SILVERDALE – Customers sampled wine and meandered through dozens of aisles full of a dazzling selection of liquor, wine and beer during Total Wine & More’s grand opening at The Trails at Silverdale March 10.

The gymnasium-sized retail store features about 8,000 wines, 3,000 spirits and 2,500 beers. Grand opening festivities included wine tasting samples from Caymus, Camaraderie Cellars, River Road, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Heritage Distilling, Jack Daniel’s, Woodford Reserve, Silver City Brewery and more.

“We’re incredibly excited to be in the area,” said store manager Chuck West, who was busy working at a computer in the rear of the store that evening.

West said some customers traveled as far as 30 miles to visit the store. Local products would be a feature at the location, West said.

“24 percent of my store is Washington – Washington wines, Washington spirits … we like to bring in the ‘small dogs,’” he said.

One example West cited was Bainbridge Organic Distillers organic vanilla vodka.

The store also held a ribbon-cutting ceremony March 9. Kitsap County Commissioner Ed Wolfe, Jasmine Medina, who is Miss Silverdale 2016, and others were present for that event.

Customers check out the new Total Wine & More location in Silverdale during the store’s grand opening March 10.

Among the store’s aisles are various gins, vodka, schnapps, and beers. In one part of the store, customers can find The Arran Malt Scotch Whisky, and a short distance away there’s more common beverages such as Budweiser and Pabst Blue Ribbon beer.

The store has close to 20,000 square feet of retail space and features a climate-controlled wine room for rare selections and a walk-in humidor for fine cigars, as well as space for private tastings, consumer education classes, community meetings and special events.

Total Wine & more is a family-owned privately held alcohol retailer based in Bethesda, Maryland. The company has more than 130 stores in 18 states. It was founded in 1991 by brothers David and Robert Trone. David Trone is currently running for Congress in Maryland’s 8th District. According to The Tennessean, the company had $2 billion in revenue in 2015.

According to the Minnesota Star Tribune, the company is a strong competitor.

The Silverdale store is located at The Trails at Silverdale, 11066 Pacific Crest Place NW, Suite A110. It is located next to HomeGoods.

Through March 13, a portion of Total Wine & More’s sales will be donated to the Kitsap Great Give on May 3. Kitsap Great Give is a day of giving produced by the Kitsap Community Foundation and the United Way.

Besides Silverdale, Total Wine & More has seven other locations in the Puget Sound area including at Lynwood, Seattle, Bellevue, Tukwila, Federal Way, Puyallup and Olympia.

Total Wine & More in Silverdale.