When Melinda Sont-gerath opened The Hardware Store Restaurant eight years ago, she planned to open a wine shop in the small space next door. That vision will finally come to fruition this weekend, when she opens Vine to Vashon — a wine shop with a twist.

Sontgerath said she is aiming for simplicity and a lack of the pretense that can accompany wine. Instead of a dizzying array of bottles lining the shelves, the shop, nestled between The Hardware store and Vashon Liquor, will sell six wines and all of them will be on tap.

Such a system is gaining popularity in restaurants, she said, in part because wine stays fresh in kegs, unlike in bottles.

When she put the idea together with the space next door, she knew she was going ahead with the plan.

“It was a lightbulb moment,” she said.

Wine will be sold in one-liter flip-top re-usable bottles called “Villagers,” Sontgerath said, and all wines will be priced at $25 and below. Return customers will receive a $2 discount for bringing the bottle back.

People will need no wine knowledge to buy wine at the store, she said.

“Come in, taste it. If you like it, buy it. It’s easy.”

Most all the wine served will be Eastern Washington wine, but Sontegerath said she will reserve one tap for Vashon wineries and hopes to provide maps and promote them.

The rest of the wine will be from the Northwest Wine Co-op in Walla Walla, which curates regional and vinyard-designated wines for barrels and kegs.

In addition to wine, Vine to Vashon will also offer olive oil, grape seed oil and balsamic vinegar. She will offer crusty bread, and a cooler will hold simple food items, such as a cheese plate, made next door at the restaurant.

She hopes the store will come to feel like a neighborhood European shop, she said, with a casual, relaxed air. People will be able to sit and have wine there if they wish at one of  wooden counters milled by the Vashon Forest Stewards or in some chairs she plans to bring.

In time, she would like to order small crates from the high school members of the forest stewards and provide those with picnics from the restaurant next door.

The shop will open at 6 p.m. Friday for the first Friday festivities. Following that, it will be open daily from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.