Salida Winery:
11515 Eagleview Lane, Rainier, WA 98576
Phone: 360.446.8466
By appointment only
Salida Olympia Wine Tasting Bar:
Friday & Saturday, 1:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Sunday 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
116-5th Avenue SE, Olympia, WA 98501
Phone: 360.359.4288
Located in rural Thurston County, the seat of the Washington State Capital, Salida wines are produced in the same winery as those of McCrea Cellars. Both home and winery are nestled on a prominent hilltop with a beautiful view of Mt. Rainier and surrounded by 20 acres of Douglas fir forest.
The winery is a contemporary structure, fairly simple in design, but created to maximize efficiency of production and quality control in all phases of winemaking. Grapes are trucked in from Eastern Washington, processed on our covered crush pad, then go to either fermenter or tank to eventually become the new wine. From there, the wine is gently moved to barrel for aging until its eventual bottling.
We call the Salida tasting room the ‘Olympia Wine Tasting Bar’ as it’s a shared location with the McCrea Cellars wines. At the epicenter of downtown Olympia on 5th Avenue, we’re located in the New Caldonia building with a beautiful interior featuring a large central glass-covered atrium with several satellite rooms and small galleries.
Although fairly small, the room is very cozy with rich earth colored walls, a wood-beamed ceiling from century-old fir, cork flooring, and a large bar that can easily accommodate eight people. Bistro bar tables are scattered about against dramatic floor to ceiling radius windows, offering a view back into the atrium and giving the space an open and expansive feeling.
We’ve found that our customers like to just hang out with a glass of wine and a plate of cheese, crackers and sundry charcuterie bites. Rather than simply a location to taste our wines, the Olympia Wine Tasting Bar offers a warm and comfortable niche where friends can relax and linger. A gallery of featured works by local Olympia artists completes the unique setting
