Road Trip 10 - The Pacific Northwest
Page 6
McMinnville and the Willamette Valley
Wednesday, September 11
This was our home for the week and what a great place it was!
The Murphy bed
The Kitchen
The loft
The Adirondack chairs and the front porch
A view of the vineyard looking toward the barn and stables. No horses now but the previous owners raised Tennessee Walkers
The new owners raise clone 777 Pinot Noir, a much better choice, in my opinion
The vines
Our house
There was a deck surrounding the huge pine tree in the middle of the vineyard, We had cocktails there.
The barn now gets used for the occasional wedding
The old stalls
Another vies of "our house"
Once we were settled it was off to McMinnville, about six miles from here
We walked up and down 3rd Street and stopped at GVB for a beer tasting
Good stuff.
We had dinner here on Friday night
We never did figure out why Ben Franklin was in McMinnville
But there he was.
The Willamette Valley Vineyards tasting room
It was in town
We had lunch here at La Rambla
Tapas and wine!
Later we drove to the Evergreen Aeronautical Museum just outside of town
We had to because that's where the Spruce Goose it!
What do you know? Is that Howard Hughes? Or Leonardo DiCaprio?
Has to be Howard Hughes...
And is that Orville or Wilber?
The magic bus
Wait, that's not an airplane.
But that is
Self-portrait in a nose cone
Here they are again!
And here we are again. The Anthony Dell tasting room.
View from our front porch as the sun was setting behind us
Thursday, September 12
Typical Willamette Valley Scenery
First tasting of the day
We met this couple and their daughter because they drove up the long driveway behind us and noticed the "PSU" tags and plate frame on the van. Turns out the daughter is a PSU alumna living in Portland. The parents were visiting from Long Island, NY.
Lots of vines at Sokol Blosser
We enjoyed tasting at Domaine Drouhin and learning about how the operation is associated with Maison Joseph Drouhin in Burgundy.
Here is what we learned:
Too bad we had a little haze.
We did not complain, though, when we considered the generally great weather we had.
Around the corner from Drouhin was White Rose Estate
Very interesting architecture
It was all dark and cozy inside
There was couple who, along with a guide, were visiting the wineries on horseback.
Durant
We did a tasting and then decided it was time for lunch
We bought a bottle of their delicious Pinot Gris
and sat out front with our picnic lunch
Transporting our purchases
This is the fridge in the van. No need to worry about the wine getting to warm in a hot vehicle!
They press olive oil here!
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