Sparkman Cellars
Woodinville · Woodinville
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The Oxto Edit
Oxto AISparkman built their reputation on Cabernet—their Holler bottling hit Wine Spectator's Top 100 twice—but they're quietly making some of Washington's more interesting reds. The Baba Sangiovese blend and Gaga Touriga Nacional show actual range beyond the Bordeaux playbook. Tasting room doubles as an event space with surprisingly good sound for live music.
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Sparkman Cellars operates out of a converted warehouse in Woodinville with the kind of concrete-and-steel bones that make for good wine acoustics. Since 2004, they've focused on Washington reds with enough structure to earn two Wine Spectator Top 100 nods for their Holler Cabernet ($35, consistently scoring 91-94 points). But the deeper cuts—a Sangiovese blend called Baba, a Touriga Nacional called Gaga, the $110 Evermore from old vines—show winemaker ambition beyond the usual Cab program. The space hosts candlelight concerts and private events across five rooms, and the tasting menu runs beyond cheese plates. Google reviewers call it 'the best tasting in Woodinville,' though that might just mean they opened library wines three days early for vertical tastings. Either way, it's a producer worth watching if you care about what Washington can do when it's not trying to be Napa.
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