1710 North 45th Street
Seattle, WA 98103
   206.632.7238     

Wine Merchant since 1989

In 2001 John Morgan and Barbara House took the plunge and moved from Bellingham to the home they had begun building in Mazama in 1994. The move involved a career change for John who had been a civil engineer specializing in road and bridge construction in Whatcom County.

It was the culmination of a path started when John's father was a young man, collecting wines from Bordeaux, Burgundy and early producers in the Napa Valley. These wines were trotted out at family dinners over the

ensuing decades, giving a glimpse into the alchemy of aged fine wines.

The dream of the winery took form on Napa Valley's Silverado trail where a laid back and friendly winemaker gave a glimpse of the typical people involved in the production side of the wine industry. The more John looked into wine making as a possible career choice, the more he reasoned that if he could learn pre-stressed concrete design on his own, then maybe…