SperlingViews - Woodinville, Washington

We live in Dallas, Texas, in the heart of the flatlands. On our frequent visits to the Puget Sound area, we always do the wine tastings at the Woodinville winery district and always, always make the high quality family owned Facelli Winery our first stop. Our friends who have asked us the best places to see in the Puget Sound area have all told us that they love the warm reception that they receive from Sandy Facelli. Let's keep this great family winery our own secret, as the last thing that we would want to happen would be for everyone to find out how great their wine is and then they would grow to be a monster like Ernest & Julio Gallo,and their monstrosity of an impersonal industrialized entity with everything becoming generic and quantity driven. So shhhhhh, let's keep this quiet. dormand[read more...]

We live in Dallas, Texas, in the heart of the flatlands. On our frequent visits to the Puget Sound area, we always do the wine tastings at the Woodinville winery district and always, always make the high quality family owned Facelli Winery our first stop. Our friends who have asked us the best places to see in the Puget Sound area have all told us that they love the warm reception that they receive from Sandy Facelli. Let's keep this great family winery our own secret, as the last thing that we would want to happen would be for everyone to find out how great their wine is and then they would grow to be a monster like Ernest & Julio Gallo,and their monstrosity of an impersonal industrialized entity with everything becoming generic and quantity driven. So shhhhhh, let's keep this quiet. dormand[read more...]

Dark and wet all winter long. The ground never dries out and always has the smell of wet leaves. Great in the summer when the sun comes out.[read more...]

One of the best places ever![read more...]

The winter this year has lasted from October thru May.[read more...]

It's a small town with little traffic, great shopping, decent parks, friendly people, a good library, and low crime. We love it here.[read more...]

too much is made about all the rain. Grown up in midwest, years in California this are is a god median.[read more...]

Woodinville retains the flavor of small town, but is only minutes away from the conveniences of downtown Seattle or Bellevue. Unfortunately, being so close to these cities and within umbrella of Boeing & Microsoft,the cost of housing & living is quickly rising. I really enjoy having each of the four seasons, but without the extremes in temperature. It's a "lite" version of New England, which is where I grew up. [read more...]

Woodinville, WA is a small bedroom comunity located about 15 miles Northesat of Seattle. The temperature here is on an average 45 degrees in the winter months and 68 degrees in the summer months. To put most conceptions to bed it does not rain here most of the time, but it is cloudy and overcasted a lot of the winter months. I'll trade this for not having freezing weather and piles of snow to deal with all winter. Driving distance to Seattle is less than 30 minutes during traffic times and much less on off peat times. Boating is our passion and most people here have a boat of some size. Out door recreation is big, hiking, mountain climbing,which are an hour away, skiing, bicycling, all sports and walking. Cost of living here is moderate with new houses poping up every where.[read more...]

Most people think of Molbaks Nursery when the city of Woodinville is mentioned. But, there is so much more to this small city than just a great nursery. Woodinville has become a destination for wine connoisseurs with several well known wineries opening up shop here. Additionally, the Herb Farm, once located in Fall City has been operating in Woodinville for several years now. Add to these fantastic retail venues the miles of walking and biking trails, county parks and lakes, and affordable(relatively speaking) housing, and there's no better place to be. Most of the residents in Woodinville commute to the major business locations in Redmond (home of Microsoft), Bellevue and Seattle. The average commute time to downtown Bellevue during non-commute hours is about 20 minutes, or 30 minutes to Seattle. The median home price in 2007 was $516,000, up from $366,500 in 2006.[read more...]

I concider the climate in Woodinville to be pretty wett and cold 10 months out of the year.[read more...]

A lovely rural-like setting only 23 miles from downtown Seattle. This is wine country with over 40 wineries. A "small" city of 10,000 that grows each day as more people find the treasures of living here.[read more...]

Its a good safe area to live in but it can be boring. [read more...]