Bellingham Wine Tasting

The City of Subdued Excitement

Pair your pallette with time and a Bellingham wine tasting treat! It's a great way to relax and unwind from a hectic work week, if you are "of age" of course!

The world heralds the Washington State wines are some of the finest wines in the world.

Giving your taste buds a good wine tasting in Bellingham, WA, will help you discover new flavors that you were normally afraid to try or buying a bottle and not liking the flavor. At the wine tastings, you can spit out what you don't like or swallow and enjoy!

Scroll down for places to go Wine Tasting in Bellingham, WA. Check out the "Health Benefits of White Wine", Food and Wine Pairing Guide and find bargains on the best wines in the world!

White Wine For Lung Protection

A group of study leaders at the State University of New York in Buffalo say that people who drink a glass of either red wine or white wine each day will have better lung function than those who don't drink it at all. But they say that white wine drinkers have a 3 percent edge.

Both red and white wines contain polyphenols and flavonoids, antioxidants that help to protect lung tissue from free radical damage.

Wine Tasting In Bellingham, Washington

Places To Go

The Chuckanut Ridge Wine Company are located off SR 11, Chuckanut Drive.) Their tasting and retail sales at at 1017 North State Street in Bellingham. They are open from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays; from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Thursday, Friday, and Saturdays or you can call them for an appointment at 360-527-0900.

Mount Baker Vineyards and Winery a popular tasting spot for wine lovers. Their tasting room is open Wednesdays thru Sundays from 11 a.m. till 5 p.m. They are closed on Mondays in the winter season.

To get there take I-5 to exit 255 (Sunset Drive)go east for 5.8 miles, stay left at the "Y" in the road. After 4.1 miles, you will observe Nugent's Corner. After Nugent's Corner, go 1.6 more miles to Hilliard Road. The Vineyard is the first left!

Tours run Saturdays and Sundays year round, weather permitting. Whatcom Wine Tours provides pickup and drop off at a home or hotel, a tour to three wineries, a delicious deli lunch at one of the wineries and a tasting glass. The tours can serve parties up to 11 people. Tours begin between 11:30 and noon, and end at 4 p.m.

For more information, check out their website at Whatcom Wine Tours.com It will open into a new window.

The Big Fat Fish Company in Bellingham, WA, has a wine club that you can join, also! You can join in at the Big Fat Fish Co.'s website.

Honey Moon Winery and Tasting Room is located in the alley at 1053 State Street. Their contact number is 734-0728 should you want to go wine tasting there. They are conveniently located downtown Bellingham.

Whatcom Winemaker's are located at 130 East Champion Street. They have wine tasting, mixing and blending, and custom labels. Their contact number is 360-527-1600.

Some of finest restaurants in Bellingham offer samplings of wine tasting in Bellingham before you order as well.

Nimbus offer's 20% off bottles of wine on Monday's. You will want to call ahead of time to make reservations! You can call them at 360-676-1307.

Do you like cheese with your wine? I know I do! If you do, too, you have to check out Quel Fromage located in Fairhaven. Coming up on their 2nd year in December, they already have had over 480 artisan cheeses and other gourmet treats. (Tell Rachel I sent you!)

And last, but definitely not least, if you haven't been to a wine tasting and not so sure how or what to do, you need to keep up with Bellingham's very own Dan,The Wine Guy. Dan teaches classes on wine tasting and blogs regularly about wine and Bellingham wine tasting events.

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