Winner of best interior design for their use of American Pickers style vintage and rock posters. I did not have any wine. Good golly, I may be wined out for weeks to come.
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Locati Tasting Room
Well kids, here we are in Walla Walla at the Marcus Whitman hotel. Nice place. Grand in the old school way. And there are three tasting rooms right there in the building. I’d maxed out at this point. I couldn’t tell you a damn thing about their wines, but they were friendly and conveniently located! Walla Walla has a nice historic downtown. However, they mostly roll up the sidewalks early. Most of the restaurants close by 9. Pretty good eats though, you won’t go hungry here. And we managed to find some Cuban salsa before we retreated to the hotel.
Three Rivers
Time is relative, lunchtime doubly so. Here’s a hint for you — carry your own snacks. Great patio here at Three Rivers. Can’t remember a dang thing about their wines, but we sure had a nice time snacking down. They are also clever enough to turn their lawn into a golf course. Win!
Reininger Winery
Yum! Good wine here. Funny signs. Friendly people.
Cougar Crest
Slow service, miserly pours, indifferent product and no breadsticks. Meh. However …. Cheese in a can.
Mmmmm can cheese. How do they milk the cougars?
Well, our review of this place is certainly skewed by the above average quality of the previous winery stop. The bar had been raised.
Glencorrie Winery
Best wine if the day. Best breadsticks of the day. Best Romanian server of the day. Best presentation of the wine of the day.
So good we bought two bottles.
Waterbrook
FaFancy-schmancy! The nicest building of the tour so far. Looks like a great place to have an event. There was a tragedy though. We were playing frisbee with the wine doggie and gad! I threw the dang thing into the pond by mistake! Very very sad doggie.
This place will also fill your wine growler.
Le E’cole #41
Pretty location. And they let you ring the bell.
Woodward Canyon Winery
Pleasant place. We liked their wines. They were both suave and de-boner. Our favorite part? The “salad in a jar” ready to go.
¡Viva Mexico!
Welcome to Walla Walla. It was time for some cheap and effective mexican food. Not two shakes later we located the local pretty good average kinda place and before long we were stuffing our faces back in our motel room while watching Pawn Stars.
Hahn Winery GSM, a bottle of red we picked up in Portland did nicely here. A solid meaty red that easily stood up to all that delightful cheese. Afterwards we promptly fell asleep. Walla Walla nightlife. Watusi!
