Tuesday, May 15th - Wine Tasting

We drove east to The Dalles and ate lunch at the Baldwin Saloon, built in 1876 right on the Columbia River and the railroad mainline. The French Dip and Reuben sandwiches were HUGE. MA & I ate one half each and took the remains home.

We drove further east and crossed the river near Biggs (on the Sam Hill Bridge) and went to Maryhill Winery, one of the better known wineries in southern Washington. They offered six of their wines for free tasting and five of their "reserves" for $5.00. We took the freebie route. The young lady serving the wine tastes was very informative and, as is usual in the wineries, had new and interesting adjectives to describe the wines. "Complex", "bold", "fruity", "lingering", etc. are all adjectives with which I am familiar regarding wines. But, today, I tasted my first wine that is "approachable". I never would have thought of a Columbia Valley White Riesling being described as "approachable", but, there we were, drinking it. I guess it was "approachable"...we bought two bottles.