If you haven’t stopped in to Madrona’s Bottlehouse (wine bar, shoppe, and urban winery), you’re missing out on a truly lovely, unique experience. While wine is the centerpiece of the charming interior, which feels like someone’s elegant but welcoming home, there are also charcuterie, cheese, pickles, and cocktails; vermouth or white port and tonic on tap; ciders, beers, aperitifs, coffee drinks, ice-cream concoctions (like prosecco sorbet floats), housemade truffles, and a curated list of small plates. Besides the pickled eggs (also delish), I especially enjoyed their “seasonal toast,” with green garbanzo bean and English pea mash (like a hummus of sorts), with fresh mint, lemon, and burrata. Paired with a port shrub at 4 p.m., it was the perfect happy-hour spring snack. As the weather warms, their outdoor garden space (and their rotating rose selection) beckons.

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