VP Presidential candidate Sarah Palin is in town for a book signing. People lined up at 10am the previous morning. I got my friend, Gay Joe, to take my book. I hope the fucker gets it signed.
I'm going back to bed.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Good news! Spring has arrived here in the Columbia Basin. I've mowed twice and the irrigation is coming on this week. I have gotten out and pruned, swept, and dug in the earth. I am in the process of building a shed, with the help of Jerry the Handyman. It is a 10X10 wood shed from HomeDepot, kit model. My last one "blew" up! a gust of 60+ wind took it off to the neighbors yard. 20 years of faithful duty and now it is scrap metal. Cut it up and gave away the aluminum for the hauling of it. Hope to have the shed up by Friday. We have a Wine Party sked for Sat with some wine folks. Will put out a Leonetti 2006 Reserve Cab, a 2005 Quilceda Creek Cab, a corliss 2003 syrah, a 2001 Col solare Red, and a 2004 Dunham Cellars syrah.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
My newest blog entry-WINE! I'm a relative newbie to the World Of Wine, but being here in the Washington Wine Country that has taken the spotlight, I feel the rush of new adventures out there!
I can hit the Red Mountain AVA, stop at Fidelitas and talk to Charlie Hoppes about his latest endevour. Try Hedges and Terra Blanca with their Tuscan style facilities and there stylish wines. Drop over to Kiona, start up a wine conversation with Scott Williams and enjoy the oldest vineyards on Red Mountain. There still are several left to see. Had enough and want to get moving? Drive a little further west and you are in the Yakima Valley AVA. Take the Prosser exits and you'll find the strip mall of wine-Kestral, Cowan, Alexandria Nicole and others. Stop in and savor the best viongier at AN. Try the next exit and you'll need to stop at my favorite-Airfield
Winery. The people that own and run the place are the greatest group you ever will meet at a winery. There wines are elegant and yet bold and dynamic to the nose, tongue and senses. Take a tour of their backroom, if you can. Feel like going East? 50 miles later and you are in the Walla Walla Valley and enjoying some of the top rated wineries in the US. Walla Walla is divided basically into 3 areas-downtown, the airport and the outlying wineries. Top wines everywhere.
Leonetti's you can't get there unless you are a member-so skip it. Try Walla Walla Vintners-their called "Baby Leonetti's"-maybe better! The most elegant building holding a winery has to be Basel Cellars. It's based on the Mt.Hood Lodge and is a great place. Grab a bottle or two and enjoy the scenery. Take a day or two and enjoy this area. Better yet make it three.
I can hit the Red Mountain AVA, stop at Fidelitas and talk to Charlie Hoppes about his latest endevour. Try Hedges and Terra Blanca with their Tuscan style facilities and there stylish wines. Drop over to Kiona, start up a wine conversation with Scott Williams and enjoy the oldest vineyards on Red Mountain. There still are several left to see. Had enough and want to get moving? Drive a little further west and you are in the Yakima Valley AVA. Take the Prosser exits and you'll find the strip mall of wine-Kestral, Cowan, Alexandria Nicole and others. Stop in and savor the best viongier at AN. Try the next exit and you'll need to stop at my favorite-Airfield
Winery. The people that own and run the place are the greatest group you ever will meet at a winery. There wines are elegant and yet bold and dynamic to the nose, tongue and senses. Take a tour of their backroom, if you can. Feel like going East? 50 miles later and you are in the Walla Walla Valley and enjoying some of the top rated wineries in the US. Walla Walla is divided basically into 3 areas-downtown, the airport and the outlying wineries. Top wines everywhere.
Leonetti's you can't get there unless you are a member-so skip it. Try Walla Walla Vintners-their called "Baby Leonetti's"-maybe better! The most elegant building holding a winery has to be Basel Cellars. It's based on the Mt.Hood Lodge and is a great place. Grab a bottle or two and enjoy the scenery. Take a day or two and enjoy this area. Better yet make it three.
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