Meet the rollergirls each representing their featured wines:

2007 Killer Bee-otch Merlot

2008 Scarlet Leather Merlot

2008 Sheeza Brickhouse Cabernet Franc

2008 Cosmic Rains Cabernet Sauvignon

2008 Sara Problem Malbec

2008 Deadly Aim Red Wine Blend

2009 Foxy Throwdown Gewurztraminer

2009 Selma Soul Chardonnay

Read more on Wine World’s weblog.

Oh and if you so please and you have a pair of skates. Bring em. There’s plenty of room!

-Killer Bee-otch 36 sides to a honeycomb

Retired (to make wine) Grave Danger of Seattle’s Rat City Rollegirls

At The Wine Loft, you’ll find our 2009 Firá Gewurztraminer, 2008 Firá Cabernet Sauvignon, and 2008 Kamari Cabernet Franc. Stop in to meet the lovely owners, Jim and Mary Jones.

J.H.

There are now several great places to enjoy our wines in Olympia, Wash. The newest is Cicada Restaurant and Lounge on Fourth Avenue in downtown Oly. There you can discover some fine comfort food dining up front. Or you can make your way through the restaurant and have some sips in the lovely back lounge. Either way you will certainly find an inviting atmosphere to savor high quality food and drink.

A scan of their menu shows many creative food combinations with local ingredients. One strong recommendation from a bonafide source is for the Painted Hills flat iron steak with grilled spinach and their house-made gnocchi with a Gorgonzola cream sauce. That’s a colorful and delicious presentation and that sounds very fantastic to me.

Our Firá Chardonnay is being poured by the glass and will pair perfectly with their locally caught Dungeness crab cakes with house-made aioli and asparagus and Yukon Gold hash.

Cicada also features our nearly sold out 2008 My Derby Wife Merlot. Venture in for a glass when you’re thirsty in Olympia.

J.H.

One of the newest places to find our wines is in Renton, WA at the Red House. They feature fine food and a large selection of beers and wines from local makers and from around the world. They say the atmosphere is “sophisticated and casual” and I would agree. I recently poured our Firás and Kamaris at their weekly Wednesday wine tasting event. Trucking over from Manson was a journey, but worth the trip. The Red House is a cozy place. People were very friendly and in good spirits throughout the night sharing stories and laughs with old and new friends. The wines were well received and the food provided for the event seemed to compliment nicely. The 2010 Firá Cabernet Sauvignon and 2010 Kamari Black Label Reserve Red Wine Blend were the hits of the evening.

The Red House now carries WineGirl Wines’ 2009 Firá Gewurztraminer, 2008 Firá Cab Sav, and 2008 My Derby Wife Merlot. If you need more reason to check them out, look at their full menu online. After the event wound down, I had a chance to enjoy their Red House Paella and it was a delicious and hearty meal. I’d order it again next time and pair it with our Firá Cabernet Sauvignon for a savory sensory experience.

A growing list of where to find our wines is here.

J.H.

We are lucky to have Chantanee featuring our 2007 Kamari Black Label Reserve Red Wine Blend. It’s a bold wine that can stand up to Thai spices about as well as any wine. Not an easy feat.

It’s worth the trip to chat with a fine mixologist about all things booze and enjoy some spicy eats between revelations.

J.H.

UPDATE: Barman Mike has moved on from Chantanee to bigger and better things. You can still go there to find our 2007 Kamari Black Label Reserve. Follow Mike and his drink making adventures at McSology.

A very good question we at WineGirl Wines are often asked is, “Where can I find your wines?” A full list of retail places with our wines can be found on this page. Every so often I provide a spotlight on one of these places. Soon I’ll be telling you all about Chantanee Thai Restaurant. Today, though, I’ll just give a little update on who’s carrying what.

Chantanee Thai Restaurant and the Naga Lounge are featuring our Kamari Black Label Reserve Red Wine Blend on their menus. Chantanee and Naga are located in Bellevue, Wash.

