Blooms
About
A casual and fun tasting room at the Bayview Corner Cash Store called TASTE FOR WINE & ART is the off-site tasting room for Blooms Winery. You will find tables and chairs for sitting an enjoying a glass of wine with your friends. Order up a cheese tray with local organic cheeses or some toasted bruschetta to snack on. On Sunday afternoons you can listen to live music from 3-5 pm featuring local talented singers/songwriters & musicians! Our tasting room also has an art gallery, and our talented local artists show paintings, encaustic, sculpture, fibre arts, jewelry and more in shows that change every other month. Don't forget, our wines are available at local grocery stores, wine shops and restaurants. If you don't see it, ask for it. Or, you can join our WINE CLUB and get four selections each year plus other great discounts and special purchases and events!
Location Description
Located on Whidbey Island, a wine destination area for Western Washington.
Features
- Wine, Music and Art - what a great blend!
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Winemaker
Virginia Bloom
History
The Team
Estate Vineyards / AVA
Jacob plants his row in 1996.
Ken inspects his row in 2006.
The first harvest was 1998, and Ken and Virginia traveled to California to help with that first harvest and each year since then. Jim makes sure the best grapes are saved for Bloom Vineyards Family Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon.
A NEW VINEYARD IS PLANTED FOR BLOOMS
Ken and Virginia have spent time each summer and fall visiting vineyards in Eastern Washington walking the rows tasting grapes and talking to growers to find the best grapes to make their Washington wines.
The main source of grapes is in the Rattlesnake Hills region of the Yakima Valley, where the Syrah and Viognier from Julie Bosma are grown. Snipes Mountain is the source for Semillon, and in the Columbia Valley, Blooms get Malbec and Petite Verdot from the Dills at Kalibri Vineyards. Julie Bosma has planted a new section of vineyard exclusively for Blooms Winery, and we are anxiously awaiting our first harvest of the new crop!
Whidbey Island grown grapes, when available are from Comfort Vineyards on Wilkenson Rd. in Langley
And of course, we do grow our own rhubarb for that fabulous Ambrosia wine that folks love so much!
Awards
2013 Seattle Wine Awards
Blooms Winery was honored with by the 2013 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, where the 2008 Bloom Vineyards Cabernet won a Silver Medal, the 2010 Melange, our Washington red blend, won a Silver Medal and the 2011 Snipes Mtn. Semillon won a Bronze Medal.