Willamette Valley wine tasting

A few weeks ago I headed to Portland for work again and managed to get a little more time there. I also managed to get some people to saw me Portland weird but that's in some later posts.

I arrived on the Saturday and had a lie in on Sunday morning before going on a Willamette Valley wine tour. 

There were 3 stamps, all wineries which only sell at the cellar door. The first one turned out to be my favourite, a little place called Tresori. We sat on the terrace for the tasing and had a seriously good view. We tried 6 wines here, mostly really tasty Pinot noirs. 

Great view for a Sunday afternoon

The building was pretty cool too with some amazing paintings. I couldn't afford to buy any so settled for some of the postcard prints. And a bottle 8 yr old Pinot Noir. :)

Old wine press.

We stopped at look out on the way to the next place. The views over the valley are so pretty.

At the second place, Blizard winery, we got some food to nibble on while we tried the wines, which were nice but needed a but more time. It's a very young vineyard and winery (only 2 years old) so could be very amazing in 5 yrs. 

The last place, Ardini, was founded by 2 DNA scientists. We tried about 6 wines here I think (it got a bit fuzzy at this point). I sat chatting to an older couple and their son and just enjoyed the wines and sun.

Nice place to spend a Sunday afternoon

I was lazy and got takeaway that night. I did have to work all week, had big meetings and was still a little knackered from the flight so I didn't feel too guilty.