Queen Anne has a real treasure in this bustling wine bar. Here you'll find a careful selection of boutique wines with an emphasis on Italian and Northwest labels, many at $35 and under.

Cellar 46 is a one-stop shop of sorts for oenophiles: It includes a wine store, wine bar, wine-storage lockers and wine-shipping services. The venue also hosts wine-appreciation classes, dog-friendly tasting events and local musicians on a regular basis.

With its small but well-chosen menu of regional wines and a location steps from Lake Washington, Impromptu is as easy on the eyes as it is gracious to the palate.

This new Belltown bar -- located at Second and Vine, naturally -- caters to those who haven't yet gotten the hang of the whole wine-appreciation thing.

It's easy to feel comfortable in this intimate neighborhood wine shop. Don't miss Thursday "church," as the neighborhood faithful call the weekly wine tasting.

Serving dozens of wines, ports and champagnes by the glass, and selling hundreds by the bottle, Portalis is a truly complete wine bar and shop. It even serves a few brands of premium beer.

With its selection of 70 wines available by the glass, a menu that's ripe for grazing and its metro-sensual decor, Purple Cafe is perfect for singles, couples and practically anyone who loves wine.

This is an urban cathedral, with a massive wine "tower" rising ominously up to the heavens. It may appear overwhelming at first, but Purple Café is all about relaxing and enjoying the combination of extraordinary contemporary American cuisine and a wine list that actually deserves that tower.

Owner Beverly Shimada offers a wide range of wines, with an emphasis on the Pacific Northwest. Her shop has a wine bar, classes and fine cigars and gifts.

Here "food and wine collide," and what a lovely collision it is. The emphasis is heavily Northwestern, both in the glass and on the plate

With its selection of Spanish foods, cookware, flags, wine, music and deli snacks, this is how you'll get to Barcelona without having to pass through customs.

This Pike Place Market wine shop and bar offers the wines of seven Washington growers by the bottle, the glass or by individual tastes.

Once a week, Verve will host a tasting, a lecture, or a winemaker dinner. The other six nights, you can relax with friends over a plate of Chevre fondue and sip wines from around the world.

This one-man show has a bar to rival bigger establishments and tables made from up-ended barrels. Aaron the owner offers tastes and advice, pours the wine and preps light fare right behind the bar.