So here we are now in 2021!
We did the Red Mountain and Prosser area on Friday & Saturday. On Sunday & Monday we tasted in the Walla Walla, Washington area. Total Wineries Visited: 19 Total Wines Tasted: 128
Our primary Wine Trip in September 2021 was to take Ralph and Jennifer and Leslie to Washington State. Here are the wineries we visited and wines we/I tasted.
Nancy
Tagaris Winery & Tavern (where we had dinner Thursday evening)
- Bordeaux
- Malbec
- Unoaked Chardonnay
- 2017 Petite Sirah Michael’s Vineyard
- 2017 Petit Verdot Alice Vineyard
Friday: 5 Wineries, 33 wines tasted
Cooper Wine Company
- 2019 Chardonnay Estate
- 2019 Viognier
- 2019 Rose of Carmenere/Cabernet Franc
- 2018 Merlot Estate
- 2018 Linizio (Cab Sauv/Merlot/Cab Franc/Carmenere/Petit Verdot/Malbec)
- 2019 Cabernet Franc
- 2018 C4 (Cooper/Cab Sauv/Cab Franc/Carmenere)
- 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon
- 2018 Gate Keeper Bud’s Blend (Zin/Tempranilio/Syrah
- 2019 Gate Keeper Bud’s Blend (Malbec/Tempranilio/Syrah)
Hedges
- 2018 CMS Cabernet Sauvignon
- 2018 Goedhart Syrah
- 2018 Hedges Biodynamic Syrah
- 2017 DLD Syrah
- 2017 La Haute Cuvee (95% Cab Sauv/5% Petit Verdot)
- 2018 HFE Blend (Cab Sauv/Merlot/Syrah/Cab Franc/Malbec/Petit Verdot)
- 2016 Merlot
Anelare
- 2018 Ciel Du Cheval Sangiovese
- 2018 McBee Rd (Syrah/Petit Verdot/Merlot/Cab Sauv)
- 2018 Boushey Merlot
- 2018 Boushey Cabernet Sauvignon
- 2019 Weinbau Carmenere
- We Also had 4 different Flatbread Pizzas for lunch here, they were Amazing!
Muret-Gaston
- NV Red Blend
- 2014 Merlot
- 2013 Syrah
- 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon
Goose Ridge
- 2020 Pinot Gris
- 2016 First Flight Red Blend
- 2016 Syrah
- 2017 First Flight Cabernet Sauvignon
- 2017 Vireo (Merlot/Cab Sauv/Syrah)
- 2016 Reserve Malbec
Dinner was at FROST ME SWEET!!
Saturday: 3 Wineries, 29 wines tasted
Mercer
- 2020 Estate Rose of Grenache
- 2020 Small Lot Sauvignon Blanc
- 2020 Small Lot Mourvedre
- 2016 Small Lot Merlot
- 2016 Small Lot Petit Verdot
- 2017 Reserve Ode to Brothers (Syrah, Mourvedre, Grenache)
- 2017 Reserve Syrah
- 2017 Reserve Cavalie 7 Cabernet Sauvignon
Alexandria Nicole
- 2020 Adulting Sparkling Rose
- 2019 Shepards Mark (Roussane, Viognier, Marsanne)
- 2017 Counoise
- 2018 Quarry Butte (Cab Sauv, Merlot, Cab Franc, Malbec, Petit Verdot)
- 2018 Malbec ‘Mr. Popular’
- 2019 Grenache
- 2017 Petit Verdot
14 Hands
- 2016 Vintage Series Red Blend (61 Cab Franc, 15 Cab Sauv, 14 Syrah, 10 Merlot)
- 2018 Vintage Series Red Blend (49 Syrah, 29 Cab Sauv, 12 Grenache, 5 Mourvedre, 5 Viognier)
- 2018 Vintage Series Red Blend (55 Mourvedre, 22.5 Cab Sauv, 11 Syrah, 11 Malbec)
- 2017 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
- 2018 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
- 2020 Limited Release Cabernet Sauvignon
