Sips & Quips

Memorial weekend upon us again! This time we did things in bulk: 25 friends in a 30-passenger party bus ! She's the crown jewel of the A...

This past April, our wine loving group made the trek from Portland out to Walla Walla for "Cayuse Weekend". We went last year ...

Owen Roe Winery  in St. Paul, OR is relocating their winery to the Yakima Valley in Washington. A brand new winery facility is being built...

There are a number of wineries located in the Portland Metro Area...actually within the city limits. They are somewhat known by the collecti...

Red Mountain in Washington State is one of my top wine regions in the world. The wines from this small AVA on a "mountain" at the ...

I love these Twitter tastings, except it is a bit difficult to tweet on my iPhone and taste at the same time! Nice lineup of Washington Syra...

On Saturday, February 19, friends and I ventured south to McMinnville for an epic tasting event at Noah's Wine Bar (Google Places page;...

Make sure you read about our Day 1 and Day 2 adventures first! Day 3 started off just like Day 2, with the killer free breakfast at our ho...

Make sure you read about our Day 1 adventures first! We started off Day 2 by grabbing the free breakfast at our hotel. A nice spread! After...

I recently took a weekend trip to Walla Walla for the Holiday Barrel Tasting weekend event, December 3-5. And finally got my girlfriend, Kri...

What was supposed to be a quick afternoon stop for the grand opening of Obelisco Estate's new Woodinville Warehouse District tasting roo...

Be sure to read about our Day 1 and Day 2 adventures first! Day 3 started off much like Day 2, except that the boys rolled into town and h...

Read about our Day 1 adventures in this post . Day 2 started off early, with everyone hitting up the showers and jokes about "fire in t...

Some friends and I visited Efeste Winery in Woodinville Washington's Warehouse Wine District last weekend. We were lucky to be able to ...

Attended a very nice free tasting of Walla Walla's Reininger Winery (follow @ReiningerWinery on Twitter) last night, hosted by Michae...

THANKSGIVING DINNER - Dietra's House, Portland OR (11/26/2009) Event photos on Flickr . Thanksgiving dinner at Dietra's, with D...

Seeing as how Corvidae Wine Co. , the new Owen Roe value label, made two different versions of their 2007 "Rook" red blend, I th...

CARLTON WINE TASTING: PART DEUX - Carlton, OR (12/6/2008) Kristina and I drove down to Carlton, in Oregon wine country, for the Cana's ...