October 29th Wine & Dine Wrap-Up

October's theme:  A Taste of Walla Walla

We are lucky enough to live in the middle of some amazing wine regions up here in the Northwest.  Our friend, Jeff, lives in Walla Walla and after planning a trip out to visit him, we decided that our next Wine & Dine party would feature Wines from Walla Walla.

We made it our mission to go wine tasting all weekend and bring back the creme de la creme of the Walla Walla Valley.  We didn't discover the creme de la creme until Sunday afternoon on the way out of town (although a lot of wineries were pretty full of themselves) but when we did, we were almost tempted enough to sign up for a wine club!

Our absolute favorite winery was Cougar Crest.  They had, hands down, the best wines.  We were so in love with their wines, we almost joined their wine club.  We splurged on the Syrah to keep for ourselves and bought two others for Wine & Dine.

Our other favorite was Three Rivers, where we found some more completely delicious wines.  We bought a bottle of Tempranillo for ourselves, a bottle of Riesling for ourselves and one for Wine & Dine, and a Malbec for Wine & Dine.  Then Bryann and Jeff played three holes of golf while Amber and I enjoyed a bottle of Riesling on the deck (what can I say?  It was completely delicious!)

It's a miracle at all that we actually brought any bottles home with us.

The line up for our "Taste of Walla Walla" party

At the end of October, we held a Masquerade party and featured the following wines:

Dusted Valley - 2010 Ramblin' Rose (a blend of a few grapes I've never heard of and Syrah)
Waterbrook - 2010 Melange Blanc (a blend of Riesling, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, Gewurztraminer, Viognier, and Sauvignon Blanc)
Three Rivers -2010 Riesling
Cougar Crest - 2007 Dedication Four (a blend of Merlot, Syrah, Cabernet Frac, and Cabernet Sauvignon)
Tertulia - 2008 Syrah
Three Rivers - 2007 Malbec
Cougar Crest - Port

All of these wines are pretty amazing (otherwise we wouldn't have brought them back!)  The wines were held in such high regard by our guests that they inspired another couple of friends of ours to plan a visit of their own!  They also came back raving about the wines at Cougar Crest.