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November 24, 2010 by  
Filed under Featured, Trips & Tips, Winecations

It is Black Monday and online shoppers are looking for deals.  Are you looking for a travel deal? Well I have a tip that may help you secure a deal to that special winecation destination you have been wanting to go experience.  If you are online deal shopper, who isn’t these days, then I am [...]

Boise, Idaho is emerging as a Wine Country Destination!

Yeah right! The Washington Wine snob in me had some serious doubts about taking a winecation to Boise Idaho to taste wine. I had only driven by the Boise area about 18 years ago, and back then it did not leave much of an impression on me. Times do change and Boise has grown to [...]

Make Love in a Vineyard

Feb 14th is coming quickly; it is one of my favorite commercial holidays. Valentine’s day means making sure that you show some extra appreciation and treat that special someone in your life to a good time. He or she deserves it. After-all, it’s not easy to find love in this crazy hectic calendar of life [...]

9 Great Reasons you should Winecation in Washington…

November 17, 2009 by  
Filed under Featured, Wine Regions, Winecations

Wine Spectator has waved its magic wand over the wine industry for 2009 and the winner of the top spot in Wine Spectator’s Top 100 for 2009 is 1. Columbia Crest Cabernet Sauvignon CV Reserve 2005 95pts $27 (Was one of the first Wineries my wife and I visited many years ago in the late [...]

What we discovered on Winecation to Washington’s newest AVA Lake Chelan Wine Valley

We discovered some great wineries on our winecation to Lake Chelan Wine Valley.  We started with a great plan to visit a large number of wineries, I think 11 was the target…oh well…best laid plans…right?…. We ended up spending more time at the wineries we did visit, largely because of the great people running the [...]

Planning a Winecation – Discover Lake Chelan Valley Washington’s newest AVA

Planning a Winecation is a task not to be over looked. I know this from experience I have traveled to Wine Country with a group of friends and arrived at a beautiful house we rented for the weekend with an outside pool over looking wine country, it looked great online. I could visualize us all [...]

A two hour Winecation

I have the luxury of living in Woodinville Wine Country and with Isenhower Cellars having just opened their second wine tasting room here in Woodinville next to Silverlake Winery. I took the opportunity to take a few friends around for a 2-hour Winecation and to pick up our Wine Club shipments from a couple wineries. [...]

Isenhower Cellars – Welcome to the Hood

October 22, 2009 by  
Filed under Featured, Woodinville Wine Country

Isenhower Cellars has opened a tasting room in Woodinville, WA on October 16th! The address is 15007 Woodinville Redmond Rd. Tasting room hours will be Friday-Sunday, Noon-5pm. Come in and check it out!!

Willow Lodge Resort Wine-caton Package

October 21, 2009 by  
Filed under Featured, Resort-Lodge-Hotel

Wine-cation Package Luxurious accommodations in a NICER* style room Wine tasting for two in Fireside Cellars Complimentary use of bicycles to ride the Burke Gilman Trail and visit neighboring wineries Le Picnic – Willows Lodge signature picnic basket filled with a picnic for two Starting at $365 per couple via willowslodge.com Book this Package Subject [...]