Wine Tasting - Waving Tree Winery

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Had a wonderful time tasting wine with friends at Waving Tree Winery and Vineyards. Our host, Takashi, was extremely friendly and knowledgable about the many varieties of wine they sell. It was hard to decide but I ended up getting a bottle of the Sangiovese Reserve and the Sweet Sangiovese Rose'.

Waving Tree Winery is very pituresque and close to other attractions such as the Stonehenge  Memorial, Maryhill Museum and Maryhill Fruit Stand where we bought some tasty locally grown Brooks cherries.

Wine Tasting - Idiots Grace

Idiots Grace is a beautiful little winery hidden away in the Columbia Gorge on the eastern edge of Mosier, Oregon. My wife and I had the fortune of knowing someone who is a member of the Idiots Grace wine club and tagged along with them when they went to pickup a few bottles of wine. I'm a bit of a novice at wine tasting but I've never experienced anything like what's offered at Idiots Grace.

We sat outside on a beautiful day in the shade while a wine steward brought us a sample of six wines ranging from white, rose to red. The steward described each wine in detail and mentioned a few other wines she thought we might like.

Two of the wines I ended up buying (2020 Marssonne Roysanne & 2020 Dolcetta) came from grapes harvested after the 2020 Oregon wildfires which gave them a bit of a smokey flavor (which I loved). Idiots Grace is a hidden gem and I'll be back!