Sipping Washington State Syrah

In full disclosure, I won this bottle of wine on a pre-conference excursion at the 2018 Wine Bloggers Conference. I won it for answering the question “what was the first AVA designation in Washington State?” The answer is Yakima Valley, designated in 1983. So there’s your wine trivia for the day. The entire Upsidedown Wine…

Visiting the Tri-Cities, Washington Area

I was able to explore the Tri-Cities Washington area on whirlwind, but extraordinary, tour hosted by Visit Tri-Cities.  The Tri-Cities area includes the cities of Pasco, Kennewick and Richland, Washington — all located in the southern portion of the state. In addition to the three cities that comprise the area, there are three rivers that…