Pete's Supermarket Seattle Washington

The I-5 traffic heading south into Seattle was heavy as usual at 5 pm Wednesday, so my rental car took the Boylston Avenue exit and headed down Lynn Street towards Lake Union. There stands Pete's, the neighborhood supermarket turned wine destination I'd read about.

The local buzz is Pete's has great prices, and right away it was apparent, this is true. Case in point: Hedges 3 Vineyards Red was $5 less than at an area Safeway.

For an hour or so, I enjoyed the atmosphere, engaged in some winespeak and compared travel notes with Joel, the resident wine expert and world traveler, and met two new friends who were from the South, like myself.

My goal was to pick up a half dozen Washington reds and a shipping box that could be checked as baggage for my flight back to Nashville. No problem here, except for limiting my choices. The receipt from my wine purchases says "over 1000 wines". The store isn't that big, but the wines are there, crammed into every available space, making for a "treasure hunt" layout. The inventory includes lots of Washington labels beyond the usual names, as well as impressive labels from the world over, including Bordeaux. Very tough work, narrowing it down to six wines.

Once again ready for the I-5 crawl, my rental car headed back up Lynn Street, turned right and merged into the still heavy but now moving freeway.

Two bottles of just-reviewed Bonaire Yakima Cab were among my purchases, and the others are soon to be reviewed.

Address: 58 East Lynn Street (at Fairview Avenue), Seattle, Washington 98102
Phone: 206-322-2660. Website: http://www.petes.cc
Note: Pete's does ship where legal, which unfortunately does not include Tennessee.