so we went to the yakima wine valley again, this time with david’s parents (yes, another weekend of camping!)
and i *knew* it would be an expensive trip, because we had decided that we would buy everyone wine for xmas. because with the discovery of ice wine and other tasty dessert wines from that valley, we indeed found the gift that keeps on giving 🙂
so after a day of wine touring, knowing there were already a few wineries we would buy from, we ended up with 2 cases of wine…roughly $400 worth.
yes, yes….we are a veritable fountain of wine right now 🙂
of course, in that stash is about 8 bottles for us, including a $30 and a $50 bottle of port :):):)
if you have never gone wine tasting at wineries, i highly recommend it. i really enjoy knowing what i am going to have before i buy it, and with case discounts, and wineries selling their stuff for about 15% under the store cost, it does turn out to be a lovely thing! it is also really really neat to interact with the winemakers themselves.
at the eaton hill winery, we wanted to get another few bottles of this amazing nectarine white wine that we had purchased in june…but they were completely sold out of it in only 8 months since bottling! it had won a ton of awards and was such a steal for $10 a bottle. and the owner was so awesome that he actually got us out a bottle from his personal reserve and sold it to us 🙂
anyway, so it was a well spent weekend. sunday will be a day of working for me to make up for the friday off..although, truth be knows, i did work while we travelled too. so much to do these days!