About

Wine Community

The Woodinville wine industry began with the establishment of Chateau Ste. Michelle in 1976. With over 90 wineries, Woodinville Wine Country has become the core for Western Washington winemaking and wine discovery.

In 2002 an eclectic group of wineries came together to form “Woodinville Wine Country”, a nonprofit organization. The two things we had in common were a vision to create fine, world-class wines from Washington grapes and a burning desire to enhance our community by educating the public and driving tourism to our area. It’s our love for this area that unites us in building our craft here. Come and experience Woodinville Wine Country first hand, where the proof is in the bottle.

Vineyards

Almost all Woodinville wineries grow their grapes in the warm, arid climate of Eastern Washington’s Columbia Valley. The vineyards boast sandy gravelly soils providing an ideal medium to plant our vines. Washington’s wine growing region shares similar latitudes to the great wine regions of Northern Europe, which provides plenty of long, warm days during the growing season to ripen grapes to ideal levels.