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Leavenworth, Washington...
A Wine Trail for all Seasons
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Since
when are wine and Leavenworth, Washington mentioned in the same sentence?
Since the number of wine-related Leavenworth businesses grew to include
tasting rooms for wineries
(representing several different
Washington
State appellations), and three retail
wine shops (with tasting rooms), and
since the number of nearby operating wineries
recently rose to eight. Eight more wineries are within an hour's
drive.
If you know, or have heard of, Leavenworth, you
probably associate this small village with all-things-German, with
winter recreation, summer theater and music, and most of all, with the
strong
Bavarian theme that influences its appearance, its atmosphere, its dining
opportunities, and its festivals.
The Leavenworth Valley is tucked deep into the
Cascade Mountains, setting the perfect alpine atmosphere for the town's
theme. Well-known for its year-round attraction of tourists,
Leavenworth insures local businesses plenty of retail traffic during any
season.
This little Bavarian village
no longer appeals
only to travelers looking to attend one of its many festivals
throughout the year; many other activities serve as magnets year round for those seeking:
performing arts,
winter sports,
birding
opportunities,
fishing and hunting, out of
the way
golf courses,
mountain bike trails,
or
health spas.
Certainly, the German and Bavarian
dining and
shopping opportunities
appeal to many travelers, but the popular Leavenworth community has reached a
critical mass
of wineries and tasting rooms
that is propelling
Leavenworth to the status of a Washington
State
wine-country destination.
You won't need your car to sample and purchase
wine from nine Washington wineries with tasting rooms on or near
Leavenworth's Front Street; they are
located in the heart of "The Village." A stroll along a charming
walkway, adjacent to Bavarian-styled storefronts, offers access to shops
with tasting bars for Silver Lake Winery (Woodinville & Yakima Valley),
Glen Fiona (Walla Walla), Kestrel Vintners (Yakima Valley), Windfall
Winery (Puget Sound), Willow Crest (Yakima Valley), Pasek Cellars (Puget
Sound), Icicle Ridge (near Leavenworth), Maison de Padgett Winery (Yakima
Valley), and
Okanogan Estate & Vineyards (Oroville in near Washington's border
with Canada) inside the Gold Digger Cellars tasting room.. Three additional wine shops offer tastings and sales
of an even wider selection of wines.
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Wine Tasting &
Sales in Leavenworth
Other Nearby
Wineries
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Bavarian Cellars
(Maison de Padgett Winery)
208 9th Street #B
Leavenworth, WA 98826
509-548-7717
Located in the historic Post Office in downtown Leavenworth.
Sample handcrafted ultra-premium wines from this Yakima
Valley winery, while enjoying
the panoramic view of 9th and Front Street.
Echos
Bistro
911 Commercial
Leavenworth, WA 98826
509-548-9685
Large outdoor biergarten and air
conditioned indoor dining in a turn of the century home.
Includes a tasting room for La Toscana
wines.
Okanogan Estate & Vineyards
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Gold Digger Cellars
(Daily: 10:30 am - 5:30 pm)
Leavenworth Tasting Room
Across from Kristall's Restaurant
285 Hwy 2
Leavenworth, WA 98826
509-548-9883
A winery tasting room and retail store. Featuring Okanogan
valley wines from Oroville, WA. Offering gifts, wine
accessories and gourmet wine and fruit baskets.
Icicle Ridge Winery
821 B Front Street
Leavenworth, WA 98826
509-548-7019
Visit this local
winery's new tasting room in downtown Leavenworth.
Kestrel Vintners
Leavenworth Tasting Room
(11am - 5pm, Sun to Thurs
11am - 8 pm Fri & Sat)
843 B Front Street
Leavenworth, WA 98826
509-548-7348
leavenworth@kestrelwines.com
Kestrel's obsession is to create
elegant, distinctive wines from its estate vineyards. We cordially invite
you to visit us and try our uniquely crafted wines.
Located in Ganz Klasse.
Leavenworth Tasting Room
939 Front St.
Leavenworth, WA 98826
509-548-5166
Pasek Cellars and Willow Crest have joined forces to offer a unique wine
tasting experience with their diverse and award winning wines
from Prosser (Yakima Valley) & Mt. Vernon (Puget Sound).
