Tasting Event Calendar

Join us as every Thursday,  from 5:30pm to 8:30pm.

11/8 Spanish wines from Protos

11/15 Big Bordeaux

Look forward to seeing you.

16 Central Way in Downtown Kirkland
425/284-6095 

Vito Parente
Wine Consultant, Kirkland Living Room

A native of the Puglia region of Italy, Vito Parente grew up with a love of the arts—both visual and culinary. He learned the refined art of food and wine pairing while working in upscale dining establishments in Milan, where he became familiar with some of the finest wines in the world. An avid traveler, Vito has managed fine restaurants in Italy, Costa Rica and also in Barcelona, Spain where he studied photography, another activity of great interest to him.

Upon moving to Kirkland with his wife in 2002, Vito immediately earned his real estate license and has been an agent with Windermere Real Estate/SCA, Inc. in Kirkland since that time. When the opportunity arose to be a part of the innovative Windermere Living Room retail concept, Vito’s prior experience and knowledge were a perfect fit. Prior to its opening in March 2007 until now, Vito has been an integral part of the planning and direction of the Kirkland Living Room atmosphere and wine selection process.
 
 “We have carefully selected our wines with great attention to small, but innovative producers,” says Vito. “Our goal is to create a varied and complex, yet approachable wine inventory.”

In addition to planning and hosting wine tasting events, Vito works with importers and coordinates relationships with partner wineries and local businesses.

Barbara Stout

When Barb ara Stout first visited China, her longstanding interests in ancient and primitive art, nature, icons, poetry, and spiritual expression came together in the ancient pictograph-based Chinese language.  One of her earliest shows was when her work was selected for a traveling exhibit to China in 1984. After receiving her BA from the University of Montana, she continued her studies at the Boston Museum School and showed at the Grossman and Berkeley Galleries in Boston. She worked as a teaching assistant of Experimental Watercolor and Advanced Drawing at the University of Tennessee before moving to the Northwest in 1991 where she continues to show extensively in the Seattle area.

Dennus Baum

Dennus is a wildlife photographer specializing in nature and underwater photography. His pictures have been featured in Baja Life Magazine, Northwest Diver Magazine, Aspen Magazine and on various internet sites. Dennus teaches underwater photography at Bubbles Below “The Dive Professionals” located in Woodinville, Washington, where he has been a certified diving instructor for 2 years. All of the photographs currently on display at the Kirkland Living Room were taken in the waters of Puget Sound, the Sea of Cortez, as well as the waters of the Galapagos Islands. Dennus has been diving and exploring the world below for over 40 years and enjoys teaching and showing others the amazing world under the water’s surface. Dennus hopes that through his teaching and photography that he will inspire others to have the same passion for the sea as he does. 

Louis Anderson

Louis is an accomplished artist featured at the Kirkland Living Room. He graduated from the University of Washington with a BA in Painting and received his MFA in Painting from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan.  Louis has exhibited extensively throughout the Northwest in such venues as the Bellevue Art Museum and the Tacoma Art Museum.

Nancy Farrar Coughlin