Wine Tasting Trips with Bob and Bobbie

Woodinville - July 20, 2018

 Friday:
Nick's Grill
Chateau St. Michelle, 
Columbia, 

Pepperbridge/Amavi and
 J Bookwalter.   
Irish Pub in Kirkland

Saturday:
Lunch at Hollywood Tavern.  
Cougar Crest, 
Tsillan, 
Avennia, 
Genoa 

Dinner at  Russell's in Bothel.  

Sunday:

JM Cellars, 

Basel Cellars

Gorman 

Yamhill/Newburg - 2019

Friday, July 19:

Purple Cow/Vintry, 

Cliff Creek Cellars 

Bravuro

 

Saturday: 

Laurel Ridge, 

Solena, 

Cana's Feast 

Lunch at the The Horse Radish restaurant in Carlton.  

Sunday: 

Domain Drouhin, 

Erath, 

Cathedral Ridge 

Lunch at Trellis in Dundee.  

Walla Walla - 2021

Thursday: 

Desert Wind

Waterbrook

Friday:

Walla Walla Vintners

College Cellars

Dunham Cellars

Adamant Cellars

Saturday:

Basel Cellars/Yellowhawk

Amavi Cellars

Va Piano

Saviah 

Bruno’s Va Piano

Sunday:

Isenhower

L Ecole

Cougar Crest

Hood River Wine Trip - 2022

Thursday:

Idiot Grace

Dinner - Clock Tower Inn

Friday:

Mt Hood Winery

Cathedral Ridge

Dinner: Ixtapa Mexican Restaurant

Saturday:

Waving Tree

Mary Hill Winery

Jacob Williams

Dinner: Freebridge Brewing

Sunday:

Hood Crest Winery & Distillery

Stave and Stone  Winery/ Lavender Farms

Wy'East  Vineyard

Tierra De Lobos Winery

Dinner: Hi-Way House

15 Mile Winery - great wines at dinner

Monday:

Cascade Cliffs

Wineries In Prosser- 2023

Stayed at Best Western - The Inn at Horse Heaven

6/22

Airfield Estates

WIT

Wine o'Clock

6/23

Dessert Wind

Coyote Canyon

Thurston Wolf

Prosser House for dinner

6/24

Mercer Wine Estates

Fiedlitas in Red Mountain

Hedges

Kiona

Prosser House for dinner again

6/25 on our way out of town

Owen Roe

Freehand Cellars

Wineries in Woodinville - Sept 2023

Go to:

Lobo

Baer

2023:

Sol Stone - going out of business

Five Star Cellars

Quick taste at Cougar Crest

Alexandria Nicole

Hollywood Tavern

Wenatchee Wine Trip - June 2024

Thursday 6/20 - Wenatchee:

Horan Estates

Stones Gastropub 

Martin Scott/Circle 5 - Wenatchee Big Bend

Friday 6/21 - Lake Chelan:

Tsillan (Matt)

Benson 

Lake Chelan Winery - Barbecue 

Siguillo

Saturday 6/22 - Quincy:

Chris Daniels

Errant

Malaga Springs - The Bada Bings

Railway Station

Sunday 6/23 - Leavenworth:

Patterson

Water from Wine

Wine Girls

Visconti

Next trip hit Crayelle in Wenatchee 

Paso Robles and Morro Bay

 We booked a VRBO in Morro Bay with Otto and Robin the week of March 30 to April 6.  Craig and I travelled from Buckeye and stopped in Palm Desert on our way there and enjoyed an Italian restaurant called Mario.  On our way home we stopped in Indio to shorten the drive time and found a great Mexican restaurant, El Mexicali Cafe II.  Both restaurants were within walking distance of the hotels we stayed at.  

On Saturday night we went to Morro Bay and had dinner at Rose's Bar & Grill and just got settled into the house.

On Easter Sunday after watching church service online, we went to downtown Paso Robles and found 3 wineries that were open; Hoyt, Seashell and Dracaena.  We then went  back to Morro Bay and had dinner at Taco Temple, fantastic little place.

