"Wine is the most civilized thing in the world" - Ernest Hemingway

and remember the immortal words of Groucho Marx: "I shall drink no wine before it is time! OK, it is time." :-)

 

As many of you know, we own a small percentage of Lenne Estates Vineyard and we are really excited about it.  One of the reasons we decided to spend so much time in the NW was to enjoy the vineyard during crush (Sept./Oct).  I will have new pictures for you to enjoy, until then, I will also be putting more pictures from earlier activities out on my Lenne page ( so check the 2006 page out ; here is a link to the '07 Harvest page.).
Wine travels & fun:  Arizona Wine 2009   New Jersey Wine 2008  Pennsylvania Wine 2008  Long Island Wine 2008  Hudson Valley NY Wine 2008  Mass. & Conn. Wine 2008  More NY 2008  New York 2008  Ontario, Canada 2008  Ohio Savoring 2008  Michigan Tippling 2008   Missouri Sipping 2008   Texas Tasting 2008   Walla Walla, WA 2007   Spokane, WA Sept 2007  Chile Wine in Colchauga 2007  California Wine May 2007   Missouri Wine Sept. 2006  Ohio Wine Sept. 2006  Virginia Wine Sept. 2006   Tasting in North Carolina August 2006  Tasting in Texas August 2006  Tasting in New Mexico April 2006   Arizona Wine travels 2006  Cave B Winery November 2005   Anam Cara Cellars October 2005  Walla Walla May 2005  Napa Tasting 2004  Napa Tasting 2003  Napa Tasting 2002  Yakima wine tasting (2002)  Previous Wine and Wine Tasting page (2000)	Vineyards we are partners with:  Lenne Estate Vineyard   Wine Clubs we belong to:  Cuneo Cellars (reds & Italians)  Luna Rossa Winery (NM Italians & other varietals)  Tobin James (CA, large selection, great price point)  MacPhail (another great CA  Pinot  Williams-Selyem (another great CA Pinot)  Buty - The Beast (WA wine)  Flying Trout Wines (WA wine)  Ensemble Cellars (WA wine)
Favorite Wine links:  Wine Spectator  Wines Northwest  Wine on Epicurious.com  Food Network on Wine  Purchase Wine @ wine.com  Washington Wine Country  Wine Press NW (all about NW wines)  Paul Gregutt's wine blog  All State Wine Trails	Vino Factoids: One acre of land averages:      Five (5) tons of grapes      13.56 barrels of wine      800 gallons of wine      336.8 cases of wine      4041.6 bottles of wine      20,208 glasses (5 oz.) of wine One barrel of wine contains:      740 pounds of grapes (0.37 tons)      25 cases of wine      300 bottles of wine      1,500 glasses (5 oz.) of wine One case of wine contains:      30 pounds of grapes      12 bottles (60 glasses of 5 oz. of wine)
States we have tasted wine at the wineries (there is at least one winery in every state, even if they are fruit wines, South Dakota being the last state to have a winery): Washington Oregon California Idaho Hawaii (Maui) Missouri Tennessee Texas Ohio North Carolina Arizona New Mexico Virginia Florida Michigan New York Maine     18. Massachusetts   19. Connecticut   20. Pennsylvania   21. New Jersey   22. Arkansas   23. Colorado   24. Utah   25   26.   27.   28.   29.   30.   31.   32.   33.     34.   35.   36.   37.   38.   39.   40.   41.   42.   43.   44.   45.   46.   47.   48.   49.   50. we also enjoyed some great wines in Ontario, Canada, Niagara-on-the-Lake