Since we were supposed to be wine-ing with my DH’s relatives, we arranged to meet them at Hyatt, which would give us time to drop in at Wineglass Cellars on the way.
Wineglass was nice because there were no tour buses full of snobby people from Bellevue and Seattle. At Bonair one westsider was whining because no winery in the valley produced “organic wines” and she only would drink organic. Gag me.
I can’t quite remember, but I believe the barrel was either a cabernet or zinfandel. They did have a good bottled Zinfandel with grapes out of California, but I consider that cheating by the winemaker.
In past years we would end up at Hyatt, with blankets on the lawn and listen to a great band called The Blue Tropics. However, Hyatt hadn’t booked them this year, instead featuring “Blind Lemon Pie” who played the WORST version of Mustang Sally I’ve ever heard. White guys can do blues, but this one needed to stick to Springsteen covers where singing off key is an asset.
I got a great photo of the fermentation tanks at Hyatt:
I also noticed something else - the case prices were a lot lower than previous years. I actually noticed this at several wineries. Another thing - crowds were about half of what they were in previous years. With gas at $3.79/gal and avalanche control on the passes, attendance was definitely down.
Next, chilling at Silver Lake
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