On Monday we drove to Pismo Beach and then back to San Luis Obispo (SLO) and did some wine tasting at Sausalito Canyon and Kelsey See - this one was not a favorite.  We then did Otto and Robin's 18th Anniversary dinner at F McLintock Saloon & Dining at Shell Beach.  After dinner we went to Morro Beach and watched the Vanderberg Space Launch.

Tuesday we went out in the hills of Paso Robles and went to Thacher, Tablas Creek and Whalebone (one of my favorites.  We then went to Round Table pizza for dinner.

Wednesday we went to Tin City in downtown PR and visited three wineries; Levi, Nicora and Jacob Toft, all three were very good, especially the last two.  We then went to Herman Story and this was not our favorite.  On the way home, we got steak and salad and barbecued at the VRBO.

Thursday we started with a wine cave tour then tasting in PR at Eberle.  We then went to Opolo (great) and Pinaetta.  We had dinner at Taste-Craft Eatery and then had reservations at Sensorio at light show.  It was cold, windy and rainy but we thoroughly enjoyed the lights once it got dark and quit raining.  

On Friday, we did no wine tasting.  Otto and Robin went to Hearst Castle and when they returned, we went to downtown SLO and saw BubbleGum alley and the mission and then just walked the streets.  We then went back to the bay and saw the white headed sea otters.  After walking a few of the shops on the Bay, we had dinner at Dutchman's Seafood House.

It was so great that all the locations including the VRBO were pet friendly, so Bridget was able to do almost everything with us except for a few dinners.  

Summer in Oregon and Washington

Since arriving so late into June, we had a short summer in both OR and Washington.  We arrived on Craig's parents 66th Anniversary, so we celebrated on Sunday, June 14 with them.  We also did Father's Day with them.  We couldn't go out to eat as the limit was 5 people for reservations in WA, but we had a good time celebrating at their home.  We also had to clean out our short term storage unit in Chehalis so the movers that have all of our long term storage items will deliver them to Phoenix at the same time.  

We also spent a couple of weekends up in Puyallup, staying with two different friends.  We celebrated Craig's 65th birthday the end of June at friends.  On July 4th we spent four nights in Packwood and had a fabulous fireworks show.  Then once we got back in Chehalis on Monday, we had our good friends from Estacada staying in the park with us for a week.

My nephew came up and spent a weekend the end of July with us for two nights, but they were missing one kid who was visiting his Mother in Idaho.

As always we  enjoy spending time in our site.  We always have lots of birds in the feeders, fountain and bird bath, but this year we had a resident deer in our site, the picture below shows the deer in the brush, but kind of hard to see.  We also had a free day after all the stuff in storage packed, so we went to  Grayland beach and enjoyed a walk on the beach and great fish n chips and clam chowder at Wheelhouse restaurant. Last picture of site is as we pulled out for the winter.  

We went wine tasting with friends a couple of times to our two favorite wineries in the area.  Bateaux and Agate Creek Cellars.  Bateaux started a new tasting process due to Covid that worked out great.

We shortened our time in Salem from two weeks to one, so we stayed in Chehalis until August 6.  We went from Chehalis to Estacada for 5 nights and then to Salem for a week.

In Salem we did some wine tasting with a cousin and her daughter on Thursday, going to Redhawk winery, Bjornson and out to Dundee to Methven.   The dog in the picture at Bjornson was a puppy who had been cloned.  On our way home, we rode the Wheatland Ferry.  

 

On Friday we had friends come in as they were coming back from vacation in California and spent two nights with us.  We went to Willamette Valley Winery and then to Ankeny before meeting up with another couple who joined us for dinner at Lum Yuens, our favorite Chinese restaurant.  We were also able to see our "Oregon Mom" a couple of days as they are now letting her leave the Assisted Living home.  

On Saturday, we went to Mount Angel and visited the Benedictine Abby Brewery and then went into town and visited the Sausage place and a great new winery, Paradis.  

On Sunday evening, we were able to surprise our nephew for his 40th birthday at a barbecue with his friends.  We also celebrated Brooke's 15th birthday.  

On Monday, August 17 we moved onto Eugene to Oregon Motorcoach to get our yearly maintenance done on the coach.