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Discover what’s happening at Halfseas
From intimate Meet the Maker tastings and themed wine flights to our weekly Tarot Tuesdays, there’s always something happening at Halfseas. Our curated lineup of events brings together passionate winemakers, biodynamic bottles, and a community of curious sippers who love great wine with a story.
Whether you’re dropping in for a flight, joining our monthly Wine Club Release, or just looking for the best local wine events in Seattle, you’ll always find a reason to raise a glass with us.
International Riesling Day!
To celebrate, we’re pouring a special Riesling flight for the day, showcasing different expressions of this iconic grape. Whether you’re a longtime devotee or Riesling-curious, it’s the perfect opportunity to explore.
Tarot Tuesday
Join us for Tarot Tuesday, with our favorite intuitive, Jamie of @readerbythewood!
Sign-ups start at 5pm. For only $25, you’ll get a private Tarot reading in a cozy corner of our wine bar. It’s the perfect date with your bestie, or self-care night out!
Get there early to score some Cavi-Hour goodies, with $10 select wines by the glass and 1/2 price caviar tins from 3-5 pm.
Bring your pals and let’s make it a magical little evening!
Maker Tasting with Luigi di Majo of Di Majo Norante
Meet the Maker of Di Majo Norante! Di Majo has been growing grapes and making wine since the 19th century, a legacy rooted in historic family cellars at Campomarino and carried on today by Luigi and Alessio Di Majo.
Maker Tasting with Tyler Armour of Armour Wines
Meet the Maker wine tasting! Armour Wines is a small, family-run winery founded in 2020 by winemaker Tyler Armour and his wife, Sarah, in Wenatchee, Washington, focused on minimal-intervention wines made from carefully sourced Washington State fruit.
World Vermouth Day!
From dry and herbaceous to rich and aromatically spiced, vermouth bridges the gap between wine and spirit — layered, botanical, and endlessly versatile. Whether you prefer it chilled and neat, spritzed with a twist, or starring in your favorite cocktail, this is its day. Come celebrate with us!
Tarot Tuesday
Join us for Tarot Tuesday, with our favorite intuitive, Jamie of @readerbythewood!
Sign-ups start at 5pm. For only $25, you’ll get a private Tarot reading in a cozy corner of our wine bar. It’s the perfect date with your bestie, or self-care night out!
Get there early to score some Cavi-Hour goodies, with $10 select wines by the glass and 1/2 price caviar tins from 3-5 pm.
Bring your pals and let’s make it a magical little evening!
Green + Grit: March Wine Club Release + Tasting
March is about intention—wines shaped by producers who farm with care and conviction. Green + Grit highlights bottles that are organic, biodynamic, or responsibly farmed, where the health of the land is just as important as what ends up in your glass. Come sip what’s in this month’s Wine Club, whether you’re a member or just want a fun night out.
Maker Tasting with Vivianne Kennedy of RAM Cellars
RAM Cellars was founded by Vivianne, a Portland-based winemaker with formal training in viticulture and enology, as a small, hands-on urban winery focused on thoughtful, small-lot production. Enjoy a curated flight of RAM Cellars wines with us!
Tarot Tuesday
Join us for Tarot Tuesday, with our favorite intuitive, Jamie of @readerbythewood!
Sign-ups start at 5pm. For only $25, you’ll get a private Tarot reading in a cozy corner of our wine bar. It’s the perfect date with your bestie, or self-care night out!
Get there early to score some Cavi-Hour goodies, with $10 select wines by the glass and 1/2 price caviar tins from 3-5 pm.
Bring your pals and let’s make it a magical little evening!
Tarot Tuesday
Join us for Tarot Tuesday, with our favorite intuitive, Jamie of @readerbythewood!
Sign-ups start at 5pm. For only $25, you’ll get a private Tarot reading in a cozy corner of our wine bar. It’s the perfect date with your bestie, or self-care night out!
Get there early to score some Cavi-Hour goodies, with $10 select wines by the glass and 1/2 price caviar tins from 3-5 pm.
Bring your pals and let’s make it a magical little evening!
Maker Tasting with Miles Garrett Wines
Miles Garrett is a small-production winemaker based in the remote Willow Creek AVA of Humboldt County, Northern California, who came to wine through farming and curiosity. His approach is rooted in thoughtful, low-intervention practices.
Tarot Tuesday
Join us for Tarot Tuesday, with our favorite intuitive, Jamie of @readerbythewood!
Sign-ups start at 5pm. For only $25, you’ll get a private Tarot reading in a cozy corner of our wine bar. It’s the perfect date with your bestie, or self-care night out!
Get there early to score some Cavi-Hour goodies, with $10 select wines by the glass and 1/2 price caviar tins from 3-5 pm.
