{"id":845351,"date":"2025-04-12T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/best-of\/a-taste-of-the-vine-snohomish-countys-finest-winery-escapes\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T11:52:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T18:52:38","slug":"a-taste-of-the-vine-snohomish-countys-finest-winery-escapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/2025\/04\/12\/a-taste-of-the-vine-snohomish-countys-finest-winery-escapes\/","title":{"rendered":"A taste of the vine: Snohomish county&#8217;s finest winery escapes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Daily Herald&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/best-of\/\" target=\"_blank\">Best Of Snohomish County<\/a> 2024 results are in!<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s time to celebrate the absolute best of the best, chosen by the community! From local favorites to hidden gems, here are your top picks for the &lsquo;Best Winery&rsquo;:<\/p>\n<p>First Place: <a href=\"https:\/\/rusticcorkwinebar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rustic Cork Wine Bar &amp; Bistro<\/a> in Lake Stevens and Mill Creek<\/p>\n<p>No need to drive to Eastern Washington to experience the amazing wines they have to offer. Rustic Cork Wine Bar will have it waiting for you right here in Snohomish County. Visit them in Lake Stevens, Mill Creek and next year at the Port of Everett and Woodinville! So come &ldquo;Wine About It&rdquo;&rdquo; with them! They look forward to serving you! Cheers! ~Kelsey Olson, Owner-Creator-Operator<\/p>\n<p>Second Place: <a href=\"https:\/\/portgardnerbaywinery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Port Gardner Bay Winery<\/a> in Everett<\/p>\n<p>Third Place: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quilcedacreek.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Quilceda Creek Winery<\/a> in Snohomish<\/p>\n<p>But the excitement doesn&rsquo;t stop here! Dive into the <a href=\"https:\/\/heraldnet-wa.newsmemory.com\/?special=Best+of+Snohomish+County\" target=\"_blank\">full list of winners<\/a> and see all the amazing businesses that made the cut. Who knows? You might discover your next favorite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raise a glass to three local wineries that pour passion into every bottle. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1129,"featured_media":845352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[816,609],"tags":[244,727,718,743],"class_list":["post-845351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-best-of","category-food-drink","tag-instagram","tag-best-of","tag-food-and-drink","tag-life"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/heraldnet.com\/2025\/04\/12\/a-taste-of-the-vine-snohomish-countys-finest-winery-escapes\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"A taste of the vine: Snohomish county&#8217;s finest winery escapes","url":"http:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/2025\/04\/12\/a-taste-of-the-vine-snohomish-countys-finest-winery-escapes\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/2025\/04\/12\/a-taste-of-the-vine-snohomish-countys-finest-winery-escapes\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/04\/39119410_winery---TSR--1-.png?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/04\/39119410_winery---TSR--1-.png"},"articleSection":"Best Of","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Wire Service"}],"creator":["Wire Service"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"HeraldNet.com","logo":""},"keywords":["as seen on instagram ...","best of","food and drink","life"],"dateCreated":"2025-04-12T16:30:00Z","datePublished":"2025-04-12T16:30:00Z","dateModified":"2026-03-27T18:52:38Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"A taste of the vine: Snohomish county&#8217;s finest winery escapes\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.heraldnet.com\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/12\\\/a-taste-of-the-vine-snohomish-countys-finest-winery-escapes\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.heraldnet.com\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/12\\\/a-taste-of-the-vine-snohomish-countys-finest-winery-escapes\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.heraldnet.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/8\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/39119410_winery---TSR--1-.png?w=150&h=150&crop=1\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.heraldnet.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/8\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/39119410_winery---TSR--1-.png\"},\"articleSection\":\"Best Of\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Wire Service\"}],\"creator\":[\"Wire Service\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"HeraldNet.com\",\"logo\":\"\"},\"keywords\":[\"as seen on instagram ...\",\"best of\",\"food and drink\",\"life\"],\"dateCreated\":\"2025-04-12T16:30:00Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-12T16:30:00Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-27T18:52:38Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/heraldnet.com\/p.js"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1129"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=845351"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":890406,"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845351\/revisions\/890406"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/845352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=845351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=845351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=845351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}