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February 13, 2006
Wine, Chocolate, and Fraya
After much hemming and hawing (on my part), and after finally taking down the Xmas tree and depositing it at the dump, Dawnise and I set out a bit after noon to do some wine tasting. Our first stop was Camaraderie Cellars outside Port Angeles; about 75 minutes from the house. Their Malbec was very good, and the vintners partner has struck on the brilliant idea of making wine racks from retired wine barrels. I loved the idea, and if all goes to plan, we'll be making a return trip to pick one up in a couple months, when it's finished.
From there we hit Black Diamond, where we met Freya - an 8 week old, incredibly cute Blue Heeler who looked just like this. I managed to tear myself away and into the tasting room; Dawnise failed her cute saving throw, so to speak. She pretty much stayed outside with the dog while I sampled (ironically enough) several wines I was convinced she'd love. Since getting her into the tasting room was a non-start, I did the next best thing - bought a bottle of each. When I had sampled what there was to be sampled, I joined her outside, with the vintner and the puppy to get my own dose of saccharine cute. I suspect there's a puppy in our future...
Our penultimate stop was Olympic Cellars, which was pouring some very nice vintages - including a late harvest that we got for Dawnise. They had, but weren't pouring, a lavender infused mead (they labled it "honey wine") which we also bought.
Finally, we wound our way to Lost Mountain just outside Sequim. At Olympic Cellars we had run into our mirror image - a couple in which the woman liked full bodied reds, and the gent liked only lighter sweet wines. We ran into them again at Lost Mountain and continued the pleasant banter we had begun on the previous stop.
Haul in hand (back seat, really), we headed home, meeting Brad and Kat for dinner at the pub before calling it a night. Nice way to spend a Sunday, I must say.
Posted by dberger at February 13, 2006 4:10 PM