Bring your pals and let’s make it a magical little evening!
Tarot Tuesday
Join us for Tarot Tuesday, with our favorite intuitive, Jamie of @readerbythewood!
Sign-ups start at 5pm. For only $25, you’ll get a private Tarot reading in a cozy corner of our wine bar. It’s the perfect date with your bestie, or self-care night out!
Get there early to score some Cavi-Hour goodies, with $10 select wines by the glass and 1/2 price caviar tins from 3-5 pm.
Bring your pals and let’s make it a magical little evening!
Crushable Wines - Wine Club Tasting & Pickup
Each Spanish wine in this lineup is a little love letter: chosen for that something irresistible—a texture you can’t stop thinking about, a perfume that pulls you back in, a finish that lingers like a good flirt.
Taste 4 wines for only $10 (free for wine club members!)
Tarot Tuesday
Join us for Tarot Tuesday, with our favorite intuitive, Jamie of @readerbythewood!
Sign-ups start at 5pm. For only $25, you’ll get a private Tarot reading in a cozy corner of our wine bar. It’s the perfect date with your bestie, or self-care night out!
Get there early to score some Cavi-Hour goodies, with $10 select wines by the glass and 1/2 price caviar tins from 3-5 pm.
Bring your pals and let’s make it a magical little evening!
Spanish Crush Wine Tasting
Each Spanish wine in this lineup is a little love letter: chosen for that something irresistible—a texture you can’t stop thinking about, a perfume that pulls you back in, a finish that lingers like a good flirt.
Tarot Tuesday
Join us for Tarot Tuesday, with our favorite intuitive, Jamie of @readerbythewood!
Sign-ups start at 5pm. For only $25, you’ll get a private Tarot reading in a cozy corner of our wine bar. It’s the perfect date with your bestie, or self-care night out!
Get there early to score some Cavi-Hour goodies, with $10 select wines by the glass and 1/2 price caviar tins from 3-5 pm.
Bring your pals and let’s make it a magical little evening!
Tarot Tuesday
Join us for Tarot Tuesday, with our favorite intuitive, Jamie of @readerbythewood!
Sign-ups start at 5pm. For only $25, you’ll get a private Tarot reading in a cozy corner of our wine bar. It’s the perfect date with your bestie, or self-care night out!
Get there early to score some Cavi-Hour goodies, with $10 select wines by the glass and 1/2 price caviar tins from 3-5 pm.
Bring your pals and let’s make it a magical little evening!
Mindful Mixology: The Art of Balance (Zero-Proof Edition)
Join us for a hands-on NA cocktail crafting with zero-proof spirits expert Kayleigh Blome of Vehrs Distributing.
Instead of showing you how to make cocktails start to finish, guests are given intentionally “incomplete” non-alcoholic cocktails—each missing balance (acid, sweetness, bitterness, texture, or aroma). With guided prompts, tasting cues, and simple tools, guests bring each drink into harmony themselves, turning tasting into participation and mindfulness into muscle memory.
Wine Club Presents: Back To The Basics - A friendly intro into wine's OGs
Our January Wine Club Release & Tasting is all about the OG grapes—the classic varieties that teach you how wine works and help reset your wine compass.
This tasting is a fun, approachable crash course in foundational styles—the kind of wines that give your palate something solid to stand on, whether you’re just getting started or brushing up on the classics. Expect familiar grapes, thoughtful pours, and plenty of “ohhh, that’s why I like this” moments.
Tarot Tuesday
Join us for Tarot Tuesday, with our favorite intuitive, Jamie of @readerbythewood!
Sign-ups start at 5pm. For only $25, you’ll get a private Tarot reading in a cozy corner of our wine bar. It’s the perfect date with your bestie, or self-care night out!
Get there early to score some Cavi-Hour goodies, with $10 select wines by the glass and 1/2 price caviar tins from 3-5 pm.
Bring your pals and let’s make it a magical little evening!
An Evening with Oddbird: World-Class Wines, Zero Alcohol
Join us for an NA wine tasting with Oddbird, the Swedish pioneers redefining what alcohol-free wine can be.🍷
Founded by Moa Gürbüzer, Oddbird blends traditional winemaking with cutting-edge research to create wines with real structure, complexity, and soul, just without the alcohol.✨
This is for the wine-curious, the flavor-obsessed, the industry nerds, and anyone looking for a fun, thoughtful weeknight hang.
You’ll enjoy 4 distinct tastings: Oddbird Sparkling Blanc, Sparkling Rosé, Presence Blanc, and GSM red, guided by Luke of Galaxy Wine Co. Come taste what’s new in the wine world.
Tarot Tuesday
Join us for Tarot Tuesday, with our favorite intuitive, Jamie of @readerbythewood!
