goose ridge estate winery - woodinville tasting room

Woodinville, Washington, and its 100+ tasting rooms, just 20 minutes from downtown Seattle, was unknown to us until three years ago even though we had been through the area a dozen times. We learned about it, in Colorado, from a friend who had lived there. Many wineries from Eastern Washington maintain tasting rooms in Woodinville. A large cluster are all within walking distance of the Goose Ridge tasting room near "the circle" at NE 145th St & 148th Ave NE. A very nice thing about this area is that you can stay at a local inn or motel (e.g., The Willows Inn), walk to more tasting rooms than you can handle in a day, and then walk back without having to drive anywhere. Goose Ridge is one of the better wineries, in our opinion, and has a very nice tasting set-up. Their staff have always been both knowlegeable and very friendly. They have a nice selection of both full-bodied reds and dry whites which are not extremely expensive. As with most of the tasting rooms around there, a fee is charged for tasting 5 wines but is waived if you buy a couple of bottles. We have maintained a membership with them since our first encounter three years ago and have been very satisfied.