May's 3rd Thursday Wine Walk in the Warehouse District-Armed Forces Wine Walk and Wear Purple for Peace Day

May's 3^rd Thursday Wine Walk in the Warehouse District theme is Armed Forces Wine Walk and Wear Purple for Peace Day! (showing our support by posting in purple today!)

The Details: 

Thursday, May 16th, 2013
4pm - 8pm
$20 per person for 15 tasting tickets. $1 for extra tasting tickets. Ticket sales end at 7pm on-line but can still be purchased for cash only at Page Cellars & Alta Cellars. 
BYOG (bring your own glass)  or $5 if you need a glass. 
The Collective on Tap is offering a 3-course dinner for Wine Walk for  $12.
Vessel Wines is hosting musician Michael Good.

For more information or to purchase tickets on-line visit www.WoodWareWine.com.

Upcoming Themes for the 2013 Thursday Wine Walks:

June 20th - Chocolate & Cheese 

July 18th - Art & Wine Walk 

August 15th - Bite at the Warehouse 

September 19th - Bottles & Dogs 

October 17th - Halloween Wine Walk

November 21st - Thanksgiving Day Wines

December 19th - Christmas Wines

Thursday Wine Walk in the Warehouse District, is a collection of 15 wineries, breweries & distilleries who open their tasting room doors and for a flat price of $20 guests get to taste award winning wine, beer and spirits while enjoying the theme for the night.  This monthly event takes place every 3^rd Thursday in the month and this years themes are so fun. 

Butler Wine Tours is proud to be a Tasting Woodinville Sponsor.

Sprinkled in Seattle's Open House benefitting Seattle Children's Hospital

“First comes love, then comes cake!”  - Sprinkled in Seattle

Everyone loves a good party, but having a party for a good cause is even better! Come celebrate with us “On Cloud Nine” for drinks, desserts and music to celebrate the launch of Sprinkled in Seattle-Wedding Planning, Sunday, May 19^th, 2013 from 6:30-9:00pm at Woodhouse Wine Estates.  A silent auction will take place during this event with some great donations from local vendors, including a Tour Woodinville Country Wine Basket from Butler Wine Tours, which includes 4 bottles of local wine, chocolates, wine literature and more, with all proceeds benefiting Seattle Children's Hospital.

Sprinkled in Seattle offers full-service wedding design and coordination, package wedding design and coordination options and day-of coordination in the greater Seattle area. Owner, Katie Slayton’s goal is to make your wedding-planning process stress-free, fun, and memorable.

To learn more about Sprinkled in Seattle and RSVP contact Katie at:

www.sprinkledinseattle.com
Katie@sprinkledinseattle.com
425.999.0712

Sprinkled in Seattle Open House invitations by Swash Letterpress

Chateau Ste. Michelle’s 2013 Summer Concert Series

“Come on darling
Put a pretty dress on
We're gonna go out tonight
Dance, dance, dance
Dance, dance, dance
Dance, dance, dance
All night long….” Steve Miller Band – Dance, Dance, Dance

Come dance, dance, dance all night long at Chateau Ste. Michelle 2013 Summer Concert Series, hosted right in the middle of Woodinville Wine Country, at Chateau Ste. Michelle's intimate amphitheater!  Chateau Ste. Michelle has been hosting live performances since 1984 on its beautiful grounds (have you taken the Garden Tour with their Master gardener yet?  As if wine tasting at this beautiful location was not awesome enough!).   

This year’s line up includes a Live Broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion featuring Garrison Keilor (we can’t wait to here the latest news from Lake Wobegon!), to Harry Connick Jr. to the Joker himself, the Steve Miller Band.  For a complete list of performances visit http://www.ste-michelle.com/pdf/ChateauSteMichelle-Concert-Calendar_2013.pdf.

Tickets available throughTicketmaster.

Butler Seattle will be back again at Columbia Winery this year offering the closest parking outside of the Chateau itself.

Suncadia named #1 in 425 Magazine's Best Of 2013

Congratulations to Suncadia Resort for being named 425 Magazines Best of 2013 in the following catagories: #1 Northwest Travel Destination, Best Wedding Destination and Best Kid Friendly Destination!  Butler Seattle is proud to be Suncadia’s preferred transportation provider!  Way to dominate SR! 

425 Magazine is the Eastside’s magazine. 425 focuses on local living, offering a wealth of ideas and resources for gardening, designing, creating and building that are uniquely crafted to fit your lifestyle. They aim to inspire and inform their reader of the many options, specialists and resources that are available on the Eastside and beyond. 425 is a bi-monthly, high-quality, full-color newsstand publication. Find it throughout the region at bookstores, grocery stores, drugstores, fine garden centers, and the areas best hotels.

Suncadia Spring Wedding Show Recap

The Suncadia Spring Wedding Show was held on Saturday, April 20, 2013 and was another successful wedding event where we had the pleasure of meeting with such great couples. As only this enticing destination wedding location and our beautiful mountain-state can deliver, the day perfectly set the scene for your outdoor wedding dreams.  Complete with sunbeams filtering through the evergreens, guests sipped wine & champagne, tasted the most delectable bites from Suncadia’s catering and met with local professionals who could fulfill all their wedding dreams. 

Huge thank you again to Fena Flowers for providing the stunning floral display for our table! 

