Charles Koh
Friday, July 25th 6pm-9pm
Fremont Foundry Rooftop Terrace – 154 North 35th Street
Attendees: 350 (event sold out last year and will probably sell out the week of the event)
Charles Smith / K Vintners
Efeste Wine
Fremont Brewing
Soos Creek
Tamarack Cellars
Menu Sneak Peek
A delicious menu from On Safari Foods is included in the ticket cost:
-Sweet potato salmon cakes
-Domestic cheese & fruit platters
-“Bunny Chow” traditional South African dish of stuffed brioche rolls with your choice of curry, meatballs or pulled pork
-Fingerling potatoes with creme fraiche & Ikura caviar
-Adult-only milkshakes spiked with whisky
-Selection of cupcakes: red velvet, Nutella-filled chocolate, coconut lime or strawberry lemonade AND MORE!
Tasting Awards Methodology
Nominations for this year’s Washington Wine Awards were solicited from a panel of Washington wine and food professionals. More than 100 wines receiving the most votes in the award categories qualified for a blind tasting, which took place on March 3, 2014. The tasting was conducted by a panel of 20 industry professionals and the wines were scored using a 10- point system. The wine with the most points won. Winners for Wine of the Year (red and white) were wines nominated in that category that received the highest scores at the tasting. The 9th Annual WA Wine Awards were produced by Yashar Shayan.
9th Annual Washington Wine Awards Tasting Panelists (participated in the March 3, 2014, tasting)
Shannon Borg, Seattle Magazine
Jason Marvin, Pike & Western Wine Shop Paul Zitarelli, Full Pull Wines
Mark Takagi, Metropolitan Market
Joey Lopaka, The Herbfarm
Jeffrey Dorgan, Sky City at the Space Needle Lane Hoss, Anthony’s Restaurants
David LeClaire, Seattle Uncorked
Jeff Lindsay-Thorsen, RN74
Rebecca Murphy, Dallas Morning News Wine Competition
Jamie Peha, Table Talk NW / Peha Promotions
Bruce Sturgeon, Blueacre Seafood
Regina Daigneault, Northwest Wine Academy at South Seattle Community College Lenny Rede, Esquin Wine & Spirits
Doug Charles, Compass Wines
Tommy Garland, QFC
Rand Sealey, Review of Washington Wines
Joel Butler, WineKnow
Cyril Frechier, Cafe Campagne
Katelyn Peil, Purple Cafe
Kyle Wright, The Rainier Club
Bob Betz, Master of Wine, Betz Family Winery
Chris Horn, Heavy Restaurant Group
SURVEY PANELISTS (participated via survey only) Tom Thompson, Tulalip Resort
April Pogue, Loulay
Nelson Daquip, Canlis
Allison Helfen, The Wine Alley
Cortney Lease, Wild Ginger
Clive Pursehouse, Northwest Wine Anthem Tim O’Brien, Salty’s Restaurants
Chris Tanghe, Aragona
Erik Liedholm, John Howie Restaurants
David Lusby, Amazon Wine
Erin James, Sip Northwest editor
Rick McMaster, Vino At The Landing
Shayn Bjornholm, Court of Master Sommeliers
Benefiting
EarthCorps engages community volunteers in restoring neighborhood parks and urban forests around the Puget Sound. With the help of 12,000 volunteers annually, EarthCorps staff and corps members work to reestablish healthy, native habitats by rebuilding natural, self- sustaining ecosystems.
EarthCorps provides a year-long intensive program for young adults from the US and 80 other countries to learn best practices in community-based environmental restoration and develop their leadership skills.
