The skies cleared up overnight, the wind died down and the temperatures warmed up but not too hot. Time for some wine tasting but since our first tasting was not until 2pm we decided to explore the town on our bikes. It was a short exploration as the bike path was covered with Goats Head thorns and about 2 miles from the RV we both had flat tires! Lucky for us we were only about a block away from a bike repair shop and they had all 4 tires fixed by lunch time.
John scheduled three days of wine tasting in Walla Walla, spreading them out so that our tongues don’t get overly tested. Walla Walla is being very careful concerning Covid-19 as all the tastings were held outside and the wine was brought to our table in small carafes so that we poured it into our own glasses.
At Gramercy Cellars we got to taste while watching them sort grapes from their first pickings of the season. We had been looking forward to this wine but were disappointed in their offerings. The second tasting was at Amani Cellars where we had a verticals tasting of three syrahs. Again we did not care for what they had.
Wednesday we tasted at The Walls tasting room in town and at Reininger at their tasting room surrounded by vineyards, none of which were their own grapes. For dinner we tasted at Valdemar Estates. This vineyard is owned by a European company so they offered some actual Spanish wines from north of Barcelona. After our tasting we stayed and enjoyed a nice Tapas dinner of Spanish dishes accompanied by Tempranillo and Carménére.
Thursday we enjoyed a nice Italian lunch before going to Seven Hills Winery for a tasting at their tasting room and then enjoyed a glass of wine at Charles Smith Wines after window shopping in the downtown. Charles Smith did not offer any tastings, we had to buy a glass. That was disappointing too because we wanted to try some of his other wines.
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