Spokane / Washington / United States
Barrister Winery specializes in the production of limited quantities of Bordeaux varietal wines and Syrah. We will release approximately 3, 100 cases in 2010. In addition, we will produce about 250 cases of white wines. Our wines are sold at the winery, through our mailing list and online.A number of the regions finest restaurants and wine shops are also offering our wines to their customers. See the "Find Our Wines" link for a representative listing of restaurants and shops in Washington and north Idaho that carry our wines.Founded in a garage by Greg Lipsker and Michael White, two attorney/winemakers, Barrister Winery is now located in a 100-year-old brick building in the historic Davenport Arts District in downtown Spokane, Washington.In the fall of 1997, we bought a 5-gallon home-winemaking kit as a whim while vacationing with our families. Since then, winemaking has become the "little hobby" that got out of control.In 2001, we took the quantum leap from home winemaking to becoming a bonded winery. Initially producing only red wine, we have ventured into small quantities of white, but reds are our specialty. Our grapes come from some of Washingtons most prestigious vineyards ( and a couple of sleepers ). Our grapes are all hand picked, fermented in small lots and barrel-aged in French and American Oak for 16 to 36 months.
