Bubbly Day

Our bubbly tasting was a HUGE success! Over 24 WWW showed up at Miss Vicky's home armed with great food and a disguised bottle to try. Can you imagine the work it takes to try 24 bottles?!

Thanks to Jan for making our score sheets and tallying the winners. They are:

1st Place~ Cooks Spumante (are you kidding me?!! $3. ??)

2nd Place ~ Barefoot Bubbly Moscato Spumante (Green label)

3rd Place ~ Shingleback Black Bubbles Sparkling Shiraz

4th Place ~ Martini & Rossi Asti Spumante

5th Place ~ Segura Viudas Brut Reserva

6th Place ~ Adriano Adami Prosecco

And a BIG thank you goes to Miss Vicky for hosting in her home~ she did an awesome job!

Some great food

How very surprised we all were to find out what our WWW favorite champagne was :)

TUESDAY, November 9

Tuesday, Nov. 9, 11am, at Vicki's. Theme is blind tasting Sparkling Wine, Champagne, or Prosecco. Bring an appetizer to share (plus the recipe) and your own champagne glass or flute. We will be brainstorming our next label. Bring ideas with you. RSVP to Gayle.

October 5th, Walla Walla Adventure

Tuesday, October 5th is our next outing. The plan is to go to Walla Walla to an airport winery, Revelry. http://www.revelrywines.com/

No tasting fees and all wines under $20 (except for a Reserve). You will love Jared and his wines. He has a bordeaux blend with a lot of Cab Franc that you will want to try (and maybe we can imitate his blend in our next vintage?). If we have time, we can hit Tamarac or Russell Creek.

Lunch @ noon is potluck at Catie's new store (we get to be the first for a soft opening:>). You can bring your own dish or pick one up next door at http://www.salumierecesario.com/

Bon Appetit'......

Zillah Tour

Thirteen women showed up at Starbucky's Thursday morning. I'm sure the patrons wondered what was going on in the parking lot- a Chinese Fire Drill? Anyway, we headed to CULTURA where we had the BEST experience tasting of the day. We all loved Sarah and Tad, their darling tasting room, BATHROOM- OMG!, and the big barrel room full of French Oak Barrels (and one token Hungarian). My personal favorite was the Cab Franc.

We loaded up the 3 cars and caravaned up to Silver Lake. We were supposed to have lunch there, but our plans quickly changed. 'Nuf said. We did get some great ideas for winter crafts and for our next label.

Drove back down the road to Maison De Padgett. The ladies there were super sweet and the gardens were to die for! Cindy, you missed a good garden! We quickly unpacked our picnic and went inside to buy a glass of wine to have with lunch. The girls did an amazing job once again with all the awesome goodies. Maison's specialties are Muscats and Ports. I liked the one red- the Sangiovese.

We took a vote whether to go to Hyatt or up to the Bed & Breakfast with the Te-Pee's and they voted for the winery. We'll have to go back to see those again.

I believe that the Women Who Wine now have palate's to distinguish Rattlesnake Hills/ Yakima Valley terroir

	( the combination of factors, including soil, climate,and environment, that gives a wine its distinctive character)
[literally: soil]

from other Washington AVA's.

Please put Oct. 5th on your calendars for the next outing. We are going to have a PRIVATE soiree at Catie McIntyre's "Wild Woman of Walla Walla" new wine store! Try to say that fast!

Catch the Crush

Here is a list of participants and what they are offering. Click on the heading to get the link.

ZILLAH, Sept. 9, 2010

Or “I’M SO GLAD THAT SCHOOL HAS STARTED GET-AWAY”

8:45AM. Meet at Starbucky’s off Queensgate by Target.
Park out away from the store. If you want coffee, get there earlier so we can all leave at 9am. Be sure to have cash & gas in your car before arriving. If you want to meet up with us later, I can send you the itinerary ahead of time.

Caravan to Zillah & get off at exit 54. Go to the Teapot for a QUICK photo op @ 9:45.
10am Cultura Winery with Tad & Sarah http://www.culturawine.com/
11am Silver Lakes http://www.silverlakewinery.com
PICNIC
1pm Hyatt (Carrie) http://www.hyattvineyards.com/

or Bonair http://www.bonairwine.com/
2pm Piety Flats http://www.pietyflatswinery.com/

or head home
Back to Starbuckys by 3.

If any of you have to leave early, be sure to ride with people that have the same schedule. Designated drivers sip & dump.
As always, bring an appetizer to share, a water bottle, walking shoes, & cooler for your wine. It’s always good to bring ca$h in case you want to go in on a case with others.
For our newbie’s, if you’d like to learn tasting etiquette or touring tips, go to our other blog Women Who Wine WA (click on title)
RSVP so we can organize drivers ahead of time and let wineries know how many to expect. Thank you!

Blue Mtn. Spanish Sound and the Women Who Wine

More Tapteil Party photos

Our First Release Party!

We were all looking in different directions :)

What a wonderful night we had. The view was outstanding, the food amazing, and the wine was spectacular!!! Thank you so much to our host winery Tapteil, and the duo "Blue Mountain Spanish Sound" for a delightful evening.

What a great culmination of events this evening was. For most of us it was our very first taste of our Bella Vino Super Tuscan Blend 2008 . A journey that for some of us started two years ago with maybe a dozen gals. Now we are boasting a loose membership of over 63 women. Who knows what is next for this amazing bunch of ladies who are out to explore the wine and the wine regions surrounding our home town base of Tri Cities, in eastern Washington. This winter we had an offer we couldn't refuse when John Gabriel proposed to help us custom blend and bottle our very own barrel of wine. John the wine maker helped walk us through a fun day, tasting and sipping, and blending from nine barrels of his amazing wine he had stored at Kestrel's. After the process of blending our wine, we met up at a later date to bottle the wine. Thanks to the gracious hospitality of Coyote Canyon who allowed us the use of their facility.

(Click on the blue to follow the links)

Some of the husbands...not to be left out of the party

Now begins the third year of this great adventure. Come join us and see what we will be up to this year!