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Delivery and Carryout Options during COVID

Due to the COVID-19 crisis all locations are closed for in person tastings until Washington’s social distancing restrictions begin to relax.   We appreciate your understanding and hope that it will still work for you to come join us soon!  In the meantime, each location is providing curbside pickup and delivery! Please contact the location nearest you to place an order. As always,  we also offer online ordering shipped directly to your home.  Sign up for our email newsletter to receive information about all of our specials and announcements for…

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Happy Sangria Sunday

It is Washington Wine Month where we celebrate our amazing Washington Wines. Today we are celebrating with our Shepherds Mark Sangria. This is a great twist on sangria with white wine and peaches. Refreshing an perfect for a brunch, lunch, or lounge on the patio. About our Shepherds Mark In the early 1900’s, pioneering Sheepherders left their mark on the Horse Heaven Hills in the form of Rock Monuments. These monuments, with many still standing along the ridge line of our Estate Vineyard, Destiny Ridge Vineyard, were used for marker identification,…

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April Showers

It’s raining outside. That usually helps me sleep but tonight the rain feels symbolic to the downpour in my own head.  I've always loved April,  because of Easter, and now it’s even more special as it’s one of my sister in laws names and the month that two of their birthdays fall in! Oh how I love these incredible ladies. Seriously.  They are amazing.  They bless me in so many ways not to mention the fact that they have little ones for me to adore, which was totally no trouble for them.…

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March Madness

Our Mattie girl playing ball March is WA Wine Month but this year I'm feeling more synergy with "March Madness", you know the a phrase that conjures up thoughts of a basketball bracket you can bet on and basketball makes me think of my favorite little basketball star, our daughter, Matti. Born in March she seemed to take to it naturally and while she's always been a petite little thing you'd better watch out because the girl could play. I digress,  "the point" of this post is just to say that this…

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Alexandria Nicole Cellars announces Estate at Destiny Ridge

Paterson, WA— 01/26/2015 —Alexandria Nicole Cellars announced the purchase of the former "The Castle at Destiny Ridge". The property now known as the Estate at Destiny Ridge will become home to a new tasting room and event facility for the winery. The Estate at Destiny Ridge will provide wine club members and visitors a first class event facility located within the estate vineyard. The Estate was purchased from former business partner, Hope Moore. Moore completed this iconic building in 2013. Located on the Washington Wine Highway (HWY 14) above the…

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A Rosé is a Rosé…

Spring is here! Well at least officially. We had a sunny spring day and decided it was definitely Rosé season. Rosé is one of those wines that people equate with warm weather and sunshine. We hope that both of those things are coming your way. Rosé wines can be made with red or white varietals. It all comes down to the grape skins because that is where the color of wine is located. There are two general methods of making Rosé wine. One is maceration and the other is method is called saignéeing.

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