Eagle Haven Winery

Eagle Haven is one of those wineries that just gets it right. First, the location is idyllic. Located just east of Sedro-​Woolley, between the Skagit River and the mountains, it’s hard to imagine a better setting on a warm summer evening — especially if they’re having one of their popular concerts (bring a lawn chair). Their wine club is also the best I’ve ever joined. There’s only a 3-​bottle quarterly commitment and you get free tastings plus great discounts on wine and concerts. But the best perk is getting invited to their wine club dinners!
Oh and I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention how good their actual wine is. My favorite is the Madeline Angevine with it’s sweety freshness. Their fruit wines are divine, too (pear is my favorite, followed by apple). I heard they are coming out with a yummy raspberry wine later this summer. Can’t wait to try it.
If you’re on the Skagit wine trail, definitely stop here.

I’m surprised by the great reviews of this place, though they seem to be more about the blackberry wine, which I sadly didn’t taste. This review is about their serve and wine.
Seven girlfriends and I were lucky enough to leave our husbands and children at our local-​ish camp site at Rasar State Park for some wine tasting. This was the closest winery no one in the group had been to, and I know I can safely say no one will return to! Granted we are from Woodinville — the home of all the best Washington wine tasting rooms.
First the samples (which they served to us in plastic cups) were about ½ a normal human sip; I believe I can usually get 3 – 4 real sips out of a normal sample pour. We were all trying to share our 3 tastings for $ 2 with each other to try and find ONE wine ANY of us liked; EPIC FAIL! We, between all eight of us, did try the 3 reds, 4 (maybe it was 5) whites, and 2 fruit wines they were offering. WE WANTED to purchase a bottle to support local business and bring home for our potluck dinner at the camp site, but we just couldn’t! NO ONE out of our group of eight women like their wines!
On top of skimpy pours, plastic cup service, and not-​to-​our-​taste samples — which we lost $ 16 on — they were annoyed we arrived and did hurry us out of their OPEN tasting room. If they’re not open then they should CLOSE!
If you’re looking to support local business we did happen to find two other local wineries, and we did make a purchase at each. Good luck and cheers!

I am so in love with this winery! The blackberry wine is such precious stuff I refuse to share it with my guests.

Well, The Hubby and I got it into our heads that we wanted to make applesauce. We’d done the same last year with great results, but weren’t happy with the prices of local apples at the farmer’s market (which was about $ 3 per pound). So we did some research and found some U-​pick farms up north where we could get as many apples as our little hearts desired for only $ 1 per pound.
On our way, we happened to see a sign for the «Festival of Family Farms» at a turn-​off on the highway — Eagle Haven Winery and Perkins Apple Farm. Well, let’s stop and see what they have, we said.
Good thing we did! They had apples (and pears) for sale — prepicked — for only 80 cents per pound, and even gave you free samples of all of their 15+ varieties. Plus fresh-​pressed cider and honey from the bees that pollinate their trees. After sampling ourselves silly, we walked away with 2 giant boxes (40 pounds each) of Jonagolds for applesauce. And since we couldn’t stop there, we selected another 20 pounds just to keep in the fridge for snacking. And a container of honey. And a gallon of cider. All for $ 97.
We would have been stupid not to go sample some wine, so we also left with a bottle of blackberry wine and two of apple. (I don’t want to talk about how one fell out of the car in the parking lot and smashed to a million pieces. I may or may not have lapped up the spill.)
So, for less work and less money than picking ourselves, we got a ton of produce and supported the local apple growers. I know we’ll be back next year, if we don’t completely overdose on apples in the meantime, that is…

Very friendly, country feel, (they switched from mainly apple growing a few years ago) and a few good whites and fruit wines grown locally and some Syrah with imported grapes make for a fun time on the way up I-​5 to Canada.
Highly recommended as a stop on the way to support a growing business and get some cheap wine before you hit the border! Tip: only 1.5l of wine allowed per person crossing the border. That’s two bottles each. Should get you through the weekend unless you’re a true lush or Gassy Jack of Vancouver fame.
The white was just decent, the Syrah I quite liked!