Puget Sound tasting rooms offer experiences with wine

Across the Puget Sound region, wineries are rethinking the traditional tasting room model. They are adding new locations, expanded hours and special events to both meet current customer demand and to entice new customers to visit.

Tinte Cellars opened its new Georgetown tasting room during the first wave of the pandemic. The owners, Tim Gamble and Teresa Spellman Gamble, wanted a fun and creative space to host food and wine pairings, trivia nights, and community events, as their Woodinville location, a fully functional winery, has limited area for entertainment.

“The traditional model is pretty much gone,” says Cameron Mason, general manager of Tinte Cellars. “People want experiences. They want to come in, spend time and hang out.”

Read more at Great Northwest Wine.