Woodinville's Des Voignes Satisfies Beer Lovers and Wine Connoisseurs Alike

You know when couples or friends go wine tasting and there’s always one person who would rather be drinking a beer? Two worlds finally collide at Des Voigne Cellars and B-Side Brewing, a first-of-its-kind in the area boutique winery and craft brewery in Woodinville’s Winery Warehouse district on Artisan Hill. Inside their 5,000-square-foot industrial warehouse, owners Darren and Lissy Des Voigne have been making approachable, easy-drinking red wines from underrepresented grape varieties, like Zinfandel and Sangiovese, for a decade. Because of Darren’s love for beer, they started brewing in 2015. They hired brewer Bob Thorpe and added a seven-barrel brewhouse, a 10-foot projection-screen television and wood tables to a new microbrewery portion of the facility, which opened last December.

YOU KNOW WHEN COUPLES OR FRIENDS

go wine tasting and there’s always one person who

would rather be drinking a beer? Two worlds finally

collide at Des Voigne Cellars and B-Side Brewing,

a first-of-its-kind in the area boutique winery and

craft brewery in Woodinville’s Winery Warehouse

district on Artisan Hill.

Inside their 5,000-square-foot industrial

warehouse, owners Darren and Lissy Des Voigne

have been making approachable, easy-drinking red

wines from underrepresented grape varieties, like

Zinfandel and Sangiovese, for a decade. Because of

Darren’s love for beer, they started brewing in 2015.

They hired brewer Bob Thorpe and added a

seven-barrel brewhouse, a 10-foot projection-screen

television and wood tables to a new microbrewery

portion of the facility, which opened last December.

They produce eight craft beers, including the floral

and woodsy Acoustic amber ale. The wine program

offers eight red wines priced at less than $38 (plus a

white and rosé). You are encouraged to drink your

wine in the microbrewery or take your beer into the

wine cellar, which seats 70. Anything goes.

In the ultimate expression of booze blending, the

Des Voignes are also experimenting with crossbarrel

aging. They have a 2013 Zinfandel aging in a

bourbon barrel (courtesy of neighbor J.P. Trodden

Distilling) and plan to age their double IPA in a

whiskey barrel. Taste these experimental gems at

their Red Wine, Beer and Chocolates event in

February, and stay tuned for brewer and winemaker

dinners. Yes, a pour of both with each course. Now

that’s a marriage. Woodinville, 14125 NE 189th St.;

425.415.8466; dvcellarsYou know when couples or friends go wine tasting and there’s always one person whobwould rather be drinking a beer? Two worlds finally collide at Des Voigne Cellars and B-Side Brewing,a first-of-its-kind in the area boutique winery and craft brewery in Woodinville’s Winery Warehouse district on Artisan Hill. Inside their 5,000-square-foot industrial warehouse, owners Darren and Lissy Des Voigne have been making approachable, easy-drinking redwines from underrepresented grape varieties, like Zinfandel and Sangiovese, for a decade. Because of Darren’s love for beer, they started brewing in 2015. They hired brewer Bob Thorpe and added a seven-barrel brewhouse, a 10-foot projection-screen television and wood tables to a new microbrewery portion of the facility, which opened last December. They produce eight craft beers, including the floral and woodsy Acoustic amber ale. The wine program offers eight red wines priced at less than $38 (plus a white and rosé). You are encouraged to drink your wine in the microbrewery or take your beer into the wine cellar, which seats 70. Anything goes. In the ultimate expression of booze blending, the Des Voignes are also experimenting with cross-barrel aging. They have a 2013 Zinfandel aging in a bourbon barrel (courtesy of neighbor J.P. Trodden Distilling) and plan to age their double IPA in a whiskey barrel. Taste these experimental gems at their Red Wine, Beer and Chocolates event in February, and stay tuned for brewer and winemaker dinners. Yes, a pour of both with each course. Now that’s a marriage. Woodinville, 14125 NE 189th St.;425.415.8466; dvcellars.com

They produce eight craft beers, including the floral and woodsy Acoustic amber ale. The wine program offers eight red wines priced at less than $38 (plus a white and rosé). You are encouraged to drink your wine in the microbrewery or take your beer into the wine cellar, which seats 70. Anything goes. In the ultimate expression of booze blending, the Des Voignes are also experimenting with cross-barrel aging. They have a 2013 Zinfandel aging in a bourbon barrel (courtesy of neighbor J.P. Trodden Distilling) and plan to age their double IPA in a whiskey barrel. Taste these experimental gems at their Red Wine, Beer and Chocolates event in February, and stay tuned for brewer and winemaker dinners. Yes, a pour of both with each course. Now that’s a marriage. Woodinville, 14125 NE 189th St.;425.415.8466; dvcellars.com