Sixth Avenue Wine Seller

What a wonderful wine shop! They have just about all of my favorite labels (Tranche, Sparkman, Darby, etc), and you can feel how well curated the selection is. The staff is friendly and knowledgeable, so trust them with your questions. I will be back for sure.

My wife and I had flights of wine here. She had the sparkling and I had the SAW favorites. Both were wonderful.
The owner was there and was a tremendously gracious hostess. She helped us select some wonderful wines to take with us on our cruise. (They have very good wines).
We will return after our cruise and enjoy the hospitality again.

Need a place to hide out in Pacific Place? Where to relax an have a glass of wine and something to snack on. Well, here’s a place where you can get away from the shopping crowds, especially as I did this XMAS holiday season. You walk by thinking just another wine shop; but explore deeper and you’ll find a seating and a view where you can enjoy a glass of wine. Don’t expect the best most expensive wines; but they have something that’s good enough. I wouldn’t come here to purchase a bottle as I thought the choices where not any better than going to a Trader Joe or Safeway. But, again where can you hide in Pacific Place?

I have no idea why there are negative reviews for this place. Staff are friendly, prices are certainly reasonable: If you’ve ever been to an exclusive wine tasting at a vineyard you will certainly pay a lot more for a lot less in terms of quantity.
We are California wine snobs found the selection excellent — the Northwest certainly redeems itself.
Finding a place like this in a mall — what a pleasant surprise.
Breve was prepared very well. The atmosphere was friendly and convivial.

Something missing in my neighborhood in NY. I had a a few hours to kill one bleak afternoon, and a wine flight seemed a great idea. The server was helpful and knowledgeable. This was obviously a «Cheers» type establishment, and it was pleasant to sit back and watch the parade of regulars. Wine was OK, but that is why we try range. the Italian I finished with was worth the wait.

I have been to this location on three different occasions and have gotten the same kind of customer service. NONE. I am never greeted, never asked if I need help or any type of acknowledgement at all. All three times have been in the early afternoon on weekdays where I am the only person in there except employees. I wish I could give zero stars that is how bad the customer service is here. I am surprised that this store is still in business. I just don’t understand how service can be so horrible there all the time. Probably the worst business I have been too. And I have told other people about my experience here and am coming to Unilocal to let you know. Go elsewhere. Ugh so frustrating.

Sixth Avenue Wine seller is a great, lo-​key spot to unwind. I love the live piano music, and general ambiance. The owner Bev, really knows her wines. She has tasted every bottle they carry and and can tell you all about it.
But most importantly, I appreciate the customers and staff who create a laid back and welcoming atmosphere. They go out of their way to make special occasions festive, for instance on Chinese New Years, decorating and handing out party favors, or having truffle popcorn on Oscars night.
Just a fun spot to hangout at.

Every so often, you come across a place that just puts your mind to ease. My review is more on the wine bar that the store, which still has a great selection of wines and vintages of almost any kind you can think of.
The wine bar has a nice selection of happy hour reds and whites which are on a great rotation. The full menu has some truly great wines by the glass as well as flight options. I usually like to switch it up a bit on my wines and this place never seems to miss a beat. Many weekend nights there is live piano, which adds to the already chill vibe of the bar. If you’re not a wine drinker, there’s also a good selection of bottled beer on the menu.
If you’re not sure what you’re wanting the staff is very helpful and not can pick a pretty good vino out for you.

Came here for a little party and was pleasantly surprised. I will say the fact that it’s in a mall is kind of a turn off, but once i got over that fact i thoroughly enjoyed myself. The owner is fantastic, very sweet and accomodating.
They have a great selection of wine to purchase and taste. However, neither of the 2 wines i had were that good. But i also didn’t get the nicest bottles either. haha.
Overall, im not sure i would come back since im not gonna schlep downtown to go to the mall to buy wine, but if i find myself in pacific place about to kill someone because of the holiday frenzy, i would totally stop in for a glass… or 5.

When it comes to wine, a shop really needs to know its stuff in order succeed. Or at the very least, have a tolerable knowledge of the wine they have in stock to get a great review out of me.
The store itself is set amongst the hustle and bustle of downtown and offers a quaint oasis in the urban jungle when you need that moment to relax from a heavy day of shopping. Its on the smaller size, however it offers a decent selection of wines that tends to be either at the affordable end or on the higher end. Not much in the middle. The selection appeared heavily skewed towards Washington and French wines, which to their fans, this could be your mecca.
The staff were ok. They were pleasant however they didn’t really know what they had or enough about the wines to instill confidence about their suggestions.

I got to the movie theater way early and opted for a drink at the wine bar. There was an older gentleman playing the piano. He was covering Adele songs, which I found amusing. The guy running the bar was very friendly and even brought over a bonus pour of a mystery wine he thought we would enjoy. I didn’t find snobbery or poor service as mentioned in the other reviews. This is a great place if you are looking to taste some great NW wines.

I went here with a group of girls last night. And it was definitely A-​OK!
What bothered me first off is that most of the people who appeared to work at the shop didn’t actually know anything about the place. They were all «with the vineyard» or «just helping out» and couldn’t answer any of my questions or help at all. Even though it was very busy there only appeared to be 1 person working there who actually worked at the store.
The store is really cute though, they have a lot of random wine accessories I would have never thought about, like whipes to get the red wine off your teeth lol, and other really random things.
We did the wine tasting — it was $ 10 for 4 different samples. They were very delicious, and if you decided to buy a bottle of wine from the vineyard your $ 10 went towards that purchase which was a nice treat.
I was really bummed out that there was NO seating in the back, aka we had no option for ordering food. And I was STARVING by the time we left after the tasting. It would have been nice to have some cheese and crackers out for everyone, or more seating so people could order.
Overall, it isn’t too spectacular but I had a decent time.

