Wicked Cellars Tasting Notes Saturday, May 19th, 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Everett Art Walk Night Tasting Event Featuring Artist Shawn Southwick and Rolling Bay Winery with Owner and Winemaker, Alphonse de Klerk

$10 Tasting Fee

This Saturday between 4:00 and 7:00 p.m. our May Everett Art Walk Night Tasting Event features both the art of our newest featured artist, Shawn Southwick, and the wines of Bainbridge Island’s Rolling Bay Winery with owner and winemaker, Alphonse de Klerk.

Please stop by to meet and chat with both Shawn and Alphonse and to enjoy both Alphonse’s wines and Shawn’s art.

Rolling Bay Winery is an artisan winery on beautiful Bainbridge Island in State that specializes in creating limited quantities of hand crafted premium wine from grapes grown on Snipes Mountain, one of Washington State's newest AVAs and oldest vineyards.

Just a ferry ride away from Seattle, Rolling Bay Winery began over sixteen years ago as a cooperative effort with Dr. Piero Sandri, David Verwolf, Alphonse de Klerk and mutual friends and became a fully bonded winery in 2007. Rolling Bay has since garnered numerous awards from wine competitions near and far.

Rolling Bay’s focus is on producing small quantities of premium, hand crafted wine. Winemaker de Klerk works with dedicated growers producing fruit recognized as among the best in the region and has a passion for blending, resulting in such unique wines as the Fusion and the Award winning Manitou Red

Alphonse de Klerk is also professional photographer based in Seattle. A graduate of Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Alphonse has photographed a variety of genre over his 25-year career, specializing in using a balance of lighting and composition to create beautiful photographs.

Rolling Bay 2010 Chardonnay $19.99 Snipes Mountain AVA

Fruit for this Burgundian-style Chardonnay is sourced from the Snipes Mountain AVA within the Yakima Valley AVA, aged for 10 months sur lie in neutral six-year-old French oak barrels. Aromas of honey and spice lead to rich flavors of butterscotch, honey and caramel, on top of a rich opulent and creamy finish.

Rolling Bay 2011 Pinot Gris $15.99 Snipes Mountain AVA

“I truly believe this is the best Pinot Gris we have made to date. A graceful wine with lots of fruit mixed with spices and almond.” -Alphonse de Klerk, Winemaker

Rolling Bay 2008 Manitou Red $26.99 Snipes Mountain AVA

This select blend of 55% , 40% and 5% Merlot is a fruit-driven wine with plenty of structure and elements of black cherry and pepper in the front and dark chocolate, plum and oak on a long finish.

Rolling Bay Winery’s 2008 Manitou Red was listed among the 10 Best New Washington Wines of 2012 by Seattle Magazine’s April 2012 edition.

“Although Bainbridge Island–based Rolling Bay has been around since 2007, it has been under the radar for way too long. Winemaker Alphonse de Klerk has a love of blending, and his Manitou Red—Cabernet Sauvignon (55 percent), Syrah (40 percent) and Merlot (5 percent)—is a wonderful food wine made in the Old World style; excellent fruit and balancing acidity, with black cherry, chocolate and plum flavors.”

Rolling Bay 2009 Cuvée Aldaro $24.99

This Bordeaux-style blend of 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Cab Franc and 10% Merlot is a hand crafted wine offering complex flavors of cherry, coffee and chocolate, structured with soft tannins and balanced with fresh acidity. Only 128 cases were produced.

Rolling Bay 2009 Syrah $24.99 Snipes Mountain AVA

This is 100% Syrah sourced from Upland Vineyard on the south facing slopes of Snipes Mountain. Offering abundant floral and fruit aromas, the wine boasts flavors of plum as blackberry and cherry dominate the palate of this classic Washington Syrah.