- 2020 Limited Release Early Cabernet Sauvignon
- 2018 Reserve Cabernet Franc HHH
- 2017 Reserve Petit Verdot HHH
- 2018 Reserve Merlot
- 2018 Late Harvest Viognier
- 2017 Reserve Tempranillo
- 2016 Reserve Merlot
Bookwalter For dinner
- 2018 Antagonist Syrah
Sunday: 6 Wineries, 40 wines tasted
Waterbrook Winery
- 2018 ICON Chardonnay
- 2016 ICON Sangiovese
- 2018 ICON Merlot
- 2019 Reserve Chardonnay
- 2016 Reserve Red Mtn Cabernet Sauvignon
Long Shadows
- 2020 Cymbal Sauvignon Blanc
- 2018 Dance Chardonnay
- 2017 Saggi Sangiovese Blend (59 Sangio, 24 Cab Sauv, 17 Syrah)
- 2017 Pedestal (82 Merlot, 15 Red Mtn Cab Sauv, 3 Petit Verdot)
- 2017 pirouette (58 Red Mtn Cab Sauv, 20 Merlot, 13 Malbec 9 Petit Verdot)
- 2017 Chester-Kidder (68 Cab Sauv, 26 Syrah, 6 Petit Verdot)
- 2017 Sequel Syrah
Reniger/Helix
- 2020 Reninger Unoaked Chardonnay
- 2019 Helix Sangiovese
- 2018 Helix SoRho Rhone Blend (49 Mourvede, 28 Grenache, 23 Cinsault)
- 2018 Reninger Merlot
- 2017 Helix Cab Sauvignon
- 2018 Reninger Cabernet Sauvignon
- 7th Edition Reninger CPR
Smoky Rose
- 2019 Riesling
- 2019 Chardonnay
- 2019 Grenache
- 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon
Lunch: Sandwiches from GRAZE
Va Piano
- 2018 Bruno Chardonnay
- 2019 Walla Walla Merlot
- 2018 Walla Walla Syrah
- 2017 Cabenet Franc
- 2017 Walla Walla Cabernet Sauvignon
- 2017 Black Lable Scooteney Cabernet Sauvignon
- 2019 Black Label Syrah
House of Smith
- 2016 Jacks Barbara
- 2018 Powerline Estate Syrah
- 2018 Phil Lane Syrah
- 2018 Sixto Moxie Chardonnay
- 2018 Ovide Cabernet Sauvignon Syrah (79 Cab Sauv, 21 Syrah)
- 2018 Klein ‘BX’ (Bordeaux 41 Merlot, 36 Cab Sauv, 23 Cab Franc)
- 2018 Uncovered Chardonnay
- 2018 Roza Hill Chardonnay (Ralphs favorite)
Dinner: at Red Monkey
Monday: 3 Wineries, 20 wines tasted
Gard Winery
- 2018 Pinot Gris
- 2019 Chardonnay
- 2020 Reserve Rose (Grenache/Mourvedre)
- 2018 Reverence Red Blend (93 Grenache, 7 Mourvedre)
- 2017 Klasse Reserve Syrah
- 2018 Thunderstone Syrah
- 2018 Grand Klasse Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
- 2017 Winemaker’s Syrah
Mark Ryan Winery
- 2020 Lu & Oly Untethered Sparkling Chardonnay
- 2018 Lost Soul Syrah
- 2019 Wild Eye Syrah
- 2019 The Dissident Red Blend (58 Cab Sauv, 35 Merlot, 6 Cab Franc, 1 Petit Verdot)
- 2018 Lonely Heart Cabernet Sauvignon
Lunch: AK’s Mercado Downtown Walla Walla
Browne Family Winery
- 2017 Estate Red Blend (Merlot, Malbec, Cab Sauv, Cab Franc)
- 2017 Cabernet Franc
- 2017 Malbec
- 2017 Spy Master The Continent of Cabernet Sauvignon
- Sauvage Rose Sparkling
- Sauvage Sparkling
- Gigi Brut Rose Sparkling
I then went next door to Henry Earl Estate and purchased a couple bottles of wine & to Otis Kenyon and purchased 4 bottles of wine.
Dinner: Waddell’s Pub and Grill Spokane
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