We need to determine our 2021 red blend and we’d like your input. We are having a tasting event Saturday January 8th 12-6 and Sunday January 9th 12-4. We have come up with 4 possible blends. You get to taste the blends and vote for your favorite. You can taste all of our other wines as well if you’d like. We hope to see you soon! Leann & Michael Stacey
Leann Stacey
Winter Wine Tasting & Updates
With the rainy, colder winter weather and ongoing COVID-19 restrictions we are limiting our wine tasting to by appointment only. The red wines (6 varietals and a blend) are bottled and available for tasting and purchase! We have a few cases left of the 2019 pinot gris. The 2020 white wines are smelling and tasting lovely. We should be bottling them in the next month or so. We will plan on having a release party sometime in March or April. We’ll keep you posted!!
2020 Harvest is a wrap (and the reds are coming)!
2020 has definitely been an interesting year for everyone. We want to thank everyone who came out and supported us in our first commercial year. While it wasn’t what we were planning for our winery and tasting room this year, overall it went really well. The slower start was not all a bad thing as it allowed us to get our feet wet with the commercial world.
We got great feedback on our 2019 white wines. The roussanne, sauvignon blanc and viognier have all sold out. We just have a few bottles left of the Sundew White Blend and cab franc rose’. We still have several cases of the pinot gris left as well. Good news is that all of these will be back and in greater amounts with the 2020 vintage. The 2020’s have had their first racking and are smelling and tasting delicious already. They should be ready for release in the spring of 2021!
The biggest feedback we got this summer was “we can’t wait for your reds”. We offered barrel samples of the red blend to rave reviews and requests to buy it now. For a 2019 it is tasting amazing, and will just get better with a little more time. Good news is that we just bottled one barrel of it and all of the other 2019 reds except for the malbec. We want the malbec and the other barrel of the blend to enjoy more time in the barrel. These reds should be available for tasting and purchase in the spring of 2021 along with the whites.
The 2020 reds are also coming along nicely. For this vintage we will have: syrah, cabernet sauvignon, cab franc, merlot, malbec, and petit verdot. We were planning on doing a barbera, but unfortunately due to storm damage and the quickly cooling temps it never fully ripened. We just picked the 2020 red blend thanks to feedback from friends and it’s going in the barrel today! It is a very similar blend to the 2019, but with an increased percentage of petit verdot.
Finally Michael also taught a Zoom class on fruit winemaking this fall. As part of that we also have some raspberry wine that will be available in the spring. The aromas and flavors of fresh raspberry in this are amazing!
We are available for tastings through the winter, but with the current restrictions we have to be outside. Just give us a call or email if you want to come by and taste or pick up some of the remaining white wines. We’ll keep you posted on the plan for release of the 2019 reds and 2020 whites in the spring.
Once again, thank you all for your support. Stay safe and healthy. We hope you have a wonderful holiday season even if we’re “socially distant”.
Cheers! Leann & Michael Stacey
Phase 2 = Tasting Room is Open!
Pierce County is now in phase 2 of reopening. That means our tasting room is open with social distancing requirements. This includes no groups larger than 5 and we will be wearing face coverings. We have plenty of space in the winery and patio to spread out to maintain 6 ft of distance between groups. We are also frequently cleaning down everything in the tasting room/winery.
Fun fact: we can’t use cleaning supplies with bleach in the winery because that can contribute to cork taint (TCA). We are using high level alcohol hand sanitizer to sanitize in the winery.
We are going to be open most Friday evenings, Saturday and Sunday afternoons. We are also open other days by appointment. Our hours are flexible so if you want to come by just give us a call/text or send an email. Michael is the easiest to get a hold of during the week at 253-307-6343. Email is
2019 White Wines and Rose’ Now Available!
Our 2019 white wines and rose’ are now available for purchase. Unfortunately we are not allowed to offer tastings yet at the winery because of the COVID19 restrictions, but we hope for that to change in early June.
The single varietal Sarracenia White wines available include: pinot gris, sauvignon blanc, viognier, and a VERY small lot of roussanne.
Our 2019 Sundew White Blend is 33% each pinot gris, sauvignon blanc, and viognier.
The 2019 rose’ is 100% cab franc.
Prices are $15 a bottle, or $12 for members of our Chorus Frog Wine Club (details below), the American Wine Society (AWS) or Puget Sound Amateur Wine and Beermakers Club (PSAWBC). We also offer case discounts ($12/bottle).
Our red wines will be available in the spring of 2021 – they’re resting gently in the barrels and tanks now and getting tasty!
We will be offering a Chorus Frog Club membership option. This will require purchase of 3 bottles, two times/year. This gets you club discount prices (approx 20%), plus tasting fees are waived.
Hope to see you soon. Cheers! Leann & Michael Stacey