Saturday, August 3, 2013

Cabernet Court and Port Avenue

The Farmer's Market served us a great pancake breakfast and I filled by bag with lots of local produce! John talked with a guy from a local winery - imagine that! I got my hair cut and then we rode our bikes on a bike trail to Grandview and back which was about a 20 mile round trip ride.

This afternoon was spent tasting wine. Just a block away from the RV park is a group of tasting rooms and restaurants on Cabernet Court and Port Avenue. We strolled from one to another and enjoyed a nice afternoon and came back this evening for dinner. We tasted at: Apex Cellars, Coyote Canyon Winery (really liked their Sangiovese and Primotivo, an Italian red wine), Hogue Cellars, Martinez & Martinez Winery, Mercer Estates, and Thurston Wolfe Winery (a great Zin). We had supper at Wine O'Clock again and did a flight of three Syrahs with dinner. We also made a trip to a vineyard outside of town owned by the guy John visited with at the Farmer's Market. Daven Lore Winery sits at the top of a hill overlooking the valley and it was beautiful. There is a huge contrast between the green growing areas along the Yakima River and the dry, brown, desert hills surrounding us. We would have taken a picture but there was such a haze from the fires around here that it would not have turned out well.

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