Woodhouse Family Cellars

Woodhouse
Family Cellars

Woodhouse Family Cellars is a partnership between the Shahs and winemaker Tom Campbell, Shah’s uncle. They debuted with 100 cases of their 1998 vintage of Darighe, a Bordeaux style blend that sold out three months after its release in 2001.

Bijal and Sinead Shah, Owners

Calling Bijal Shah a wine lover is an understatement. “Passion,” “fetish,” or “obsession” more accurately describes his relationship with wine. As a longtime fashion industry executive involved in design and manufacturing, Bijal has criss-crossed the globe many times over. In the process, he’s managed to pick up a bottle—or case—of wine here and there.

To that end, his passion was shared within his web of business contacts. It wasn’t long before Bijal and his wife, Sinead, were encouraged to start their own winery. Bijal brought that vision to his uncle, winemaker Tom Campbell, in hopes of creating the ultimate Bordeaux style blend in 1998. In the beginning, they produced 100 cases of a delicious red they called Darighe solely for friends and associates.

Sinead, a Boeing 777 pilot, is of Irish-English descent and stands as the inspiration behind the Darighe name (Darighe appropriately means “red”). She and Bijal conceived of the logo for the bottle, a dramatic red Celtic design. It’s the first business endeavor the couple has pursued together, one that is quickly becoming the toast of the Northwest and undergoing exponential growth.

Bijal is a native of Mombassa, Kenya. He and Sinead reside in Bellevue.

Tom Campbell, Winemaker

Blessed with a keen ability to blend and a passion that keeps him in constant pursuit of the ultimate bottle of wine. Tom Campbell has built an amazing career around his love of delighting wine connoisseurs. After attending the University of California at Davis short course program in Enology and Viticulture, Tom went on to work for Jekel in Monterey, beginning a career immersed in the world of wine.

In 1981 he was an enologist at Chateau Ste. Michelle’s Grandview Winery, later moving on to head the white wine program at Quail Run, now known as Covey Run. By the mid 1980s Tom started Horizon’s Edge Winery in Zillah, Washington. Tom’s reputation as an accomplished winemaker and consultant prompted his nephew, Bijal Shah, to approach him to create wines for Woodhouse Family Cellars in 1998.

Tiny production of this cult red from Yakima- very limited.

From the winery: "The 2000 Vintage has a predominantly Cabernet base, giving it more of a muscular structure than previous years. The
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Woodhouse Cellars' very limited big red blend wine in the style of Bordeaux.
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Very small production of this cult favorite from Yakima.
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