piccola cellars

The primary value of this winery, aside from the many tastes available, is that they sell tankards of wine so you can full your wine glass as you would a mug of beer from a keg. It's a marvelous invention that no one else in the crowded Woodinville wine community seems to be doing, yet anyway. The wine stays fresh forever, that is, I have never had it go bad on me and I get roughly a tank per month. It lowers the cost immensely compared to buying bottles. You save about 25% and the wine is always fresh. They have 7 varities of red and wine available at present. I used to buy wine by the bottle all the time, frequently expensive ones, and very often felt resentful that I had been ripped off. In general I personally think most wines are over-rated and over-priced. This is a way, the best way, perhaps the only way, to beat that racket. I'm never going back to bottles. A friendly and knowledgable young man named Rick runs the show. The tasting is $10 but you get a large number of wines and it is deuctible from a purchase. I prefer the 2009 Reserve Petite Verdot (a red), but have heard the Sauvingnon Blanc (a white) is quite good. Visit and see for yourself.