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This Week at Morso
One of our new favorite Seattle wineries, Eight Bells Winery and one of the owner/winemakers Frank Michiels will be here on Friday August 18, 2017 from 5-7 pm. Eight Bells Winery is a small (~2000 cases per year) urban winery in the Roosevelt/Ravenna neighborhood of North Seattle producing hand-crafted red and white wines. We love their wines and are so happy to have them! This is one of our very special tastings.
The nautical measure of time has traditionally been the ringing of a bell, one strike for each half hour of a four-hour watch. At the Eighth Bell the sailor's watch is over. At sea, Eight Bells marks a change, a change in watch, a change in activities.
To the three owners of Eight Bells, the winery marks both a change in their careers and an opportunity to take their winemaking skills to a new level. Eight Bells Winery is jointly owned and operated by Tim Bates, Andy Shepherd and Frank Michiels. Tim began making wine in his basement in 1980 with grapes from Sagemoor Farms. In 1996 Andy joined Tim and with a mutual friend from the Boeing Wine Club, and suddenly they had access to many of the best vineyards in Washington and Oregon. To their friends and the local winemaking community they were known as the NOAA Shellback Vintners, Shellback being a sailor who has crossed the equator on the ship. In 2006 Frank came to watch the crush and ended up taking home 100 lbs of grapes to ferment in his kitchen. The triumvirate was born and they moved from their garages to a commercial space in the fall of 2009. In addition to their practical experience, Tim and Andy completed the WSU viticulture extension program in 2008. Andy and Frank completed the WSU enology extension program in 2010 and 2011.
We will be featuring:
Eight Bells 2016 Chardonnay
Eight Bells 2014 Sangiovese
Eight Bells 2012 Shellback Red Blend
Eight Bells 2013 David's Block Bordeaux Blend
Eight Bells 2013 Red Willow Cabernet Sauvignon
Eight Bells 2014 Eight Clone Syrah
There is a $5 fee/person for this tasting event that is applied to the purchase of these wines. Any wines purchased from the tasting may be served without a corkage fee on the night of the tasting.
