{"id":351,"date":"2009-03-17T10:57:18","date_gmt":"2009-03-17T17:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danthewineguy.com\/?p=351"},"modified":"2009-03-22T11:03:03","modified_gmt":"2009-03-22T18:03:03","slug":"eagle-haven-fun-folksy-and-good-wines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/?p=351","title":{"rendered":"Eagle Haven &#8211; Fun, Folksy, and Good Wines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recent outing to <strong>Eagle Haven Winery<\/strong>, located on the North Cascades Highway about 4 miles east of Sedro Woolley, turned out to be much more fun than I anticipated.<\/p>\n<p>The tasting room is apparently quite popular with the local crowd, and in fact, a few of them dropped by for a glass of wine during my visit. It\u2019s a warm, inviting room lined in knotty pine and includes something you rarely find at a winery \u2013 swivel chairs to sit in while you sample wines at the tasting bar. Think Dick Cavett meets the Deming Logging Show and you\u2019ve got the idea.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.appellationamerica.com\/images\/wineries\/Eagle-Haven.jpg\" alt=\"null\" \/>Current releases include four white wines, all priced at $16 each. They include a <strong>2006 Madeleine Angevine<\/strong> that displays a beautiful nectarine aroma and a bone dry finish, and a <strong>2006 Madeleine Angevine Reserve<\/strong>, that\u2019s slightly peachy and resembles a lighter style viognier. Also available are the <strong>2007 Siegerrebe<\/strong> and a 50\/50 blend of Madeleine Angevine and Siegerrebe that features a hint of spice and a faint sweetness on the finish.<\/p>\n<p>A couple of the red wine offerings really shine and I\u2019m pleased to give them a must-try recommendation. The <strong>2006 Yakima Valley Sangiovese <\/strong>($20) makes an excellent food wine with red cherry flavors, nice acidity, medium tannins and a zesty finish of oak and allspice. The <strong>2004 Syrah <\/strong>($20) is drinking extremely well, with a lovely aroma of sweet alfalfa, and a round, elegant texture and flavors of chocolate cherry.<\/p>\n<p>The winery also features several fruit wines that I didn\u2019t sample including red apple, pear, and blackberry.<\/p>\n<p>A bit of bad news: with the exception of a few Skagit County locations, including Compass Wines in Anacortes, the only place you\u2019re likely to find these wines is at the winery. But that\u2019s not such a bad thing. It\u2019s only about a 40 minute drive from Bellingham, and the homey tasting room atmosphere easily makes the trip worthwhile.<\/p>\n<p>Current hours are 11:00 am to 5:00 pm Saturday and Sunday, expanding to Thursday through Monday beginning in April. More information: www.eaglehavenwinery.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent outing to Eagle Haven Winery, located on the North Cascades Highway about 4 miles east of Sedro Woolley, turned out to be much more fun than I anticipated. The tasting room is apparently quite popular with the local crowd, and in fact, a few of them dropped by for a glass of wine [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-washington-wines","category-from-the-bellingham-herald"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}