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Ryan Patrick Vineyards
(Daily:
Noon - 6 pm)
Tasting Room:
900 Front
Street
Leavenworth, WA
509-888-2236
Ryan Patrick
Vineyards are grown in the Ancient Lakes area of
Washington's central Columbia Valley.
Silver Lake Winery
& Glen Fiona
715 Front Street
Leavenworth, WA 98826
509-548-5788
Visit Leavenworth's first fully dedicated tasting room for
complimentary wine samples.
Try one of the award-winning wines
made from grapes grown at Roza Hills Vineyard in Zillah, one
of Washington's wine towns of the Yakima Valley appellation.
Glen Fiona wines are produced mostly from
Walla Walla Valley
grapes.
Windfall Winery
P.O., Box 1736
Friday Harbor, WA 98250
800-481 3712
Asian Pear Wine poured at
Kestrel's Leavenworth Tasting Room
843 Front Street
Leavenworth, WA
Wine Shops & Tastings
Cheesemonger's Shop
633 Front St.
Leavenworth, WA 98826
509 548-9011
877-888-7389
Monaco's Corner Store
703 Front Street
Leavenworth, WA
509-548-7216
Select a wine for
tonight or something special for your cellar. Imported beers
on ice. Offers sweets, healthy sandwiches, and espresso
coffees. Unique home & garden accessories.
Smallwood's Harvest
10461 Stemm Rd/State Hwy 2
Leavenworth, WA 98826
509-548-4196
Wine tasting. Farm fun
in the country sun at Smallwood's Harvest. Enjoy a step back
in time at this country mercantile. Farm animals, fresh fruit,
produce, specialty foods and gifts. Something for everyone.
Visconti's
636 Front Street
Leavenworth, WA 98826
509-548-1213
Wine and gift shop, located at Visconti's Ristorante
Italiano. Specializing
in Washington State and Italian wines.
Wine tasting by the glass or the taste. |
Leavenworth-area
Wineries
Within a 15-minute drive, you will
find eight operating wineries and a regional
tasting room and wine shop. If you decide to venture out of
Leavenworth in a car to visit some of these wineries, be sure to take a
camera. Each route on this Leavenworth wine trail is one to
remember... each replete with "Kodak moments." Consider the
drive to Icicle Ridge Winery near Peshastin; the short distance between
Leavenworth and North Road, heading toward Peshastin, includes spectacular
glimpses of alpine mountain peaks, the river, orchards and vineyards, and
leads to the magnificent log home that is the winery's tasting room.
Follow Chumstick Creek Road in a northeasterly direction and enjoy the
roadside creek of the same name, until you reach Eagle Creek Road, a short
distance from downtown
Leavenworth. Eagle Creek branches off of Chumstick Creek and soon
leads you to the bucolic setting of the tiny Eagle Creek Winery and
Cottage, adjacent to the winery's estate vineyards. More Kodak
moments!
Still another spectacularly beautiful drive up Icicle Canyon
to
Boudreaux Cellars at
Eightmile Creek takes you to heart of the Canyon deep in the
Cascades where, in keeping with the agrarian traditions of the Taliaferro
and Newsom families of Louisiana,
wines are produced in small lots of
hand-crafted, ultra-premium wines. Wines are made in
honor and celebration of
Boudreaux, that infamous Cajun-folklore character known for his brilliant
sense of humor and his pursuit of high adventure. Be sure to call or
email ahead for a tasting appointment.
There are some wonderful
festivals and special events in the Leavenworth area, so if you plan to
visit, be sure to check the town's Calendar of Events, and if your visit
coincides with an event,
make your lodging reservations well ahead.
Wineries within
15-minute drive
Click here or on map
for larger view.
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Berghof Keller Winery
(Tues - Sat, 1 - 5 p.m.)
11695 Duncan Road
P. O. Box
Leavenworth, WA 98826
509-548-5605
Housed in a Bavarian-style building five minutes outside
Leavenworth, just off Highway 2, this winery specializes in premium German-style wines.
