Keeping it Local
This Washington winery is owned by a former Seattle Seahawks wide receiver
Dossier (Sidney Rice)
This mission based winery was founded by four previous DeLille employees who wanted to advocate for equality and empowerment through wine
E3 Wines
This vermouth winery was We Rise's first pop-up event with cocktails
Moxie Mule (Sean Perryman)
The owner of this South African winery has acted as an independent wine judge at multiple international wine competitions
Kumusha (Tinashe Nyamudoka)
The winemaker for this winery is an immigrant from India
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Sama Cellars (Chaz Bangur)
This Woodinville winery, owned by Mari Womack, has maintained a consistent spot on our happy hour menu
Damsel Cellars (Mari Womack)
This is the first non-alcoholic winery to open in the Pacific Northwest
Jøyus (Jess Selander)
This winery, whose winemaker was the star of a recent pop-up, might take the prize for having the closest location to We Rise
Footprint Wine Tap (Ken Dillon)
The manager for this winery grew up on a sugar cane farm in South Africa long before she started making wine
HER Wine Collection (Praisy Dlamini)
The owner of this winery is the granddaughter of Latinx migrant farmworkers
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Gonzales (Cristina Gonzales)
This Walla Walla winery gets its name from the Spanish word for bee
Abeja (Amy Alvarez-Ampfler)
This winemaker made her decision about where to start her winery based off of a coin toss
Shea Frichette (Frichette)
We hosted this winery, founded on the idea of making wine fun and approachable, for a wine & music pop-up in February
Saanj (Kye and Shahron Freeman Chaudhry)
The owner of this Mendocino-based winery is also a practicing lawyer
Theopolis (Theodora Lee aka Theo-Patra)
This winery is the first Korean-American owned winery in Oregon
SWCIHNEO
Cho Wines (Dave & Lois Cho)
This Woodinville winery uses the traditional method for all their sparkling wine
Elentone (Miguele/Migi de Quadros Sherry)
The owner of this winery began her career by making fruit wine, informing the fruit-forward style she is now known for
LaShellé Wines (Nicole Camp)
This Norwegain owned winery was We Rise's very first pop-up event
Dalset Wines (Evan Johansen)
The winemaker for this Romanian-style winery made history by making a dry wine out of grapes traditionally used for sweet wine
Aurelia Visinescu
With 30 years of production, and still going strong, this is one of the oldest Black owned wineries
TORESABTWEN
Brown Estate (Daneen, David, & Coral Brown)
The owner of this Walla Walla winery also founded a sister mission based winery (that we also sell!)
Brook & Bull (Ashley Trout)
The owners of this winery founded their blend-based winery after getting engaged and "blending" their lives
On Blended Knee (La'Rissa Dwyer)
The founder of this (soon to be a pop-up guest) winery was a classically trained opera singer before becoming a winemaker
Dama Wines (Mary Derby)
Before making wine, the owner of this winery was a writer and producer in Los Angeles
L'Objet Wines (Dan Glover)
This woman-owned winery focuses on PNW terroir & wine styles
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Spruce Hill (Jo and Mark Bader)