Wine tasting Woodinville date
Woodinville is close enough to Redmond and Kirkland for a Saturday, and set apart enough to feel like a departure. The temptation is to overbook — a tasting every hour, a dinner you will be too tired to enjoy. We would rather you reserve one or two rooms, leave time to walk, and check each winery’s official site for hours, because they do change.
Every tasting room below is listed as open on its official website, including Airfield Estates’ Woodinville room, whose address is published on the winery’s own site. We have no commercial relationship with any of them. If you would rather the day be arranged around a private introduction, women may apply to Sterling Introductions at no cost.
Places we can verify
Chateau Ste. Michelle
Washington’s founding winery, set on wooded grounds, with reserved tastings and a kitchen. Reservations are recommended on the official site.
DeLille Cellars
A Woodinville winery with an official site for tastings and visits. Confirm hours and reservations there before you go.
Sparkman Cellars
A Woodinville tasting room listed on the winery’s official homepage. Check the site for current tasting hours.
JM Cellars
A family winery with an official site for visits. A quieter stop if you would rather not move with a crowd.
Novelty Hill-Januik
A Woodinville winery whose official site lists tastings and events. Confirm the day’s hours before you set out.
Patterson Cellars
A tasting room listed on the winery’s official site. Use that page for hours and appointments.
Airfield Estates, Woodinville tasting room
A Yakima Valley winery whose official site lists a Woodinville tasting room at this address, with a reservation number published there.
The Herbfarm
A long-standing tasting-menu restaurant next to the Chateau — a special later evening, not a first tasting stop.
Places we like for a date; Sterling has no commercial relationship with them. Hours change — check the official link before you go. We list only venues we could verify as currently open on an official site or an official parks page.
The Herbfarm, next to the Chateau, is a long tasting-menu dinner and is better saved for a later evening than a first meeting. Tasting rooms are workplaces as well as pleasant rooms, and they run on their own clocks. Arrive for the reservation you actually made, and do not treat the staff as tour guides for a date you have not planned. If you are not the one driving, say so in advance and book a ride before you taste, not after. Woodinville is close; it is still far enough that a messy end to the afternoon will follow you all the way home.
Questions
How many wineries should we visit on a date?
One or two is usually enough. Leave time to walk, and do not drive if you have been tasting — plan a ride.
Do Woodinville tasting rooms require reservations?
Many do, especially on weekends. Check each official site.
Do you introduce people who live in Woodinville?
Yes. Women apply free. We also introduce people from nearby Redmond, Kirkland and Bothell when both agree.