8/28 continued… Next stop, wine tasting in Dundee Hill and Yamhill.

on our way to the first winery…

a deer taking a piss

Erath Vinyards Winery (Dundee, Oregon)

We tried the $15 wine tasting and didn’t care enough for any enough to buy a bottle:

-2006 Pinot Noir, Estate Selection, Dundee Hills
-2006 Pinot Noir, Prince Hill Vinyard, Dundee Hills
-2006 Pinot Noir, Battle Creek Vinyard, Willamette Valley
-2005 Pinot Noir, Leland Vinyard, Willamette Valley

They were selling these for $45 a bottle.  Oh hells no.  

Pictures of yesteryear and the history of the winery on the walls, tacky memorabilia and smoked salmon…definitely not a classy tasting room.   I would skip this winery and try the others

http://www.yelp.com/biz/erath-vineyards-winery-dundee#hrid:-11B8r70Z-Ya87EyBtyzQw

Willakenzie Estate (Yamhill, Oregon)
Winery.  We loved the wines at this vineyard.  Gracing the walls at this tasting room were many honorary letters from the White House, spanning a few decades, noting exactly which wine was served at which dinner.  

WillaKenzie was named after the soil and not somebody.   The wines we tasted were all really good, and had a hard time deciding which bottle to take back with us.  

We had:

2007 Pinot Blanc
2007 Pinot Gris
2006 Pinot Meunier
2006 Pinot Noir Willamette Valley
2006 Pinot Noir Thibaud’s Cuvee
2005 Pinot Noir Aliette

Tasting fee was only $5 and is refundable with wine purchase.   The tasting menu and description cards were helpful in explaining what flavors to expect.   Elke was very friendly and gave good advice as well.

Overall this was an excellent wine tasting experience.  There is a little patio outside where you could sit and enjoy your wine.     On site is also where they make the wine.  Pretty interesting stuff.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/willakenzie-estate-yamhill#hrid:KiKISUWKIy2ri-uzPYQZRg

Escape From New York Pizza (Alphabet District, Portland, Oregon)
Pizza.   Not far off from Lamonica’s in LA:  New York thin crust pizza by the slice, few varieties, replaced when sold.  The only differences are that they have beer here and hippies come by and get a whole pie to take out.

The owner was really friendly, which in itself is an escape from new york.  I bet he opened the show to escape from new york.  

We each got two slices, but by the time we got to the second, it was already cold.  Must be the A/C.  

Pale ale and sparkling water with lime

i love these funny signs

Then it was about 7 miles north to the Hilton in Vancouver, Washington.

Tags: Erath, Escape from New York, hilton, WillaKenzie