Bar or tasting room? Gård Vintners feels like both.
The art is striking. The wall is exposed brick. The pours are top-notch. But this Gård Vintners tasting room isn’t in wine country. It sits in downtown Ellensburg on the same block as a tavern, a barber, and a tuxedo shop—and it’s an important part of the new model for wine success in Washington.
At one time, drinkers found the best bottles at a high-end wine store or their local fine-dining restaurant. More rarely, at a winery itself. But how and where local wineries sell their products has fundamentally changed in recent years. Today, selling wine direct to
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