New PNW Rosé Flight at Stoneburner: Three Pours + PAIR with a patio
Summer in Seattle means one thing on the Stoneburner patio (and really anywhere in the Ballard restaurant): rosé season. We're pouring a brand-new Pacific Northwest Rosé Flight — three glasses, three wineries, one good excuse to slow down and let the evening linger on our patio a little longer.
What's in the Flight
We picked three rosés from small, thoughtful Pacific Northwest producers, each with its own personality. Here's what's in your glass…
ITA Winery — Primitivo Rosé
ITA is owned and operated by winemaker Kelsey Itameri, who takes a restrained approach in the cellar — the goal is always to let the grapes do the talking. Her Primitivo vines are grown at high elevation and picked early to lock in bright acidity, then handled with minimal filtration and no new oak to keep the fruit pure and expressive.
In the glass: Bright grapefruit, watermelon, and lime zest — crisp and refreshing from the first sip.
COR Cellars — Cabernet Franc "Rosae"
Cor is Latin for "heart," and that's exactly the philosophy winemaker Luke Bradford built this label on in 2004: good wine should please the human heart. Bradford trained on harvests in Sicily and Tuscany before returning to Washington to seek out mountainous soil that could echo that same Old World freshness, all farmed sustainably.
In the glass: An energetic, cool-fermented rosé with bright cherry and huckleberry up front, lemon on the finish, and a savory whisper of thyme and oregano.
DIVISION Wine Company — Quest Rosé
Quest — French for "west" — is DIVISION's ode to the Pacific Northwest as a wine region. This one's a blend of Sangiovese, Grenache, and Gamay Noir that leans Mediterranean, made by a new generation of winemakers committed to minimal intervention and balance over flash.
In the glass: Strawberry and watermelon aromatics with orchard fruit undertones, backed by a vibrant streak of minerality.
Why We Built This Flight
Rosé gets treated like a one-note summer trend, but these three wines prove how much range the category has — from ITA's citrus-forward brightness, to COR's herbal complexity, to DIVISION's mineral-driven Mediterranean lean. Tasting them side by side is the best way to figure out what style of rosé you actually gravitate toward.
It's also just a genuinely nice way to spend an evening.
Visit Us
The PNW Rosé Flight is pouring now, while supplies last.
Find us at Stoneburner in North Ballard for a relaxing patio and a wine list that always has something worth sharing.
Thanks to Sage Walsh for curating this flight!