Boudreaux Cellars
(Call
for appointment)
4551
Icicle Creek Road
Leavenworth, WA 98826
509-548-5858
Located
on Eightmile Creek in the heart of beautiful Icicle Canyon,
Boudreaux Cellars produces small lots of hand-crafted
ultra-premium wines with grapes sourced from the best
Washington State vineyards.
Cascadia Winery
(Thurs - Sat: 11 am - 5: pm
Sunday: Noon - 5 pm)
10090 Main Street, Ste F
Peshastin, WA 98847
509-548-7900
Creating and sharing quality wines that promote
the North-Central Washington wine-growing region; also offers lab
services to other wineries and wine enthusiasts supporting quality wine.
Eagle Creek Winery &
Cottage
(May - Oct, Sat & Sun, Noon - 4 p.m.
Nov - Apr, Mon - Fri, by appointment)
10037 Eagle Creek Road
Leavenworth, WA 98826
509-548-1154
One of Washington's newest wineries, styled in the old world
tradition and located next to its own vineyards, Eagle Creek offers estate-bottled wine
from a charming tasting room.
Tours and wine tasting available. Call for information.
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Icicle Ridge Winery
(Daily - Noon - 5 p.m., except holidays)
8977 North Road
Peshastin, WA 98847
509-548-7851
A spectacular log home setting with tours and wine tasting.
Visit with the winemakers and taste handcrafted wines. Summer
hours 12-5 daily.
La Toscana Winery
& B&B
(Call for appointment)
9020 Foster Road
Cashmere, WA 98815
509-548-5448
Quiet location six miles east of
Leavenworth. Small-scale winery with estate vineyards.
Guestroom available for overnight stays. Call
for information and tour.
Napeequa Vintners
(May
- Dec: Sat - 11 AM to 5 PM;
Sun - 11 to 4 PM)
18220
Beaver Valley Road
(14 miles north of Leavenworth)
Plain, WA
509-763-1600
Napeequa Vintners is nestled in
the heart of the beautiful Plain Valley, near Lake
Wenatchee. It produces small-lot selections of the classic
varietals as well as those that are the State's rising
stars.
Wedge Mountain
Winery
(Thurs - Mon, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.)
9534 Saunders Road
Peshastin, WA
509-548-7068
A unique underground wine cellar...a peaceful orchard
setting...a small riverside vineyard...come and enjoy the
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Wine
Touring Services
Leavenworth
Enchanted Tours
Touring & Limousine
Services
939 Front Street
Leavenworth, WA 98826
877-Tours-20 (868-7720)
Leavenworth
Winery Tours
321 9th Street #102
Leavenworth, WA 98826
509-548-RIDE (7433)
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"Wine
Experience"
...regional tasting of North
Central Washington wines
The Columbia Cascade Winery Association is proud to announce
the opening of its new wine tasting and sales facility.
Featuring wines from the wine-growing areas of North Central
 Washington, Wine Experience provides a lovely facility where
the wine enthusiast can now taste and purchase many wines in
one location.
Located at the
junction of highways 2 and 97 and Eels Road in Cashmere,
Washington (just east of Leavenworth), Wine Experience has
set up business in a newly expanded antique mall... the
largest in the Pacific Northwest. The
70,000-square-foot Apple Annie’s Antique Gallery is also
home to more than 200 antique dealers and specialty shops,
restaurants, and a complete event facility.
The Columbia Cascade Winery Association's Wine Experience
facility within the
mall provides:
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Tourist Information
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Tasting Bar
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Wine Sales
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Gift Shop
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Event Center
Nine wines can be tasted each day, three wines from three
different wineries in the region. Every three days,
the wines are rotated to offer nine new wines from another
three wineries. Sales by the bottle and by the case
are available.
Hours 10:00AM until
6:00PM (closed Tuesdays in January)
CONTACT:
600 Apple Annie Avenue
Cashmere, WA
509-782-0708
info@columbiacascadewines.com
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your lodging and dining reservations using our list of suggestions.
Previously published feature articles:
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Copyright © 2005 - 2009 Susan R. O'Hara. All rights reserved.
Last revised:
01/02/2009
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