{"id":89,"date":"2006-01-23T13:39:50","date_gmt":"2006-01-23T20:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danthewineguy.com\/?p=89"},"modified":"2006-02-05T09:15:10","modified_gmt":"2006-02-05T16:15:10","slug":"purple-smile-provides-another-great-wine-venue-for-bellingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/?p=89","title":{"rendered":"Purple Smile Provides Another Great Wine Venue for Bellingham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Purple Smile, located at 1143 11th Street in Bellingham has been up and running for a couple of months and provides local wine enthusiasts with another great venue for sampling and purchasing wines.<\/p>\n<p>Owner Jeff Wicklund has really done a fine job of establishing his shop in the heart of Fairhaven\u2019s business district.  Wrapped in <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.food-image.com\/products\/thumb\/fi04520.jpg\" alt=\"null\" \/>warm, earth tones and gentle background music, the shop offers a nice selection of wines from around the world, including the Pacific Northwest.  There\u2019s a separate section of late harvest, ice wines and champagnes, with stemware and accessories also available for purchase.  Plans are in the works to offer a house wine that will be blend of Syrah, Grenache and Viognier.<\/p>\n<p>One of the best things about the Purple Smile is the large, granite-top tasting bar that features wine tastings from 1:00 to 5:00 pm each Saturday.  Wicklund is emphasizing tastings that are hosted by small winemakers, distributors and importers.  This is a great opportunity for consumers to chat with people in the industry firsthand while doing a little sampling.  He also plans to begin evening tastings beginning in early February that will be open to a limited number of people and require advance reservations.<\/p>\n<p>The Purple Smile is currently open Wednesday through Saturday from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm and noon to 5:00 pm on Sundays, with hours set to expand this spring.  Call 756-0422 for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Purple Smile, located at 1143 11th Street in Bellingham has been up and running for a couple of months and provides local wine enthusiasts with another great venue for sampling and purchasing wines. Owner Jeff Wicklund has really done a fine job of establishing his shop in the heart of Fairhaven\u2019s business district. Wrapped [&hellip;]<\/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-89","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\/89","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=89"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danthewineguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}