Marketime is showing off our ‘My Derby Wife’ 2007 Merlot. It’s easy to spot on the shelves with the roller derby lady in black and white on the label. They’re also carrying our 2008 Firá Chardonnay in the chilled wine section. Marketime is in Fremont, Seattle. Check out my previous ‘Where’s Wino?’ about Marketime.

Malt & Vine has our ’07 Kamari Black Label Reserve available on their shelves. They also have our ’08 Firá Chardonnay. Malt & Vine is in Redmond, Washington. Take a look at the ‘Where’s Wino?’ Malt & Vine edition.

QFC in Issaquah and South Mercer Island have the last remaining bottles of our 2007 Kamari Cabernet Franc in Western Washington. We don’t even have any for sale through our website. For this delicious Washington Cab Franc you’ll have to make the drive.

Cellar 46 has sold out of our 2007 Kamari Malbec, but they still have our Firá Chardonnay on the shelves. Cellar 46 is located in North Mercer Island, WA. Expect a ‘Where’s Wino?’ feature on Cellar 46 sometime soon.

The Vogue displays our fine ’07 Kamari Cabernet Franc and Kamari Malbec. Supplies of both are low, low, low. The Vogue is in beautiful Chelan, WA just down the road from our new tasting room.

As always, all our wines are available for sale online through our shopping cart. We’ll pack it up with love and mail it off to you.

And soon, our wines will be available for tasting and purchase at our very own public location, The Blending Room, in Lake Chelan, WA.

J.H.

UPDATE:

Vines of the Valley in Manson, Washington is now carrying our 2008 Firá Chardonnay and our 2007 My Derby Wife Merlot. When you visit Lake Chelan, check out this new wine lounge and beer bar that’s part of the good ol’ Village Market & Deli.

Lake Chelan Cheese in Manson is now carrying WineGirl Wines‘ 2008 Firá Chardonnay. They’ve opened their doors to the public offering fine domestic and imported cheeses as well as beer and wine by the glass.

Marketime is in Fremont at 4416 Fremont Ave N, Seattle, WA, 98103.

See where else you can buy bottles of WineGirl Wines here.

J.H.

UPDATE:

The 2007 Cab. Franc is sold out, but MarkeTime is now carrying WineGirl Wines’ 2007 ‘My Derby Wife’ Merlot in addition to the 2008 Firá Chardonnay.

For those following along at home, the rules to the game have changed. In an effort to get our followers out and into the shops that are carrying WineGirl’s bottles on their shelves, we’re taking Where’s Wino? to the real world (in part). Here’s how it works:

1. We will post on this weblog, the name of a particular new retail shop that are carrying our wines.

2. You will go to the shop and take a photo of yourself next to our bottles on the shelf (everybody’s got a camera-phone, right).

3. You will submit the photo to us by email.

4. We will display the first photo of the correct location on the blog.

5. We will award the winning wino a fabulous prize.

And so, for the next installment of Where’s Wino? we’re sending you to Malt & Vine in Redmond, WA. It’s a lovely little shop that sells beer and wine to go and pours glasses to enjoy there and then. They have many interesting and seldom seen beers of the world available in bottle and on tap. Their wine selection is full of obscure labels from the Northwest and around the world. It’s a very intriguing collection of fine wines. If you’re into more than the usual bottles in the beer and wine aisle, Malt & Vine is worth checking out.

This is what our wines look like on the shelves without you there posing in the shot. They are carrying WineGirl Wines’ 2007 Kamari Cabernet Franc and our 2008 Firá Chardonnay. You don’t have to buy anything from the shop, but it may be hard to leave without something, and it certainly wouldn’t hurt the cause. Have fun.

J.H.

Time to play Where’s Wino?

Here’s the game:
I post a picture of a place where WineGirl Wines has their wine and you try to guess where on earth it could be!

Hint 1: WA State.
Hint 2: East of the Cascades.

Be the wino winner.

Cheers,
WineGirl

Post here with questions, hints or clues…

Have a better picture of yourself or a friend and a WineGirl Wine? Submit it here or email me at info@winegirlwines.com.