Miscelaney

The Purple Hand Tour–wine tasting during Crush.

Going wine tasting on a sunny, crisp fall day is near perfection, at least in my book. Thanks to crush, there is always a flurry of activity which provides joe-average-wine-drinker opportunity for an inside peek at the behind-the-scenes world of wine making. With the boom of garagiste-type wineries, many of these warehouse wineries are doing their thing right before our very eyes. We did a short purple hand tour out in Woodinville's warehouse district this past weekend and here are a few highlights:

Wine Your Way Through Lake Chelan

...it’s the perfect time to make a pilgrimage east to the latest Washington wine Mecca: the Lake Chelan Valley to do a little fall wine tasting.

(Wine)Barrel of Fun

Riddle me this. What do you get when you combine fantastic wine, delicious food, a jivin' band, a fun-spirited crowd and one of Seattle's perfect summer days? Fabwineyumfoodjivincrowdsunnyitus?

DeLille on Main

The other evening I had the very good fortune to participate in a food and wine pairing held at the ever-delicious Bis on Main in Bellevue, with the super yummy wines of DeLille Cellars. If you are curious, here's the complete pairing menu: