06 Oct Yakima Valley Wine Tasting
Sunday October 6th was our drive home from Lakewood and Steilacoom, WA. We decided to continue our wine escapades with some Yakima Valley Wine Tasting!...
05 Oct The Washington Wine Express!
On Saturday, (Oct. 5th) my wife Gabby treated me to a “First Class” date with a ride on the Washington Wine Express! This wine train is operated by the Mt. Rainier Railroad and departs from a very small town called Elbe, Washington (population 29 in 2010)!...
13 Sep Another Red Mountain Friday
On this Friday the 13th, my main objective was to pick up our September wine shipment at Frichette Winery on Red Mountain. In addition, while I was up there, maybe I would visit my other friends as well at Fidelitas and Col Solare. ...
12 Sep Thursday Wine Escapade
My spontaneous Thursday wine escapade made September 12th a really enjoyable day. Stop #1 was Bartholomew Winery in Kennewick. I was excited to taste their newly released (2016) Cabernet Sauvignon and Carménère....
06 Sep September on Red Mountain
How quickly August turned into September! On Friday the 6th, I decided to head to Red Mountain with the idea that I would hit a tasting room I hadn’t visited in quite some time. My first stop was to say hello to my friends at Fidélitas....
24 Aug 2016 Tenuta Release at Col Solare
On Saturday August 24th, my wife and I attended Col Solare’s 2016 Tenuta Cabernet Sauvignon Release Tasting. We were met by April Reddout and Felicia Smoker who do an outstanding job of managing and coordinating the tasting room and other special events at Col Solare....
18 Aug August in Walla Walla Wine Country
On Sunday August 18th, Gabby and I decided it was time to give some love to Walla Walla. So on this beautiful day we headed Southeast to the land of fabulous wine! Without any real plan we decided to make things up as we went. ...
16 Aug Mooncar Escapades at Col Solare Estate Vineyards!
Today was a day to just relax, enjoy some wine, get some sun on Red Mountain and breathe some fresh air. My journey took me to the top of Red Mountain at Col Solare Winery. What started as a simple wine tasting evolved into a fantastic experience created by April Reddout and Lisa Weld-Henson....
15 Aug Wine Interview #2: Darel Allwine
Aaron's Wine Chronicles welcomes Darel Allwine for our 2nd winemaker interview! Darel is the Head Winemaker of Col Solare Winery on Red Mountain in Benton City, WA....
08 Aug Longship Cellars RULES!!
Thursday was one of those days where neither I, nor my wife, knew what to do with ourselves. So after a few hours at the office, I came home and we decided to embark on back-to-back wine tasting escapades – since we spent the previous day doing the same thing! I guess you can’t argue with success right? If it worked yesterday and it isn’t broken…why fix it?...