About Us

For 29 years Pike & Western Wine Shop has been proudly serving wine drinkers from near and far, ranging from the very casual to what we affectionately call wine geeks.

Our founding sprang from the 1972 campaign to save Seattle's Pike Place Market from developers and it has been inextricably linked to the Market ever since.

Ron Irvine and Jack Bagdade met while working to save the Market and decided they wanted a more permanent role in the Market community.

Today, it is safe to say that Pike and Western would not be the same if it were transplanted to another location in the city.

While we stock a wide selection of wines from around the world it was our mission back in 1975 to promote the then fledgling local wine industry and it still is part of our mission.

Back then very few people from out of town came to the Market and even fewer came looking for local wines. That has changed today.

Because the Market is the antithesis of most modern day retail it has become a place people come to see. As a result, we get to see people from all parts of the country and the world.

And because they are not widely distributed throughout the country, people are eager to try Washington wines while they're here.

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