Tasty Bites
At Island Vintners, we are proud to feature Northwest meats, cheeses, and smoked salmon to compliment the luscious tastes and aromas of our wines. These are simple foods, but of the highest quality and locally sourced from the Northwest and West Coast for a spectacular wine and food experience.
Enjoy any of our menu items packed to go.
Cheese Menu
Hard Cheeses
WSU - Cougar Gold (White Cheddar) from Pullman, WA
Created at the WSU Creamery, this aged natural cheddar is more flavorful, sharper and drier than your usual cheddar. The texture is also different from most cheddars, more crumbly, largely due to its being aged for a year.
3.75 oz.: $7
Beechers - Flagship (White Cheddar) from the Pike Place Market, Seattle, WA
Beecher’s cheese is handmade on site at the Pike Place Market. It has no additives or preservatives, it’s pure, simple food. Flagship is a semi-hard cow’s milk cheese with a uniquely robust, nutty flavor. It is carefully aged for 15 months under the watchful eye of the cheesemaker to fully develop its complex flavor and ever-so-slight crumble.
4.25 oz. wedge: $7
Mt. Townsend - New Moon (Washington Jack) from Port Townsend, WA
Slightly sweet and buttery, New Moon is a rich and highly versatile cheese with the characteristic texture and flavor of a jack and subtle hints of butterscotch. Mt. Townsend Creamery, the North Olympic Peninsula’s first artisan creamery, sources only the best local milk from the region to craft fine artisan cheeses.
5 oz. wedge: $6
Soft Cheeses
Mt. Townsend - Cirrus (Pacific Northwest Camembert) from Port Townsend, WA
Cirrus is a Pacific Northwest variation on the traditional French camembert. A rich, buttery cow's milk double creme soft-ripened cheese, it ripens from the outside in developing an increasingly creamy texture with age. Hand-made in small batches using fresh milk and traditional techniques by Mt. Townsend Creamery.
4 oz.: $9
Port Madison - Chèvre with Herbs dé Provence (Goat Chèvre) from Bainbridge Island, WA
Chèvre is a fresh, delicious soft cheese, made from the milk of the well-cared-for, stress-free Nubian goats at the Port Madison Goat Farm and Dairy on Bainbridge Island (stress can affect the flavor of the goat's milk, which is why Port Madison cheese is so wonderful). Chèvre tends to be more complex than cow's milk cheese.
4 oz.: $9
Mt. Townsend - Red Alder (Toma) from Port Townsend, WA
Natural rind alpine-style cheese. Handwashed and aged to enhance it’s nutty, earthy characteristics. by Mt. Townsend Creamery.
6 oz.: $10
Blue Cheeses
Rogue Creamery - Oregon Blue from Central Point, OR
This raw milk blue cheese is cave-aged at least 90 days to create a semi-soft smooth textured cheese which has a subtle flavor.
3 oz.: $6
Rogue Creamery - Oregonzola from Central Point, OR
A firm, milder gorogonzola style blue. Pairs well with Battle Pont Red, Tara Rouge, Cuvee,and Semillon.
3.5 oz.: $9
Smoked Cheeses
Crimson Cove Smokehouse from Poulsbo, WA
A family owned and operated smokehouse located in Poulsbo, they use real smoke to flavor their cheese, not a smoke flavored brine like that has dominated the U.S. cheese markets.
Gouda - 3.4 oz.: $6
Cheddar - 3.4 oz.: $6
Pepper Jack - 3.4 oz.: $6
Meats & Fish Menu
Salumi Artisan Cured Meats from Seattle, WA
Located in Seattle's historic Pioneer Square district, Salumi Artisan Cured Meats is an artisan's factory, inspired by the traditional Italian Salumeria, but a state-of-the-art facility equipped to produce the highest quality gourmet cured meats and other traditional Italian foods.
Hard Salumi Platter
A flavorful assortment of sliced hard salami including:
- Finocchiona - flavored with cracked fennel, black pepper, and a touch of curry.
- Hot Sopressata - A spicy pork salame with garlic. It has intense color and a slight bite.
Crimson Cove Smokehouse from Poulsbo, WA
A family owned and operated smokehouse located in Poulsbo.
Smoked sockeye salmon - Traditional or Cajun Style
What could be more of a perfect Northwest flavor than smoked salmon, expertly smoked by the good folks at Crimson Cove Smokehouse? All of their Sockeye salmon is wild-caught, brined in wine and sea salt then smoked using a blend of Alder and Apple woods.
$9
Sweeney Country Style Meats from Bremerton, WA
This is a family owned business operating in nearby Bremerton since 1983. They specialize in creating old-style northwest smokehouse meats and fish, rich with savory and robust flavors.
Buffalo Jerky
Buffalo meat is high in protein, low in fat and packed with flavor. This mouth-watering jerky is perfect for nibbling along with a glass of one of our sumptuous red wines.
$9
Combination Platters
$12 Combination Platters
blue/mole- Rouge Oregon Blue or Oregonzola with Salumi Mole. Served with crackers.
buffalo Jack - Sweeneys Buffalo Jerky, and Mt Townsend New Moon jack cheese. Served with crackers.
cougar/mole - Cougar Gold, and Salumi Mole, & Kalmata Olives. Served with crackers.
$16 Combination Platters
flagship/chevre - Beechers Flagship & Port Madison Chevre. Served with crackers.
smoked cheese - Crimson Cove smoked cheddar, pepperjack, Gouda & almonds. Served with crackers.
smoked salmon/ chevre - smoked salmon and a Port Madison Chevre. Served with crackers.
nothing but cheddar - Cougar Gold , Flagship and smoked cheddar. Served with crackers.
blue/salumi - Rouge Oregon Blue or Oregonzola with Salumi platter. Served with crackers.
meat @ Cheese - Salumi platter, Cougar Gold or Flagship, and any smoked cheese or New moon. Served with crackers.
red buffalo - Mt Townsend Red Alder, Sweeneys Buffalo Jerky and cashews. Served with crackers.
$20 Combination Platters
mt townsend - Cirrus, Red Alder, New Moon Jack and Tapenade. Served with crackers.
ploughmans - Cougar Gold, Oregonzola, Salumi Mole, Smoked almonds & Kalamata olives. Served with crackers.
IV - Mt Townsend Red Alder, Flagship, Oregonzola, kalamata olives and cashews. Served with crackers.
Sides
Kalamata Olives: $2
Smoked Almonds: $2
Cashews: $2
Salumi Mole & Crackers : $4
Dark Chocolate: $3
Tapenade & Crackers: $3