Wine Tasting Thanksgiving Weekend

We kicked off our holiday season by going wine tasting Thanksgiving weekend. It's so festive and relaxing. Thanks to black Friday, the wineries tend to be pretty quiet. One of our favorite wineries had the caves open for touring and tasting.



Fun day with good friends ... even if one of them was a little tired ...

Walla Walla Walla

Our wine tasting trip was to celebrate our 15 year wedding anniversary. GO US!
We visited 12 wineries in two days. GO US! My favorite was North Star where we ended up purchasing a mixed case. I literally loved every wine we tasted and can't wait to share the bottles with friends.

My other new favorite was Olive. We had an amazing lunch ...


and then proceeded to go back the following morning for breakfast ...



I can't wait to go back to Walla Walla ... or as my husband said, "Walla Walla Walla."

Wine Tasting, Walla Walla Style

Who knew Walla Walla was becoming quite the wine tour destination? We've heard so many great things the past few years, we decided to check it out for ourselves and loved it. LOVED IT.

We had a beautiful place to stay.


Our gorgeous view made it difficult to leave ...



And so did our comfy room ...

Cabin Fever

As much as I love day trips to wineries, I don't much like the drive home. It always seems twice as long as the drive out. We were lucky to receive an overnight invite to our friends cabin on Saturday. So pretty and restful ... and their many decks provided the perfect spot to open a few of our newly acquired bottles.







Falling asleep to the sound of this river was the ending to a perfect day ...

Wine Tasting

One of my favorite activities is to go wine tasting. I challenge you to meet anyone crabby at a winery ... it's just not possible ... at least not in our many experiences. On Saturday, we finally had the opportunity to check out Maryhill Winery. The grounds are as beautiful as the views of the Columbia River Gorge.





Wine tasting at a new winery always provides us the opportunity to bust out our favorite comment, "Does anyone else taste fried chicken?" The reactions are so worth it.