The Season of Thanks will be celebrated with vertical wine tasting around the fireplace. Winemaker John will be pouring samples and guiding you to compare the effects of age and oak in three vintages of wine. The wine he has chosen for this special tasting is still a secret.

With Christmas quickly approaching, now is the time to be thinking of some very special wines for holiday meals and gift giving. Remember we can also ship wines for you. Click on “Shop Rio Vista Wines” or call us with your order at 509-682-9713.

In any season the view at Rio Vista is fabulous and the welcome warm. You’ll enjoy kicking off the holiday season at Rio Vista Wines.

Happy Holidays,
John and Jan

A new comer this year to the local wedding scene is the laid-back Rio Vista Winery, a small-scale producer of estate wines owned by two retired teachers, which has the unique distinction of being the only winery on the banks of the Columbia River.

If a barefoot beach wedding is your speed, bathing suits are considered perfectly acceptable party attire at this venue 10 minutes from Chelan.

Weddings with 125 to 150 guests can be held in a grove of trees next to the tasting room with a view of the river, or on a grassy slope leading to a long sandy beach. Chairs set up here might be a bit wobbly,but a recent bride solved that problem by using straw bales instead.

The best thing about the riverside location is the transportation options it presents — there’s nothing quite like a seaplane swooping down to spirit you and your beau away for making a dramatic exit to your next destination.

Above text taken from the Fall/Winter edition of Seattle Bride.

John Little owns Rio Vista, a vineyard and winery along the Columbia River near Chelan, Wash. It is quite possibly the only winery in the Pacific Northwest (the United States?) with river access for boaters, including a tasting room.

Rio Vista Wines is in the news again! The Wenatchee Buisiness Journal had a great article about the winery and the Kayaking event that will be going on the weekend of June 18.

http://wbjtoday.com/blog/valley-tourism-connecting-dots/6649/