{"id":4888,"date":"2021-03-25T16:18:55","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T23:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danthewineguy.com\/?p=4888"},"modified":"2021-03-26T05:15:34","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T12:15:34","slug":"at-wit-cellars-were-in-it-together-carries-a-special-meaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/?p=4888","title":{"rendered":"At Wit Cellars, “We’re in it Together” Carries a Special Meaning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This article originally appeared, in part, in the April\/May, 2021 issue of Bellingham Alive Magazine<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Flint Nelson,\nCarolina \u2018Cat\u2019 Warwick, and Gina Adams-Royer first met in 2015 to develop a\nplan for a new winery, they agreed that the winery name had to be simple and memorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The three business\npartners decided on Wit Cellars, and General Manager Adams-Royer notes that the\nword \u2018wit\u2019 (defined as intelligent humor) seemed like a perfect tie-in with what\nmany of us do in a social gathering; \u201cYou get together with your friends, you\nconnect, you drink wine, you laugh and talk,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They also\nconsidered WIT as a great acronym for \u2018We\u2019re In (It) Together,\u2019 she says, never\nimagining how appropriate the name would become in today\u2019s environment where\nsocial distancing is the norm and glasses of wine are sipped while chatting\nover Zoom sessions on our laptops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From left, Gina Adams-Royer, Flint Nelson, and Cat Warwick
(Photo courtesy of Wit Cellars)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Winemakers Nelson\nand Warwick had years of winemaking experience at a number of Washington State\nwineries before working together at Kestrel Vintners in the Eastern Washington\ntown of Prosser. Adams-Royer also worked for Kestrel, first as a sales\nassociate and then as manager of the winery\u2019s Woodinville tasting room. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A change in\nKestrel\u2019s ownership led to the trio\u2019s departure and their decision to combine\ntalents and establish Wit Cellars, which opened its doors in Prosser in 2016. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe amazing thing\nabout the wine industry,\u201d recalls Adams-Royer, \u201cis that people came out of the\nwoodwork and said, \u2018What do you need? We\u2019re here to help you.\u2019 It was utter\ncommunity and we (were) really grateful for that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The current wine\nlist at Wit reflects Nelson\u2019s preference of making varietal-specific wines\nrather than blends.  Chardonnay,\nriesling, and a sparkling pinot grigio top the white wine choices and reds\ninclude syrah, malbec, petit verdot, and three cabernet sauvignons from three\ndifferent Yakima Valley vineyards. A small selection of other red wines is also\nbottled at the winery under his Mazzacano Cellars\u2019 label.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wit Cellars has\nsince expanded to include a second tasting room in Woodinville, less than a\n90-minute drive south of Bellingham. It\u2019s conveniently located within walking\ndistance of dozens of other wineries, making it an especially attractive\nwine-related getaway for North Sound residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although indoor\ntastings and special events such as wine dinners have been limited due to the\npandemic, Adams-Royer notes that, \u201cWe have super-safe, heated outdoor areas at\nboth tasting rooms.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before visiting, be sure to check the winery web site at witcellars.com for current operating hours. Wines can also be ordered online and shipped for home delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking for more information on Wit Cellars’ current releases? Go to the post under “New Northwest Wine Recommendations” for tasting notes on several of their wines that should be on your must-try list.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This article originally appeared, in part, in the April\/May, 2021 issue of Bellingham Alive Magazine When Flint Nelson, Carolina \u2018Cat\u2019 Warwick, and Gina Adams-Royer first met in 2015 to develop a plan for a new winery, they agreed that the winery name had to be simple and memorable. The three business partners decided on Wit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-from-the-bellingham-herald"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4888","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=4888"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4894,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4888\/revisions\/4894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}