Sign-ups start at 5pm. For only $25, you’ll get a private Tarot reading in a cozy corner of our wine bar. It’s the perfect date with your bestie, or self-care night out!
Get there early to score some Cavi-Hour goodies, with $10 select wines by the glass and 1/2 price caviar tins from 3-5 pm.
Bring your pals and let’s make it a magical little evening!
Tarot Tuesday
Join us for Tarot Tuesday, with our favorite intuitive, Jamie of @readerbythewood!
Sign-ups start at 5pm. For only $25, you’ll get a private Tarot reading in a cozy corner of our wine bar. It’s the perfect date with your bestie, or self-care night out!
Get there early to score some Cavi-Hour goodies, with 1/2 price wines by the glass and 1/2 price caviar tins from 3-5pm.
Bring your pals and let’s make it a magical little evening!
Meet The Maker: Audra Query, 'Girl Meets Dirt' Fruit Wine
Join us for a truly special maker tasting as Audra Query of Girl Meets Dirt pours and shares the story behind her iconic island-grown pét-nats. These sparkling fruit wines are some of the most distinctive bottles in the Pacific Northwest—bright, wild, and beautifully alive.
Crafted from heritage orchard fruit on Orcas Island, Girl Meets Dirt pét-nats are made with minimal intervention, letting the land and native flora guide the wine. No added sulfites. No added yeast. Just fruit co-fermented in neutral French oak, gently racked, never filtered, and bottled before fermentation finishes—capturing a completely natural effervescence.
You’ll taste five unique pét-nats, each with its own personality, history, and sense of place. From orchard to bottle, every pour is a celebration of old trees, careful hands, and nature doing its thing.
If you love bubbles, fruit wines, natural wine, or simply discovering something unforgettable… this is one you don’t want to miss. 🍐🍎✨
Wednesday, December 17 · 5–7:30pm
$25 · 5 Pét-Nat Pours
Must be 21+ with valid ID to taste
A Spark in the Dark - Wine Club Release & Tasting
Join us for December’s Wine Club Release as we unveil “A Spark in the Dark,” a lineup inspired by the glimmers, glows, and bright moments that make this season feel magical. As the nights stretch long, we’re leaning into wines that radiate warmth, lift, and energy.
This month’s tasting features a beautiful mix of pét-nats that fizz with festive brightness, mineral-driven whites with cool precision, and lively reds that bring depth and freshness to winter’s chill. It’s all about finding your glow in the darker days.
Wine Club members taste for free · $10 for all other guests
Tarot Tuesday
Join us for Tarot Tuesday, with our favorite intuitive, Jamie of @readerbythewood!
Sign-ups start at 5pm. For only $25, you’ll get a private Tarot reading in a cozy corner of our wine bar. It’s the perfect date with your bestie, or self-care night out!
Get there early to score some Cavi-Hour goodies, with 1/2 price wines by the glass and 1/2 price caviar tins from 3-5pm.
Bring your pals and let’s make it a magical little evening!
Fizz The Season: A Bubbly Wine Tasting with Jason of Petit Monde
Join us for an effervescent evening of sparkling wines, storytelling, and hands-on wine education led by Jason of Petit Monde Wine Merchant. You’ll taste five distinct sparkling wines—from elegant, mineral-driven bubbles to joyful, fruit-forward fizz—each chosen to showcase the incredible range of small-production sparkling wines.
Tarot Tuesday
Join us for Tarot Tuesday, with our favorite intuitive, Jamie of @readerbythewood!
Sign-ups start at 5pm. For only $25, you’ll get a private Tarot reading in a cozy corner of our wine bar. It’s the perfect date with your bestie, or self-care night out!
Get there early to score some Cavi-Hour goodies, with 1/2 price wines by the glass and 1/2 price caviar tins from 3-5pm.
Bring your pals and let’s make it a magical little evening!
“What's Cooking Good Looking” Cookbook Author Talk
Step into 100 years of recipes, stories, and kitchen magic. ✨
Join us Wednesday, December 3rd from 4:30–7 PM as local cookbook author shares the heart behind her brand-new 260-page cookbook—filled with family favorites, retro charm, vibrant illustrations, and the kind of recipes that feel like home.
From Banana Bread to Seven-Layer Salad to Strawberry Jam, this book spans four generations and countless kitchen tables across the country. 🧡
Come meet the author, hear the stories, and preorder your copy. Trust us—you’ll want this one on your counter.
Tarot Tuesday
Join us for Tarot Tuesday, with our favorite intuitive, Jamie of @readerbythewood!
Sign-ups start at 5pm. For only $25, you’ll get a private Tarot reading in a cozy corner of our wine bar. It’s the perfect date with your bestie, or self-care night out!
