It may not be grand, but Madrona Wine Merchants at 1127 34^th Avenue will be open for business next Wednesday, October 26^th. Drop in and say hello.

Our shop hours will be:

Wednesday thru Friday noon until 7

Saturday 11 until 7

Sunday 11 until 5

We’ll be having Saturday afternoon tastings from 2-4 starting November 5^th. There is no charge and they are a great way to discover new wines. Check out our website for more information and sign up for our email list to keep current on what we’ll be pouring.

Sprucing up the front of the building.

Look for us in early October.

I just wish we had a couple of dozen empties to show you the whole rack, well, that and the paint, stain and glass.

After a full day in the shop (wood, not wine) we have the center display cabinet mostly done.

The top will be laminated glass with a center bracing rail which will also hold the cards describing each of our hand-selected vintages.

This week sees the starting of construction of the wine racking systems for the storefront. Lumber was delivered and we spent the first day turning big sticks into little sticks.

Another step in the adventure, the lease has been signed. We are currently slated for an October 1st. Cross your fingers.

Well, we finally got into the space that the wine shop is going into. Wow. Stacked floor to ceiling with “stuff”. One the upside, there is more storage room than we expected in the bathroom, which means room for the dishwasher in there as well.

It will be interesting to see how long it takes him to clear out the mess so we can get in, sanitize, and start building it out.

Yet another business card for our wallets:

Check out the website place holder at https://www.madronawinemerchants.com and click on the FaceBook like button so we can get a shorter URL for links. We need 25 unique likes! The logo still isn’t final for the vinyl (for the storefront), but since we have two wholesale wine tastings schedule over the next week plus, we need something to hand-out. And if you look closely, the 708 area code phone number could also be 708-FAT-VINO. Took me a while to find a seven letter phrase on Google Voice, and in the end, FAT-VINO just seems like too far out for the business card.