Page Cellars Winery

Jim and Rothelle Page launched Page Cellars from the garage of their Gig Harbor house back in 2000. Jim, a corporate pilot, had the pleasure of transporting Eric Dunham (Dunham Cellars) and Matt Loso (winemaker for Matthews Cellar at the time) to a wine event in Florida. They struck up a conversation about winemaking and not long thereafter, Jim hired Matt as a consultant winemaker. You could say that Jim caught the wine bug at 30,000+ feet.

A few vintages later Jim and Rothelle transplanted their winemaking operations to the Warehouse District in Woodinville and have been pouring ever since (and winning awards). Many fans come to Page Cellars to stock up on their signature cabernet-based wine dubbed Preface. Here’s what the Pour Fool of the Seattle PI had to say about Jim’s 07’ Preface, “The Preface Cabernet Sauvignon Red Mountain 2007 shows the lovely balance of all its predecessors, but does it in a deeper, less ebullient way, expressing a canoe-load of black fruit flavors, dried fig, caramel, coffee, something faintly like grilled meat, and a fine, fleeting note of pomegranate on the finish.” He had me at “canoe-load.”

Relying on fruit primarily from Red Mountain AVA, Page Cellars also offers syrah, red blends, cabernet franc and sauvignon blanc. As they say, “The “Lick My Lips Syrah” speaks for itself!”

This is a working winery complete with production area, barrel storage and tasting room packed into a relatively small space. Don’t be surprised to find Jim operating a forklift while Rothelle greets people with bottle in hand. She’s a natural at making people feel at home. Even with other would-be tasters in the room, she talks to you as if there was no one else in the room.

Rothelle is a self-described winery diva, responsible for managing the tasting room, wine distribution, marketing, public relations, paying bills and making sure the glasses are clean at the end of the day. Although Jim is the pilot, Rothelle is more than a co-pilot!

WineTrail trekkers are advised that they will be treated with great care when they visit Page Cellars. But unlike home, you won’t need to take your shoes off at the front door.