Tag: Wine Tasting
Dancin Tastin’
Recently, my husband and I had to cancel this year's annual fall trek to Walla Walla, Washington, for the region's Fall Release tasting weekend, but we did manage to get in some local tasting at one of our favorite wineries. I enjoy visiting wineries in the late fall, when the crowds of summertime visitors have abated, the bustle of harvest and crush is past, and the vineyards have taken on the muted colors of the season.Â
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Celebrations
Last weekend my husband and I traveled to Portland for two celebrations, one with friends and the other with family. On Friday evening we gathered with several friends with whom we have shared a love of wine, good food and each other for 40 years. Over the course of the decades some of us have moved out of town and even out of state, but we always found a way to get together at least a couple of times a year, even then. COVID put an end to those events for nearly two years, so it was with an extra measure of joy and gratitude that we came together this week.
Wine with Friends
The first two days of our trip to Walla Walla, Washington, it was just my husband and me. While we enjoyed each other's company and sampling wonderful wines and chatting with the winemakers and tasting room staff, there was something missing. In the past our wine tasting excursions have always included at least one other couple --- and, often, a whole group of us --- whom we've known for decades and with whom we've shared life's ups and downs along with some great meals and memorable bottles of wine. So we headed out on Saturday with great excitement, knowing we'd be spending the day with longtime friends we had only seen once in person since 2019.
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Pacing Ourselves
I wrote last week about our first afternoon of wine tasting in Walla Walla, Washington, our first Spring Release weekend in two years. It was great to be back, but after stops at two wineries where we sampled several wines at each and then had a bottle of wine with dinner, I woke up Friday morning determined to slow down and sip a little less that day. After all, there was more tasting to be done on Saturday, too!