The holidays are popping at fatcork!
As if a stunningly large selection of the world’s best grower Champagne isn’t enough of a draw this holiday season, fatcork’s December 2025 lineup of festive, themed tastings, open-late hours and cheers-worthy events is popping.
Festive, themed tastings you'll only find at fatcork
A grower Champagne tasting in fatcork’s subterranean tasting room is an experience like no other. Every day of the week, Champagne experts guide guests through the kind of tastings that are typically reserved for important buyers and industry VIPs — unique themes, rare bottles, only the very best, always.
Featured December 2025 tastings are:
Dec. 7-13: Organic Uncorked — all-natural, wow-worthy, certified organic grower Champagnes
Dec. 14-27: Champagne Under the Tree — grower Champagne for gifting
Dec. 28-Jan. 3: Top-Selling Cuvées of 2025— fatcork’s best bottles of the year
Champagne club members and their guests always taste for free. The tasting fee for nonmembers is $40, but fatcork will waive the fee with bottle purchase.
Cheers-worthy holiday events in the cave
In addition to weekly tastings, fatcork invites guests in for two festive December favorites:
Saturday, Dec. 20: Tastings & Holiday Market — from 11 a.m.-7 p.m., a curated selection of gift-ready grower Champagnes, plus still wines from founder Bryan Maletis’ pocket project, and a pop-up holiday market featuring unique gifts from local vendors, artists and makers from noon-5 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 31, 5-8 p.m.: fatcork’s second annual Big Fat New Year's Eve Champagne Tasting — a ticketed tasting featuring 10 cuvées and plenty of festive fun. Space is limited, and would-be revelers can sign up for fatcork news at the bottom of the fatcork website or follow @fatcork on Instagram to receive information about securing event tickets.
“We’ve designed the fatcork tasting room to be a warm, welcoming spot where Champagne-lovers of all experience levels can relax, have fun and enjoy a fun, festive experience they can’t find anywhere else,” said Bryan Maletis, founder of fatcork. “Surrounded by the world’s best grower Champagne and attended by our friendly, knowledgeable staff, the holidays just hit different at fatcork. We hope to see you this holiday season — and all the seasons to come!”
Open *almost* every day in December, plus extended holiday hours for tasting and shopping the biggest and best selection of grower Champagne around
Fatcork is open every day in December except Christmas Day with extended holiday hours Dec. 21-23 to give customers more time to taste with family and friends and added opportunities to shop bottles for celebrations and gifting. The cave is stocked with 180 unique cuvées — blanc de blancs, rosés, vintages, magnums, jerobaums — from 17 different producers, all ready to take home and enjoy. Note: Fatcork’s regular business hours and holiday hours are listed on the website.
“There’s no way to actually prove this, but I don’t think there’s another bottle shop in the country that has a bigger selection of amazing grower Champagne that customers can see, hold, taste and savor,” said Bryan Maletis, founder of fatcork.
Guests are invited to visit fatcork at 111 W. John St., Suite 136A, in Seattle, Washington, any day of the week to enjoy curated tastings, discover one-of-a-kind bottles and experience the joyful, festive atmosphere that has made fatcork a Seattle favorite since 2010.
2025 Tasting Room Hours:
Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Friday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
Saturday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
Sunday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.