We went wine tasting at House of Smith Jet City Winery

 

A sample pour of the 2023 Casasmith Cinghiale Sangiovese wine. This red wine was one of the four wines we tasted from the free 25th Anniversary Flight. 

My husband and I recently went wine tasting at House of Smith Jet City Winery, the largest urban winery in the Western United States. Located in Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood, the winery has two floors and the building used to be a Dr. Pepper bottling plant. The main floor is where the tastings take place and upstairs, you'll find a large open area with lots of seating and tons of natural light from the windows. The windows look out to Mt. Rainier and Boeing Field. 

The award-winning wines by Charles Smith are produced onsite, and you can see the equipment through the glass windows from both levels. They currently are celebrating their 25th Anniversary of their wines and offering a free tasting of two white and two red wines. They also offer two other tastings consisting of six pours. The white wine tasting is $20 and the red is $25. After completing the complimentary tasting with the friendly and knowledgeable tasting room associate, we ordered a glass of Syrah, and a glass of Riesling to enjoy upstairs. 

  

We've driven by this winery and tasting room so many times, but had never stopped in. They've been open at this spot in Georgetown for ten years. 

Since we visited during the day, a little after they opened at 12 pm, we had the whole winery and tasting room to ourselves, both upstairs and down! 

Since the owner/winemaker loves rock music, they have some great B&W prints of famous musicians near the entrance and the restroom. Sir Mix Alot of pictured here. 

They also had rock music playing in the winery as well, which we loved. 

Our first pour was a 2024 Blossom Fury Riesling. This is the one we ordered a glass of after our tasting. This white wine was sweet and refreshing, and pretty light as well. 

For the second pour, this was a 2022 Real Wine Chardonnay. This tasted buttery so it was probably oak aged. 

Our third pour was a 2023 Casasmith Cinghiale Sangiovese. This one tasted nice and light and pairs well with Italian cuisine. 

Our last pour was a 2022 K the Deal Syrah, which tasted pretty full bodied and fruity. I liked this last one a lot, so we enjoyed a glass upstairs. 

 

These stairs leading up to the main sitting area were pretty amazing! 

The wine production area which is visible through a glass window in the tasting room and upstairs area.

The pretty view of Boeing Field, looking south to Mount Rainier. It's not visible in this photo, but the mountain did come out later after I took this. 

Our shared glass of Syrah. You can also rent out the upstairs for a private event. We had the whole place to ourselves, which was so nice! 

Our shared glass of Reisling. 

My husband and I had such a good time sampling wines at House of Smith! They have happy hour Wednesday through Friday from 3-5 with 1/2 price glass pours on select wines. So, we will probably return another time for that! They do have some food such as cheese plates that we'll have to try next time. 

House of Smith Jet City Tasting Room 

1136 S Albro PL

Seattle, WA 

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