Don’t miss the largest and fastest-growing wine tasting event in the Yakima Valley. Spring Barrel Tasting Weekend, April 26 to 28, features more than 100 wineries offering barrel tastings, specials on wine purchases, live music, food vendors, winemaker events and more.
If this is your first time experiencing Spring Barrel Tasting, these vintages are brand new, right out of the barrel, giving tasters a sneak peek into how they could mature. Will it be an award winner? You be the judge!
We’ve put together a quick guide to wineries offering live music and food to complement their fine wines. Stop, relax and enjoy the warm spring day as you sip wine paired with local cuisine and listen to the sounds of music filling the wine country air.
For information about varieties of wine offered for tasting, purchasing a Premier Pass, winemaker events, plus additional participating wineries, visit Yakima Valley’s Spring Barrel Tasting webpage. Remember Spring Barrel Tasting is a “Bring Your Own Glass” weekend. Many wineries are open for Pre- Spring Barrel, April 20-21. This is an opportunity for a bit slower pace and more education from the wine maker as crowds are smaller.
Live Music at the Wineries!
Friday, April 26
- Antolin Cellars: Braden McDannell, musician and singer-songwriter. No Cover. 7 pm.
- Kana Winery: Open mic night! Join Locals and visitors playing! 7 to 10 pm
- Treveri Cellars: Live music. 5 to 8 pm
Saturday, April 27
- Kana Winery: Stimulus Package. 7 to 10 pm
- Tanjuli Winery: BroKin Road 1 to 4pm
- Hyatt Vineyards: Band Abbigale Smith. 12 to 5 pm
- Silver Lake Winery: Rock Garden 1 to 5pm
- VanArnam Vineyards: Acoustic singer-songwriter and solo musician, Jez Slowe. Noon.
- Milbrandt Vineyards: Dakota Brown 2 to 5 pm
- Coyote Canyon: Evan Egerer 1 to 4pm.
- Wilridge Vineyard, Winery, Distillery: TBD
Sunday, April 28
- Silver Lake Winery: Rock Garden 1 to 4pm.
- Hyatt Vineyards: Band Abbigale Smith 12 to 5 pm
- Wilridge Vineyard, Winery Distillery: TBD
Food Vendors at the Wineries!
Friday, April 26
- Bonair Winery: Winey Dogs
- Chandler Reach Italian sandwiches
- Treveri Cellars: Menu of cheese boards, artisan flatbreads and more
- J. Bell Cellars: Brick oven pizza for purchase all weekend
- Silver Lake Winery: Lunch from Kim’s Got Smoke
- Hedges Family Estate: Small bites with wonderful meats and cheeses.
- Tucannon Cellars: McCary Meats, a local butcher out of Basin City sampling dried, cured, and smoked products paired with wines; available for purchase
- Two Mountain Winery: Taco Don Chayo food truck
- Desert Wind Winery: Decadent chocolates by in-house Chocolatier, Jade’s British Girl Treats
Saturday, April 27
- Bonair Winery: Winey Dogs
- Chandler Reach Italian sandwiches
- Wilridge Vineyard, Winery Distillery: TBD
- Treveri Cellars: Menu of cheese boards, artisan flatbreads and more
- J.Bell Cellars: Brick oven pizza for purchase all weekend
- Tanjuli Winery: Taqueria La Plazita selling authentic tacos on homemade tortillas for $1.50 each. 11 am to 5 pm
- Hyatt Vineyards: Big Weezie’s BBQ 12 to 5 pm
- Cultura Winery: James from JM Pastries & Chocolates. 11am to 3pm
- Silver Lake Winery: Kim’s Got Smoke BBQ, Glondo’s Sausage Co. & Italian Market, each paired with a barrel sample.
- Barrel Spring Winery: Neighbor’s BBQ, specializing in Texas-style barbecue
- Winemakers Loft: Smoked Freedom BBQ. 11 am until they run out of food
- Airfield Estates: Food cart Kindra’s Wok N’ Roll serving fresh Asian fusion cuisine. 10am to 6 pm
- 14 Hands Winery: Nachos for purchase 11am to 3pm
- Mercer Wine Estates: Cascade Crust Pizza truck
- Hedges Family Estate: Fast and Curryous food truck serving Indian-inspired cuisine
- Tucannon Cellars: McCary Meats, local butcher out of Basin City sampling dried, cured, smoked products paired with wines; available for purchase
- Two Mountain Winery: Taco Don Chayo food truck
- Desert Wind Winery: Decadent chocolates by in-house Chocolatier, Jade’s British Girl Treats
Sunday, April 28
- Bonair Winery: Winey Dogs
- Chandler Reach Italian sandwiches
- Wilridge Vineyard, Winery Distillery: TBD
- Silver Lake Winery: Kim’s Got Smoke BBQ, Glondo’s Sausage Co. & Italian Market, each paired with a barrel sample
- J.Bell Cellars: Brick oven pizza for purchase all weekend
- Treveri Cellars: Menu of cheese boards, artisan flatbreads and more.
- Hyatt Vineyards: Big Weezie’s BBQ 12 to 5 pm
- Hedges Family Estate: Small bites with wonderful meats and cheeses
- Tucannon Cellars: McCary Meats, a local butcher out of Basin City will sample dried, cured, and smoked products paired with wines; available for purchase.
- Two Mountain Winery: Taco Don Chayo food truck
- Desert Wind Winery: Decadent chocolates by in-house Chocolatier, Jade’s British Girl Treats
Ongoing Activities
- Yakima Valley Visitor Information Center: $5 tasting of 4 wines with an acrylic, stemless wineglass to keep
- Hyatt Vineyards: Craft vendors
- Silver Lake Winery: Local vendors for your shopping needs
- 14 Hands Winery: Receive a stemless 14 Hands logo glass with $7 tasting fee
- Davenlore Winery: 11am to 5 pm for a FREE barrel tasting of Port Wine
- Milbrandt Vineyards: Case Sales. Receive a stemless logo wine glass with $10 tasting fee, refunded with $30 purchase.
- Mercer Wine Estates: Glassybaby roadshow all weekend. Annual White Wine Case Sale, up to 50% off 10 to 5pm on Saturday. $5 tasting fee, non-refundable is donated to the Carson Kolzig Foundation in honor of Autism Awareness Month.
- Desert Wind Winery: Trunk Show from Robin’s Nest Jewelry
*Event information received by Yakima Valley Tourism as of April 15, 2019.
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