any one interested in a little wine...

We went our separate ways.... well actually Ashleigh stayed with Celia and Sean last night and then Sean and Ash hung out at their apartment until Celia got off of work. And they are on their way to the movies as I type.

So that left Bubbie, Bill, Barry, Leslie and Me to our own devices. And what devices we had to choose from...Today was the start of a 3 day wine festival here in Portland so of course we had to do a little tasting...

We started up 99W (Bills favorite road, not) and had a great lunch Hayden's Lake Front Grill and it was good.

The first stop was August Cellars where we sampled some very nice Pinot Noir, and some Gewurztraminer (everyone but Barry liked this one). The nice thing about this winery is that there were a few different other Boutique winery's that rent space from them so it was very easy to taste some delicious wines. The other winery we liked at this stop was Barking Frog. Yes you read that one right, The had a great Sangiovese and a Syrah there was also a Dessert Syrah that they were letting us sample but you had to order it as a future so I will be sending in the slip and Celia will be picking it up. The one other indulgence we had there was some unbelievable Chocolates from Majestic Chocolates. Now Barry and I have done a chocolate & wine parring before but they were nothing like these chocolates. I had a Balsamic Cherry Dark Chocolate and it was sooooo good.







From there we moved on down the street to Rex Hill Winery and again there were some very nice wines but the art work was very good. I didn't take enough pictures there but the murals on the walls were wonderful. And the wine was even better we bought some Cuvee and a Chocolate Pinot Noir to go over some ice cream. A little decadence never hurt anyone.










From there we moved on to our last stop which was the Ponzi Winery where again there were a few other guest winery's there for the tasting. Now if Ponzi Winery seems familiar to you it is because it is the same winery that Celia and Sean went to back in October. The winery was very nice and so were the guest vintners Dusky Goose and Wahle Vinyards. It was all very delicious and a great day.





So with a few new bottles of wine and a nice little buzz we went home to relax and call it a day.... Because tomorrow I believe we will start doing some wedding looking.....and of course I will put it up for you all to see.