Get there early to score some Cavi-Hour goodies, with 1/2 price wines by the glass and 1/2 price caviar tins from 3-5pm.
Bring your pals and let’s make it a magical little evening!
Holiday Wine Help: Festive Pairings, Tailored To You
✨Introducing: Holiday Wine Concierge ✨
From cozy dinners to full-family feasts, our Holiday Wine Concierge is here to help you find the perfect bottles. Tell us your menu, guest count, and budget, and our sommelier will curate a thoughtful lineup that pairs beautifully with your celebration.
With an extensive selection of traditional Old World classics, bold New World favorites, and adventurous natural wines, you can let us know if you’d like to go full traditional, modern and vibrant, a little wild, or a mix of it all. Bottles start at $25, and most are $40 and under!
It’s our gift to you this season: expert wine pairing at no extra cost, just the price of the bottles.✨
Within 1–2 days, we’ll have your personalized wine selection ready for pickup at Halfseas — complete with tasting notes, pairing suggestions, and all the fun details behind each bottle. Everything you need for a festive, foolproof holiday pour.
🍷 Ready to get started?
Email us your holiday menu and details at info@halfseaswine.com
and let us create your perfect pour.
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🗓️ Holiday Deadlines & Pickup Info
Halfseas is closed on Mondays.
For Christmas: Pick up by 9 PM on Tues, 12/23
For New Year’s Eve: Pick up by 7 PM on 12/31
Please note: Halfseas is closed on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, and Mondays.
Hosting a Friendsgiving or family gathering on another date? Just reach out at least one day in advance (two or more preferred!) and we’ll have your wines ready by your deadline.
Pour It Forward: Spread Joy, One Glass At A Time
Buy a Gift Glass - Pay it forward by purchasing a $15 glass of wine for a future guest to enjoy sometime through the end of 2025. The recipient will choose from our curated glass pour list (excluding Champagne). Write a Note - Jot down a short, kind message on one of our notecards and clip it to the string in the shop.
🍇 Beaujolais Uncorked: A Tasting & Talk with Vinea Imports
Join us for a deep dive into one of France’s most expressive and food-friendly wine regions — Beaujolais. Known for its vibrant fruit, silky texture, and undeniable charm, Beaujolais is made from the Gamay grape and shines in a range of styles from juicy and playful to structured and serious.
Tarot Tuesday
Join us for Tarot Tuesday, with our favorite intuitive, Jamie of @readerbythewood!
Sign-ups start at 5pm. For only $25, you’ll get a private Tarot reading in a cozy corner of our wine bar. It’s the perfect date with your bestie, or self-care night out!
Get there early to score some Cavi-Hour goodies, with 1/2 price wines by the glass and 1/2 price caviar tins from 3-5pm.
Bring your pals and let’s make it a magical little evening!
Meet The Maker: Loop de Loop Wines
Meet Julia Bailey, the passionate winemaker behind Loop de Loop Wines — crafting soulful, small-batch wines from Washington’s Columbia Gorge. Julia works with organic and biodynamic fruit, favoring minimal intervention to let the vineyards speak for themselves.
Her wines are known for their energy, texture, and sense of place — bright, alive, and full of personality (kind of like Julia herself).
Come taste four expressive pours that capture the spirit of the Gorge — and maybe fall in love with a new favorite bottle to take home.
Wednesday, November 19 | 5–7:30PM | $20 Tasting Fee
Wines available through the weekend.
Feast: Wines Made for the Table - Wine Tasting & Club Pickup
Halfseas Wine Club presents: Feast - a tribute to the season of abundance. You’ll discover wines with texture, generosity, and heart. Expect deep reds that embrace all things roasted and braised, aromatic whites that dance with savory herbs, and a few unexpected wildcards to keep your palate curious. Every pour is made for the table. A month of gathering, gratitude, and indulgence.
4 wines. $10 tasting fee (complimentary to club members)
Held at Brimmer & Heeltap (across the street)
Drop-in 6-8pm
Tarot Tuesday
Join us for Tarot Tuesday, with our favorite intuitive, Jamie of @readerbythewood!
Sign-ups start at 5pm. For only $25, you’ll get a private Tarot reading in a cozy corner of our wine bar. It’s the perfect date with your bestie, or self-care night out!
Get there early to score some Cavi-Hour goodies, with 1/2 price wines by the glass and 1/2 price caviar tins from 3-5pm.
Bring your pals and let’s make it a magical little evening!
The Art of Vermouth: Sip, Stir, & Discover
Join us for an evening of vermouth exploration and education, guided by Kayleigh from Vehrs Distributing, one of the Pacific Northwest’s most respected beverage experts. You’ll taste five distinct styles of vermouth, from crisp and dry to rich and aromatic, and learn what makes each one unique.