Branch wedding arch

Outdoor ceremony area at Suncadia Resort in Cle Elum

Butler Seattle-Butler Transportation's 14 passenger Mercedes-Benz Sprinters

Butler Seattle is proud to be Suncadia Resorts preferred transportation provider

S'more station at Suncadia Spring Wedding Show

For more information about Suncadia’s weddings, contact Camie Stevenson at (509) 649-6207 or cstevenson@suncadia.com, or visit www.suncadia.com.

May’s 1st Thurs Wine Walk in the Hollywood District-Mother’s Day Wines

For May’s 1st Thursday Wine Walk in the Hollywood District the theme is “Mother’s Day Wines”.  Come find that perfect bottle to give to your mom this holiday!

The Details: 

- Thursday, May 2^nd, 2013
- 4 pm- 8pm
- Kids & dogs are welcome
- Cost of food is not included in ticket price
- $20 per person for 15 tasting tickets. $1 for extra tasting tickets.  Tickets available at www.WoodWareWine.com or at the following locations day of, for cash only:

Cougar Crest Winery (Main Ticket Station) 14545 148th Ave NE #211
Trust Cellars 14469 Wood-Redmond Rd Northeast
DiStefano Winery 14356 Wood-Redmond Rd
Goose Ridge 14450 Woodinville Redmond Road NE Suite 108

Purple Cafe and Wine Bar in Woodinville offers wine walk participants Free Dessert with the purchase of a dinner entree, in addition to Free Corkage on a bottle from the wine walk!

For more information please visit: http://www.woodwarewine.com

Upcoming Themes for the 2013 1st Thursday Wine Walks:

June 6^th-Bottles & Dogs
July 4th-No wine walk this month-Happy 4^th of July
August 1^st-Scavenger Hunt
September 5^th-Chocolate & Cheese
October 3^rd-Octoberfest
November 7^th-Vetran’s Day Walk
December 5^th-21^st Amendment ends Prohibition

1^st Thursday Wine Walk in the Hollywood District features several wineries, a distillery and a meadery in the Hollywood District of Woodinville Wine Country that open their tasting room doors and for a flat price of $20 offer guests the ability to taste award winning wine, spirits and mead while enjoying the theme for the night.

Butler Seattle-Butler Wine Tours is a proud sponsor of the 1^st & 3^rd Thursday Wine Walks.

Win a weekend getaway with Visit Bellevue Washington

Contest time!

Spring has sprung and it’s time to share your favorite photos of Bellevue in Visit Bellevue Washington’s contest for a chance to win dinner at The Calcutta Grill, an overnight at the Hyatt Regency Bellevue and having your photo featured on Visit Bellevue!

Settled between the Cascade Mountains and Lake Washington, it’s no secret that the fair city of Bellevue was named after its “beautiful views.” In honor of the spring season, Visit Bellevue is launching a contest to see who can capture the city’s most beautiful view, or “BelleView” (oh, how we love a good pun!).  The winner will receive a weekend getaway that showcases our scenic vistas, along with a healthy dose of wining and dining, of course.

HERE’S HOW IT WORKS:

•   Snap a shot of your favorite “BelleView.” This can be anything you deem fit, as long as it was taken within        Bellevue city limits, or depicts a view of the city taken from outside city limits.

•   If you’re on Instagram, follow @VisitBellevueWa and upload your photo. Make sure to tag it with #MyBelleView and a description or caption.

•   Also email your entry to contest@visitbellevuewashington.com with caption and your full contact information including your full name, phone number and email address.

•   If you’re not on Instagram, you can just email it to us as instructed above and we will upload for you.

•   You are allowed to enter as many times as you like! Feel free to tag us (@VisitBellevueWa) and use other Bellevue tags like #visitbellevuewa, #bellevue, #bellevuewa, #bellevuewashington, #hyattregencybellevue, #newcastlegolfcourse, #bellevuepark, #bellevuesquare, #bellevueskyline, and #ilovebellevue.

•   The winning image will be announced May 16, and we’ll also showcase entries throughout the contest.

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL WIN:

•   An overnight stay at The Hyatt Regency Bellevue on a mutually agreeable date in the month of May or June 2013; lounge in a deluxe guestroom overlooking the city.

•   Dinner for two at The Calcutta Grill at Newcastle Golf Course. Upon arrival, take in the stunning, panoramic views of Lake Washington, Mt. Rainier, the Olympic and Cascade Mountains, and the Seattle skyline before dining on Pacific Northwest fare with wines to match.

•   The winning photo and featured photographer will be showcased on the Visit Bellevue Washington blog and our social media outlets.

Personally, we think there’s no better “BelleView” than a shot of one of the Mercedes-Benz shuttles dropping off guests at Bellevue’s Purple Café and Wine Bar for a Wine, Buy & Dine!

Good luck to all who enter!

**NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

Entering is free. Because this giveaway contains wine or wine related products and services, you must be 21 or older to enter. Employees of Visit Bellevue Washington, and their parent, subsidiary, and affiliate companies, suppliers as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings and children) and household members of each such employee are not eligible to win. Please note that photo entries become the property of Visit Bellevue Washington once submitted and may be used in marketing or promotional materials. The promotion begins on March 29, 2013 and ends on May 14, 2013 at 11:59 p.m. PT. The winner will be announced on May 16, 2013.