with Thomas as your host!

TASTINGS ARE $15 AND $5 OFF FOR ALL WINE CLUB MEMBERS.

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About the Winery

Talk less, say more.

Our minimalist approach in the cellar results in wines of elegance, complexity, and balance.

Avennia was founded on the passion to showcase Washington as a unique and compelling place for great wines. Our priority is to acquire fruit from some of the finest vineyards in Washington, and allow them to express themselves. We chose to focus on the grape varieties used in Bordeaux and the Rhône, as their similar latitude to Washington makes them a natural fit to excel here.

Inspired by the naturalist vigneron methods in the Old World, our winemaking is based on doing less in order to let the fruit speak for itself. With this approach, sourcing the finest fruit possible is paramount. We use native yeast to ferment the wines, and bottle them unfined to preserve the most complexity and expression. Blending trials are used extensively to achieve the finest texture and balance possible.

In the Vineyard

Always be authentic. Enjoy the ride. Surround yourself with good people. Invest in community – all boats will rise in the tide. Be vigilant. Give people our best. Maintain a ridiculous commitment to quality.

A lot of thought is put into choosing vineyard sites to match our winemaking style and preference. We choose not only the vineyard sources themselves, but down to our favorite vineyard blocks. There is an emphasis on older vines, and moderate climates, as these features tend to create wine with more depth and complexity—a balance between fruit and non-fruit characteristics. We sample the grapes frequently as harvest approaches, tasting the fruit to find the ideal day to harvest. Our picking philosophy is simple: pick the fruit when it is barely, yet definitively, ripe.
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