z spent the night at grandma & grandpa tigard's house, so we were able to go wine tasting saturday morning. we stopped at sunrise bagels for caffeine & eggels, and made our way to willamette valley. we began at penner-ash. they were having a special event for their wine club members, but were also open to the public. we tried several, including some barrel tastings, but didn't really like any.
next we stopped at shea, just on the other side of the hill. we didn't like any of their released wines, but purchased some futures.
after that, we went to archery summit, as i was frustrated that nothing was tasting phenomenally, and i always like a few of their wines, but they were ALSO doing a special event for wine club members, and weren't even open for normal tasting. you could buy a glass of wine (and you'd get to keep the glass) for $20 - but it was only one of their lower/midlevel wines. NOT worth it.
next we stopped at domaine drouhin. the place was packed, as they were also having a wine club event, but WERE open to regular tasters too. we drank our way up to the laurene, and then sat down in a couple of chairs to people-watch. before sitting down, some random 60 yr old man had told me "smile" on his way down the stairs. this made me recall being asked to smile & show teeth when little, which i translated into actually showing teeth, as j is doing in the picture. anyway, j got 2nds for me of the laurene, & we purchased a bottle. i also almost left my purse there (luckily a worker had stashed it safely in the kitchen for me - whew!).
j loves the milkshakes. this one was fresh strawberry. we were excited to pick up zane - drove straight to tigard.
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