Kona Bay Fabrics Leader Announces His First Washington Wine Charlie Hoppes, Wine Boss, is the Winemaker
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oppes is known by many as the Wine Boss. Boss here should be defined as, “Chief Commander of Excellence.” And so begins the Kona Bay connection. Douglas Eagleson, who has stood at the helm of Kona Bay Fabrics for the last twenty plus years, has enjoyed discovering the Washington wine industry the last few years. The Kona Bay offices are in Redmond, Washington, only minutes away from Woodinville wine country where over 100 wineries and tasting rooms represent every appellation in Washington state. After traveling around the state to explore several of the thirteen Washington appellations and meeting one of it’s most celebrated winemakers—the legendary Charlie Hoppes—Eagleson began to dream about introducing the world to Washington wine. He decided to start with the folks he knows—quilters and sewists around the globe like you. “We began by sharing some of what we learned in Asian Fabric,” shared Eagleson,
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