Small but focused NW selection. Convenient to Il Fornaio. Non-​existent service.

On a whim, the GF and I decided to check out Sixth Avenue Wine Seller to see their selection of WA state wines. Living in DC, we usually only see wines from the bigger WA wineries and not those from the smaller, boutique producers. SAWS seems a bit out of place in a low traffic spot in a high-​end shopping center like Pacific Place, but the carried a goodly amount of WA and OR wines that I hadn’t seen out east. However, the one thing that made this place a winner in my book was the wine bar. Being in a local frame of mind, I had a flight of WA reds, a 2006 Tranche Barbera, a 2007 McKinley Springs Syrah, and a non-​vintage Bookwalter Subplot No. 24 Blend. All were nicely bold, but the McKinley Springs stood out. What can I say? I prefer syrahs. Service was friendly and knowledgeable. All told, Sixth Avenue Wine Seller was a very pleasant surprise. We didn’t walk out with a bottle of wine that day, but we did enjoy some fine wine.

They have a decent selection of Washington State wines, but the staff didn’t really know much of anything about them. And what they did have, they’d generally only have a bottle or two. This isn’t the sort of place you’d go if you’re looking for recommendations, as the staff seems to be there only to ring up your purchases.
There’s a wine bar in the back where you can do tastings, which is a nice touch, but the tasting list is fixed, and frankly the wines they featured were NOT a good representation of what Washington State wines have to offer. The best wine of the three they gave us was still only OK. Worse, most of what they had available for tasting was NOT local.

I’ve been here 3 times now — the first two times was just to buy some wine/​ask questions and this last week was really excited to try the bar in the back. My two stars are for each of my first two visits… My last visit to the bar was horrible, and gets negative stars.
First off, we were the only patrons of the bar at that moment. When we walked in, the bartender (?) was shopping on Amazon on the computer. After I got her attention, she said we could sit anywhere, and went back to her online shopping. Then to her Facebook. Then back to Amazon.
Finally, she came over to take our order. At that point, even though we were really excited to try some new wines, we’d waited so long for her that we ended up getting beer as we didn’t feel like the service we were going to get was all that great.
She poured the beer, left the empty bottles on the table and went back to Facebook. And more Facebook… and lots more Facebook.
Eventually we were done, and I just wanted to go, but I couldn’t break the steady concentration this girl had on the computer. Finally I walked over and asked for the check. That was the last I saw of her anywhere near a table. Since she never came to get my card, I brought it to her — that way she didn’t need to focus on anything but the precious News Feed.
Sadly, I’ll never come back. The service in the bar was horrible. You can get the same items they sell at many other wine shops.
It’s sad when surfing Facebook and Amazon are more important than real live customers.

I’ve been coming here on and off for almost 5 years now and have always been able to find exactly what I’m looking for or a reasonable substitution. Bev and her staff here are quite friendly and willing to help you find what you are looking for or order it for you if they can. This is definitely not your big chain grocery store where you get a discount for using your loyalty card or buying several bottles.
If you have a few minutes to spare check out the wine bar in the back. The wine and food menu changes periodically. They have a good variety of wines with a local focus. If you happen to go during a big local game or awards show (Oscars, Grammys, etc) you’ll probably have a special food menu available.

The wife and I are huge fans of the wine bar in the back. They have a fantastic selection of wines by the glass and an always interesting choice of flights. They do have an interesting selection of beer as well, and I will never say no to a nice goblet full of Chimay Blue. Plus, free nuts (usually cashews!)
The wine store up front has a nice selection of non-​grocery store wines and a more than a few obscure wines that you won’t find elsewhere. Prices are competitive with the big retailers and the local big stores like Pete’s.
The service is super friendly (and super cute, but you didn’t hear that from me) and always prompt and attentive. There are lots ot litle private nooks and crannies to skulk into if you want to have a little quiet romantic time with someone but there’s also bar seating if you’re feeling a little more social. Fun little place tucked away in an otherwise typical gallery type mall.

We’re mallrats and we love the Wine Seller, especially because it’s a store and a bar in one. We can get some wine on the go or we can go in for a drink. Sometimes they have these amazing Spanish Almonds that I just want to mass consume.
Yes, the sellers can be snobby, no idea what that’s about, I’ve been treated wonderfully most times, but have encountered «the snob».
They also sell saki, little gifts, silver stuff, candles and wine accessories.

Okay, I’m not sure about the comment about the staff being snobbish… I have never had that problem with them. Rather, I’ve found them pleasant and warm.
So Sixth Ave. Wine is in Pacific Place. The front of the store is wine, wine «stuffs», sake, port/​dessert wines, chocolates, and gifts. Go towards the back of the store and you’ll find their wine lounge, where they serve wine, beer, sake, and small bites such as cheese plates. They also have coffee if you need something to sober you up.
There’s a big screen TV and they’ve been known to show a Husky game. There’s a piano player for some live music.
The wines by the glass that they serve change up, so if you find something you like, make note because it may not be on the menu the next time you go in. If you’re at a loss for your second glass, ask the hostess for a recommendation based on your first glass.
This is not a place where you can buy a case of your favorite wine — save that for Whole Foods. But if you’re looking to pick up a quick bottle or two, go for it. NOTE: I’ve seen some serious mark-​up in comparison to other wine shops, but I’ve also seen some wines that are REALLY hard to find anywhere. Consider that a trade-​off. Also, they have a large selection of WA wines, so for those who like to drink local, it might pay to swing in and check their selection every now and then.