Lake Chelan TraX is back and bigger than ever. For two evenings over the three-day President’s weekend, Lake Chelan will be hosting the coolest downhill trick skiing and snowboarding competition this side of the Rockies. The TraX Rail Jam is a ski and snowboard event that takes place on a two-story rail setup. 25 tons of snow will cover the setup, skiers and snowboarders will have the option to grind three different features in a jam format. They will be judged on overall impression.

TraX is on and will be loaded with a full list of activities from the frosty family fun run to the beer garden.

But the best part about TraX is The Blending Room Art pARTy! Read more HERE.

Enjoy the sun this weekend at The Blending Room

J.H

TraX brought loads of winter fun this past weekend. The snow was hiding up in the hills for the skiers, snowshoers, and sledders, but we had glorious sunny, cold weather down at lake level. The folks from Orchard Wood Ovens parked outside The Blending Room for the day on Saturday making pizza for our wine sippers. We had another great weekend of Red Wine & Chocolates pairing our reds with handmade Tempurr truffles, caramels and shiny chocolate ladybugs. While Angela and I were pouring inside, visiting artists from Seattle were setting up their work and enjoying the sun outside.

After the sun set, we hosted the Trax Art pARTy here at The Blending Room. Artists Sharon Wilfong, Hera Won, Sarah Denby, Andrew Miller, John Tingley and StarheadBoy presented a live art show while I spun records and Angela paired The Blending Room‘s best with brick oven flatbread and pizza courses. We had a great turnout from local friends, wineclub members and Seattle winos.

The weekend ended with fireworks over Manson Bay. Thanks to everyone who came out to TraX and to the first annual TraX Art pARTy and thanks to the artists. We look forward to next year’s fun.

J.H.

Saturday Feb. 19th
7 pm – 10 pm at The Blending Room by WineGirl Wines

• Live art performance by Art pARTies Seattle with five featured artists,
• End of night raffle for art pieces created live during the event,
• Live DJ tunes all night,
• Three food courses catered by Orchard Wood Ovens including apple wood fired pizzas,
• Three glasses of wine paired with food courses.
• Tickets available here.

There will be a variety of events throughout the valley during Lake Chelan’s upcoming TraX event this Presidents’ Weekend. One of our very special events for TraX is the TraX Art pARTy, a live artmaking show at The Blending Room.

Art pARTies Seattle is coming to Manson, Wash. and painting to the live DJ tunes while Angela and I pour the wine. This melding of live art, music and fine wine will make for an exciting evening. At the end of the night, the artists will raffle off their newly created works to the audience. It’s great fun and a great chance at some unique, original art.

There will be gourmet food provided by Chelan’s own Orchard Wood Ovens. Their specialty is delicious apple wood cooked flatbreads and pizzas. They will bring their mobile brick pizza oven to The Blending Room for the night and cook up several fine courses. There will be two flatbread choices including one with goat cheese and caramelized onions with a balsamic vinegar reduction. Also available will be four pizza choices including a white pizza with garlic olive oil, fontina cheese and prosciutto topped with fresh arugula. We will have our selections of our Fira and Kamari wines paired with the food courses of the night.

Tickets are available in advance through the Lake Chelan Chamber of Commerce. More information about purchasing tickets is available here.

Five artists are coming to participate. Here’s some of the artists’ work:

Andrew Miller

Poser

Hera

StarheadBoy


Sarah Denby

Hope to see you here on the 19th.

J.H.

2011 is here.
Thanks to everyone who supported our winery through 2010. It was a great first year in our new Lake Chelan homebase. We worked hard and had a lot of fun behind the bar meeting new winos from all over the state and the world.

The Blending Room is open New Years Day 1/1/11 and Sunday 1/2/11
and every Saturday and Sunday 12 pm – 5 pm.

Remember that Winterfest is coming up soon: 1/14-16 in Manson and Chelan.
We’ll have special hours to fit in some very special events.

J.H.

We’re slated to receive over 18 inches of snow tonight. Come out and snowmobile or snowshoe in the hills of Manson, Washington on the North Shore of Lake Chelan. Or just make snow angels and build snow forts with the whole family. School’s almost out for the Holidays!

It's Snowing in Manson!

Snow Angels for the Family

Image found here.

Love,
Manson

It’s a beautiful day in Manson, Washington. Wish you were here!

See our first snow and the golden glint off the bay as steam rises gracefully from the pristine lake waters. We hope you and yours have a wonderful and happy Thanksgiving. We are so thankful for our little village on the bay.

Steam off Manson Bay

First Snow of Manson

Love,
Manson

It’s a beautiful day in Manson, Washington. Wish you were here!

The leaves are changing and the grapes are ripening. It’s a lovely start to November here on the North Shore of Lake Chelan.

Fall in Manson, WA

Road to Manson, WA

Lake Chelan in Manson, WA

Love,
Manson

It’s a beautiful day in Manson, Washington. Wish you were here!

Hello!

Welcome to the Manson Village Blog.

This blog is so that we, the community of beautiful Manson, Washington, can share a little of why we love our village on the bay.

Please feel free to send your favorite images and your favorite stories about why you love Manson, Washington to the blog master at mansonvillage@gmail.com. We’ll post them here.

Love,
Manson

It’s a beautiful day in Manson, Washington. Wish you were here!

Saira’s Saturday activities included the Manson Farmer’s Market at the Manson Grange as well as the Manson Public Library book sale before she came to hang out at The Blending Room to sip a succulent glass of our Firá Chardonnay. Saira’s heading to a BBQ tonight and of course watching the Chelan fireworks before she’s off to bed to catch some beauty rest for Sunday.

Why does she need to rest up for Sunday, you ask? Well, Sunday is jam-packed with Kiwanis BBQ Chicken and the annual classic car show Rods and Wheels. My oh my! But then, what better way to end a July 4th weekend than with a second showing of booms and bangs sure to delight. The little village on the bay will host the Fourth of July fireworks for all to see. I sure can’t wait!

Good luck Saira! We hope you can fit it all in and get some serious sun time before heading back to Seattle. It was a pleasure to host you and your friends!

Busy Bee Saira

Cheers,
WineGirl