacy of progressive winemaking that has led its forward-thinking winemakers to discover new grape varieties, vineyards and blends. Today, Winemaker Sean Hails continues this spirit of innovation, handcrafting a distinct collection of food-friendly wines from Washington State. Here, intense sunlight, coupled with a lack of rainfall, translates to deeply concentrated color, flavor and structure in the glass. Located just outside of Seattle, the iconic Columbia tasting room offers daily tastings and Northwest-inspired offerings.
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Winter Sunrise - a recount of Weddings in Woodinville from Pink Blossom Events

~ BreeAnn Gale - Pink Blossom Events; Columbia Winery Weddings in Woodinville 2015 Guest Planner and guest blog post ~

"Soon after I was asked to participate in this year's Weddings In Woodinville I awoke one morning to find the most amazing sunrise outside my window and new that I had picked the theme! Growing up I could see the sun coming up out my bedroom window and those cold frosty winter mornings often produced the most vivid sunrises full of pinks, coral and oranges. Every winter I look forward to those mornings as you know that sunrise will bring one memorable day! As I awoke the morning of the show and drove into Woodinville the sunrise proved to be just as incredible as I had hoped it would be that day lending itself to a fantastic show this past January.

Columbia Winery was transformed the day of the show from the bright floral arrangements complete with hues of pink, coral and oranges and snow covered branches and evergreens from Fena Flowers to the linens and furniture from ABC Rentals by Court and Prop Gallery, a Winter Sunrise was born!

As guests entered Columbia Winery they were directed by signage featuring a stunning watercolor sunrise and were led to the Columbia Room. Passing through the foyer guests couldn't help but touch the snow covered table that greeted guests as they were about the enter the room. Once inside a custom guest book canvas complete with a caricature of the bride and groom was featured.

The Columbia Room was split into both a Lounge Area and Reception Area. The Lounge featured jewelry, a Vodka Bar sponsored by New Amsterdam Vodka and a photo booth by Rick + Anna Photography. On the other side of the room the white dance floor became the focal point of the room as a four post structure outlined the dance floor. The dance floor structure featured a snow frosted cedar garland and floral arrangements all supported by birch and snow covered twigs covered bases. Surrounding the dance floor was a dessert bar, reception tables featuring snow filled place settings and rock candy favors as well as a wine bar and buffet by John Howie Catering. Music throughout was provided by Bugsie Productions.

Outside as the sounds of Smooth Groove played, a ceremony was featured underneath the tent. Mirroring the dance floor structure a chuppah inspired structure covered in lush floral, frosted greens, birch branches and sparkly snow covered twigs centered the room. A table for signing the marriage license during the ceremony stood underneath the ceremony structure. Glass cylinders filled with snow and suspended carnation balls added a touch of winter beauty to the ceremony seating.

Guests left Columbia Winery with ideas that would transform their upcoming wedding whether they were marrying in winter or summer."

The following list is all the vendors who participating in Weddings in Woodinville 2015 at Columbia Winery:

Wedding Planner & Designer - Pink Blossom Events 
Photographer - Rick+Anna Photography
Venue & Wine - Columbia Winery 
Florist - Fena Flowers 
Rentals & Lounge Furniture - ABC Special Event Rentals 
Draping & Lit Bar - Prop Gallery Events 
Paper Goods - "Paper Passionista" - Invitations & Stationery 
Water Color Signage & Guest-book - Art Bistrot
Desserts - Hey-Sweets 
Caterer - John Howie Restaurants Catering 
DJ - Bugsie Productions 
Lighting - Chris Graves Music 
Live Music - Smooth Groove Productions 
Wedding Officiant - Rev. Mary Calhoun, Wedding Officiant
Hotel - HYATT house Seattle/Redmond 
Jewelry - Marci Jewelry 
Live Artist - Sam Day - Wedding Painter 
Videographer - Pixel Dust Weddings 
Vodka - New Amsterdam Spirits